diff --git a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/tag.ts b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/tag.ts
index e76713963..dfac2ef98 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/tag.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/remote/activitypub/models/tag.ts
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ export function extractQuoteUrl(tags: IObject | IObject[] | null | undefined): s
 	// If there is more than one quote, we just pick the first/a random one.
 	// Note that links with the correct `rel` were sorted to the front above
 	// so they will be preferred.
-	return quotes[0];
+	return quotes[0].href;
 }