diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub_controller.ex
index 09305c337..5766dff64 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub_controller.ex
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubController do
   alias Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubServerSubscription
   alias Pleroma.{Repo, User}
   alias Pleroma.Web.OStatus
+  alias Pleroma.Web.Websub
   def websub_subscription_request(conn, %{"nickname" => nickname} = params) do
     user = User.get_cached_by_nickname(nickname)
 
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubController do
       data = %{
         state: "requested",
         topic: topic,
-        secret: secret
+        secret: secret,
+        callback: params["hub.callback"]
       }
 
       change = Ecto.Changeset.change(%WebsubServerSubscription{}, data)
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubController do
       change = Ecto.Changeset.change(websub, %{valid_until: NaiveDateTime.add(websub.inserted_at, lease_time)})
       websub = Repo.update!(change)
 
+      # Just spawn that for now, maybe pool later.
+      spawn(fn -> Websub.verify(websub) end)
+
       conn
       |> send_resp(202, "Accepted")
     else {:error, reason} ->
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubController do
   end
 
   defp lease_time(%{"hub.lease_seconds" => lease_seconds}) do
-    {:ok, lease_seconds}
+    {:ok, String.to_integer(lease_seconds)}
   end
 
   defp lease_time(_) do
diff --git a/test/web/websub/websub_controller_test.exs b/test/web/websub/websub_controller_test.exs
index 4eff598d6..584db0a19 100644
--- a/test/web/websub/websub_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/websub/websub_controller_test.exs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubControllerTest do
       "hub.mode": "subscription",
       "hub.topic": Pleroma.Web.OStatus.feed_path(user),
       "hub.secret": "a random secret",
-      "hub.lease_seconds": 100
+      "hub.lease_seconds": "100"
     }
 
     conn = conn
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubControllerTest do
     assert subscription.topic == Pleroma.Web.OStatus.feed_path(user)
     assert subscription.state == "requested"
     assert subscription.secret == "a random secret"
+    assert subscription.callback == "http://example.org/sub"
     assert subscription.valid_until == NaiveDateTime.add(subscription.inserted_at, 100)
   end
 end