diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b7899a5..741e00f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -529,6 +529,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-postgres",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bit-vec"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4523a10839ffae575fb08aa3423026c8cb4687eef43952afb956229d4f246f7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -1711,8 +1717,10 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "rsa-pem"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://git.asonix.dog/Aardwolf/rsa-pem#6c47c3fc377375a5bfedbb7457832fc013d3227d"
+source = "git+https://git.asonix.dog/Aardwolf/rsa-pem#8dc04bd060d7993058c120f5cbfa654890113614"
 dependencies = [
+ "bit-vec",
+ "log",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-bigint-dig",
  "num-traits",
@@ -2469,6 +2477,7 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a563d10ead87e2d798e357d44f40f495ad70bcee4d5c0d3f77a5b1b7376645d9"
 dependencies = [
+ "bit-vec",
  "num-bigint",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/inbox.rs b/src/inbox.rs
index 7f53989..0ceaa5c 100644
--- a/src/inbox.rs
+++ b/src/inbox.rs
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ where
             &key_id,
             &mut digest,
             item_string,
-            |signing_string| state.sign(signing_string.as_bytes()),
+            |signing_string| state.sign(signing_string),
         )?
         .send()
         .await
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index cd97bec..ec18dfa 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -97,11 +97,13 @@ impl Settings {
         format!("relay@{}", self.hostname)
     }
 
-    fn sign(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<String, crate::error::MyError> {
+    fn sign(&self, signing_string: &str) -> Result<String, crate::error::MyError> {
         use rsa::{hash::Hashes, padding::PaddingScheme};
+        use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+        let hashed = Sha256::digest(signing_string.as_bytes());
         let bytes =
             self.private_key
-                .sign(PaddingScheme::PKCS1v15, Some(&Hashes::SHA2_256), bytes)?;
+                .sign(PaddingScheme::PKCS1v15, Some(&Hashes::SHA2_256), &hashed)?;
         Ok(base64::encode_config(bytes, base64::URL_SAFE))
     }
 }
@@ -115,8 +117,8 @@ impl State {
         self.settings.generate_resource()
     }
 
-    pub fn sign(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<String, crate::error::MyError> {
-        self.settings.sign(bytes)
+    pub fn sign(&self, signing_string: &str) -> Result<String, crate::error::MyError> {
+        self.settings.sign(signing_string)
     }
 
     pub async fn bust_whitelist(&self, whitelist: &str) {
diff --git a/src/verifier.rs b/src/verifier.rs
index 5c01ede..dd707cd 100644
--- a/src/verifier.rs
+++ b/src/verifier.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use crate::{error::MyError, state::State};
 use actix_web::client::Client;
-use http_signature_normalization_actix::prelude::*;
+use http_signature_normalization_actix::{prelude::*, verify::DeprecatedAlgorithm};
 use rsa::{hash::Hashes, padding::PaddingScheme, PublicKey, RSAPublicKey};
 use rsa_pem::KeyExt;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin, sync::Arc};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -35,16 +36,18 @@ impl SignatureVerify for MyVerify {
 
             match algorithm {
                 Some(Algorithm::Hs2019) => (),
+                Some(Algorithm::Deprecated(DeprecatedAlgorithm::RsaSha256)) => (),
                 _ => return Err(MyError::Algorithm),
             };
 
             let decoded = base64::decode(signature)?;
+            let hashed = Sha256::digest(signing_string.as_bytes());
 
             public_key.verify(
                 PaddingScheme::PKCS1v15,
                 Some(&Hashes::SHA2_256),
+                &hashed,
                 &decoded,
-                signing_string.as_bytes(),
             )?;
 
             Ok(true)