diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index 8f8c23a9b..11777c220 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
   alias Pleroma.Activity
   alias Pleroma.Conversation
-  alias Pleroma.Instances
   alias Pleroma.Notification
   alias Pleroma.Object
   alias Pleroma.Object.Fetcher
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier
-  alias Pleroma.Web.Federator
   alias Pleroma.Web.WebFinger
 
   import Ecto.Query
@@ -24,8 +22,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
 
   require Logger
 
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
-
   # For Announce activities, we filter the recipients based on following status for any actors
   # that match actual users.  See issue #164 for more information about why this is necessary.
   defp get_recipients(%{"type" => "Announce"} = data) do
@@ -961,89 +957,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
     end
   end
 
-  def should_federate?(inbox, public) do
-    if public do
-      true
-    else
-      inbox_info = URI.parse(inbox)
-      !Enum.member?(Pleroma.Config.get([:instance, :quarantined_instances], []), inbox_info.host)
-    end
-  end
-
-  def publish(actor, activity) do
-    remote_followers =
-      if actor.follower_address in activity.recipients do
-        {:ok, followers} = User.get_followers(actor)
-        followers |> Enum.filter(&(!&1.local))
-      else
-        []
-      end
-
-    public = is_public?(activity)
-
-    {:ok, data} = Transmogrifier.prepare_outgoing(activity.data)
-    json = Jason.encode!(data)
-
-    (Pleroma.Web.Salmon.remote_users(activity) ++ remote_followers)
-    |> Enum.filter(fn user -> User.ap_enabled?(user) end)
-    |> Enum.map(fn %{info: %{source_data: data}} ->
-      (is_map(data["endpoints"]) && Map.get(data["endpoints"], "sharedInbox")) || data["inbox"]
-    end)
-    |> Enum.uniq()
-    |> Enum.filter(fn inbox -> should_federate?(inbox, public) end)
-    |> Instances.filter_reachable()
-    |> Enum.each(fn {inbox, unreachable_since} ->
-      Federator.publish_single_ap(%{
-        inbox: inbox,
-        json: json,
-        actor: actor,
-        id: activity.data["id"],
-        unreachable_since: unreachable_since
-      })
-    end)
-  end
-
-  def publish_one(%{inbox: inbox, json: json, actor: actor, id: id} = params) do
-    Logger.info("Federating #{id} to #{inbox}")
-    host = URI.parse(inbox).host
-
-    digest = "SHA-256=" <> (:crypto.hash(:sha256, json) |> Base.encode64())
-
-    date =
-      NaiveDateTime.utc_now()
-      |> Timex.format!("{WDshort}, {0D} {Mshort} {YYYY} {h24}:{m}:{s} GMT")
-
-    signature =
-      Pleroma.Web.HTTPSignatures.sign(actor, %{
-        host: host,
-        "content-length": byte_size(json),
-        digest: digest,
-        date: date
-      })
-
-    with {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
-           result =
-             @httpoison.post(
-               inbox,
-               json,
-               [
-                 {"Content-Type", "application/activity+json"},
-                 {"Date", date},
-                 {"signature", signature},
-                 {"digest", digest}
-               ]
-             ) do
-      if !Map.has_key?(params, :unreachable_since) || params[:unreachable_since],
-        do: Instances.set_reachable(inbox)
-
-      result
-    else
-      {_post_result, response} ->
-        unless params[:unreachable_since], do: Instances.set_unreachable(inbox)
-        {:error, response}
-    end
-  end
-
   # filter out broken threads
   def contain_broken_threads(%Activity{} = activity, %User{} = user) do
     entire_thread_visible_for_user?(activity, user)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/publisher.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/publisher.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee9f0fdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/publisher.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
+# Copyright © 2017-2019 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Publisher do
+  alias Pleroma.Activity
+  alias Pleroma.Instances
+  alias Pleroma.User
+  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier
+
+  import Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Visibility
+
+  @behaviour Pleroma.Web.Federator.Publisher
+
+  require Logger
+
+  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
+
+  @moduledoc """
+  ActivityPub outgoing federation module.
+  """
+
+  @doc """
+  Determine if an activity can be represented by running it through Transmogrifier.
+  """
+  def is_representable?(%Activity{} = activity) do
+    with %{} = _data <- Transmogrifier.prepare_outgoing(activity.data) do
+      true
+    else
+      _e -> false
+    end
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  Publish a single message to a peer.  Takes a struct with the following
+  parameters set:
+
+  * `inbox`: the inbox to publish to
+  * `json`: the JSON message body representing the ActivityPub message
+  * `actor`: the actor which is signing the message
+  * `id`: the ActivityStreams URI of the message
+  """
+  def publish_one(%{inbox: inbox, json: json, actor: %User{} = actor, id: id} = params) do
+    Logger.info("Federating #{id} to #{inbox}")
+    host = URI.parse(inbox).host
+
+    digest = "SHA-256=" <> (:crypto.hash(:sha256, json) |> Base.encode64())
+
+    date =
+      NaiveDateTime.utc_now()
+      |> Timex.format!("{WDshort}, {0D} {Mshort} {YYYY} {h24}:{m}:{s} GMT")
+
+    signature =
+      Pleroma.Web.HTTPSignatures.sign(actor, %{
+        host: host,
+        "content-length": byte_size(json),
+        digest: digest,
+        date: date
+      })
+
+    with {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
+           result =
+             @httpoison.post(
+               inbox,
+               json,
+               [
+                 {"Content-Type", "application/activity+json"},
+                 {"Date", date},
+                 {"signature", signature},
+                 {"digest", digest}
+               ]
+             ) do
+      if !Map.has_key?(params, :unreachable_since) || params[:unreachable_since],
+        do: Instances.set_reachable(inbox)
+
+      result
+    else
+      {_post_result, response} ->
+        unless params[:unreachable_since], do: Instances.set_unreachable(inbox)
+        {:error, response}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp should_federate?(inbox, public) do
+    if public do
+      true
+    else
+      inbox_info = URI.parse(inbox)
+      !Enum.member?(Pleroma.Config.get([:instance, :quarantined_instances], []), inbox_info.host)
+    end
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  Publishes an activity to all relevant peers.
+  """
+  def publish(%User{} = actor, %Activity{} = activity) do
+    remote_followers =
+      if actor.follower_address in activity.recipients do
+        {:ok, followers} = User.get_followers(actor)
+        followers |> Enum.filter(&(!&1.local))
+      else
+        []
+      end
+
+    public = is_public?(activity)
+
+    {:ok, data} = Transmogrifier.prepare_outgoing(activity.data)
+    json = Jason.encode!(data)
+
+    (Pleroma.Web.Salmon.remote_users(activity) ++ remote_followers)
+    |> Enum.filter(fn user -> User.ap_enabled?(user) end)
+    |> Enum.map(fn %{info: %{source_data: data}} ->
+      (is_map(data["endpoints"]) && Map.get(data["endpoints"], "sharedInbox")) || data["inbox"]
+    end)
+    |> Enum.uniq()
+    |> Enum.filter(fn inbox -> should_federate?(inbox, public) end)
+    |> Instances.filter_reachable()
+    |> Enum.each(fn {inbox, unreachable_since} ->
+      Pleroma.Web.Federator.Publisher.enqueue_one(
+        __MODULE__,
+        %{
+          inbox: inbox,
+          json: json,
+          actor: actor,
+          id: activity.data["id"],
+          unreachable_since: unreachable_since
+        }
+      )
+    end)
+  end
+end