diff --git a/blueprints/tasks.py b/blueprints/tasks.py
index d98542b..a521414 100644
--- a/blueprints/tasks.py
+++ b/blueprints/tasks.py
@@ -230,6 +230,17 @@ def task_cache_attachments() -> _Response:
 
         obj = activity.get_object()
 
+        if obj.has_type(ap.ActivityType.VIDEO):
+            if isinstance(obj.url, list):
+                for link in obj.url:
+                    if link.get("mimeType", "").startswith("video/"):
+                        config.MEDIA_CACHE.cache_attachment({"url": link["href"]}, iri)
+                        break
+            elif isinstance(obj.url, str):
+                config.MEDIA_CACHE.cache_attachment({"url": obj.url}, iri)
+            else:
+                app.logger.warning(f"failed to parse video link {obj!r} for {iri}")
+
         # Iter the attachments
         for attachment in obj._data.get("attachment", []):
             try:
@@ -284,9 +295,12 @@ def task_cache_actor() -> _Response:
         # )
 
         app.logger.info(f"actor cached for {iri}")
-        if activity.has_type(
-            [ap.ActivityType.CREATE, ap.ActivityType.ANNOUNCE]
-        ) and activity.get_object()._data.get("attachment", []):
+        if not activity.has_type([ap.ActivityType.CREATE, ap.ActivityType.ANNOUNCE]):
+            return ""
+
+        if activity.get_object()._data.get(
+            "attachment", []
+        ) or activity.get_object().has_type(ap.ActivityType.VIDEO):
             Tasks.cache_attachments(iri)
 
     except (ActivityGoneError, ActivityNotFoundError):
diff --git a/templates/utils.html b/templates/utils.html
index 057c395..edaa8f1 100644
--- a/templates/utils.html
+++ b/templates/utils.html
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	{% if obj.summary %}<p class="p-summary">{{ obj.summary | clean | safe }}</p>{% endif %}
     {% if obj | has_type('Video') %}
     <div class="note-video">
-    <video controls preload="metadata"  src="{{ obj.url | get_video_link }}" width="480">
+    <video controls preload="metadata"  src="{{ obj.url | get_video_url }}" width="480">
     </video>
     </div>
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/utils/template_filters.py b/utils/template_filters.py
index 8978862..2f8b444 100644
--- a/utils/template_filters.py
+++ b/utils/template_filters.py
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ def get_attachment_url(url, size):
     return _get_file_url(url, size, Kind.ATTACHMENT)
 
 
+@filters.app_template_filter()
+def get_video_url(url):
+    return _get_file_url(url, None, Kind.ATTACHMENT)
+
+
 @filters.app_template_filter()
 def get_og_image_url(url, size=100):
     try:
@@ -271,9 +276,12 @@ def remove_mongo_id(dat):
 
 @filters.app_template_filter()
 def get_video_link(data):
-    for link in data:
-        if link.get("mimeType", "").startswith("video/"):
-            return link.get("href")
+    if isinstance(data, list):
+        for link in data:
+            if link.get("mimeType", "").startswith("video/"):
+                return link.get("href")
+    elif isinstance(data, str):
+        return data
     return None