diff --git a/basic_ap.py b/basic_ap.py
index 95b270a..b1db9f0 100644
--- a/basic_ap.py
+++ b/basic_ap.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import flask, os
 from flask import request
 from flask import Response
 from time import strftime, gmtime
-import httpsig
+import httpsig, requests
 
 #Config
 DOMAIN = 'https://my-example.com'
@@ -41,17 +41,19 @@ public_key() #generate public_key on first launch
 
 def sign_header(private_key, key_id, host):
 	date= strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", gmtime())
-	
-	keypair= open(private_key,'rb').read()
-	hs = httpsig.HeaderSigner(key_id, secret, algorithm="rsa-sha256", headers=['(request-target): post /inbox', 'host', 'date'])    
-	auth = hs.sign({"Date": date, "Host": host})
-
-	# thanks to https://github.com/snarfed for the authorization -> signature headers hack
-    # this is necessary because httpsig.HeaderSigner returns an Authorization header instead of Signature
-    auth['Signature'] = auth.pop('authorization')
-    assert auth['Signature'].startswith('Signature ')
+
+	secret= open(private_key,'rb').read()
+	hs = httpsig.HeaderSigner(key_id, secret, algorithm="rsa-sha256", headers=['(request-target)', 'host', 'date'])    
+	auth = hs.sign({"Date": date, "Host": host}, method='POST',path='/inbox')
+
+	# thanks to https://github.com/rowanlupton/pylodon/blob/master/pylodon/utilities.py for the inspiration
+	# this is necessary because httpsig.HeaderSigner returns an Authorization header instead of Signature
+	auth['Signature'] = auth.pop('authorization')
+	assert auth['Signature'].startswith('Signature ')
 	auth['Signature'] = auth['Signature'][len('Signature '):]
 
+	return auth
+
 
 #Flask
 app = flask.Flask(__name__)
@@ -86,6 +88,14 @@ def profile(actor):
 	return Response(response=json, status=200,  mimetype="application/json") # return that answer as a json object
 
 
+@app.route('/post/', methods=['POST','GET'])
+def post():
+	json=flask.render_template('create.json',
+		domain=DOMAIN,public_key=public_key(),actor='test',host='https://post.lurk.org')
+	r = requests.post(url='http://post.lurk.org/users/rra/inbox', json=json, headers=sign_header('private.pem', 'https://t.homebrewserver.club/users/test#main-key','https://post.lurk.org'))
+	a = (r.status_code, r.reason, r.text)
+	return 'test'
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	app.debug =True
 	app.run()
diff --git a/templates/create.json b/templates/create.json
index 411ec17..e307384 100644
--- a/templates/create.json
+++ b/templates/create.json
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 	"actor": "{{domain}}/users/{{actor}}",
 
 	"object": {
-		"id": "{{domain}}hello-world",
+		"id": "{{domain}}/hello-world",
 		"type": "Note",
 		"published": "{{date}}",
 		"attributedTo": "{{domain}}/users/{{actor}}",
-		"inReplyTo": "https://friend.camp/@darius/101065750930453908",
+		"inReplyTo": "https://post.lurk.org/@rra/101224791711855553",
 		"content": "<p>This is a test from a <a href='https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/rra/basic_ap'>flask based implementation</a> of the mastodon tutorial</p>",
 		"to": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
 	}