diff --git a/app/actor.py b/app/actor.py
index 4906edc..049369e 100644
--- a/app/actor.py
+++ b/app/actor.py
@@ -178,11 +178,12 @@ async def fetch_actor(
         await db_session.scalars(
             select(models.Actor).where(
                 models.Actor.ap_id == actor_id,
-                models.Actor.is_deleted.is_(False),
             )
         )
     ).one_or_none()
     if existing_actor:
+        if existing_actor.is_deleted:
+            raise ap.ObjectNotFoundError(f"{actor_id} was deleted")
         return existing_actor
     else:
         if save_if_not_found:
diff --git a/app/boxes.py b/app/boxes.py
index 0277f19..af63b47 100644
--- a/app/boxes.py
+++ b/app/boxes.py
@@ -1735,6 +1735,8 @@ async def save_to_inbox(
 ) -> None:
     try:
         actor = await fetch_actor(db_session, ap.get_id(raw_object["actor"]))
+    except ap.ObjectNotFoundError:
+        logger.warning("Actor not found")
     except httpx.HTTPStatusError:
         logger.exception("Failed to fetch actor")
         return