diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index 64db1d9..3965c9a 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -1188,6 +1188,7 @@ void process_queue_item(xs_dict *q_item)
             }
 
             payload = xs_replace_i(payload, "\n", "\\n");
+            payload = xs_replace_i(payload, "\r", "\\r");
 
             if (*payload)
                 payload = xs_str_wrap_i(" [", payload, "]");