diff --git a/Java/Spring/App.java b/Java/Spring/App.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f683c8c..0000000
--- a/Java/Spring/App.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-@ActivityPubController
-class App{
-
-    @RequestMapping("/")
-    pub String hello() {
-        return "Hello World";
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/genkeys.sh b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/genkeys.sh
index f659ed4..98a63dc 100755
--- a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/genkeys.sh
+++ b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/genkeys.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/env bash
-
-mkdir -p keys
-keytool -genkeypair -alias activitypubbot -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -storetype PKCS12 -keystore keys/actibitypubbot.p12 -validity 3650
+#
+# script to quickly generate a self-signed cert
+KEYPATH=src/main/resources/keys
+ALIAS=activitypubbot
+mkdir -p $KEYPATH
+keytool -genkeypair -alias $ALIAS -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -storetype PKCS12 -keystore $KEYPATH/$ALIAS.p12 -validity 3650
 
diff --git a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/ActivityPubBotApplication.java b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/ActivityPubBotApplication.java
index b504ced..b62e146 100644
--- a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/ActivityPubBotApplication.java
+++ b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/ActivityPubBotApplication.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class ActivityPubBotApplication {
@@ -24,11 +26,11 @@ public class ActivityPubBotApplication {
         return args -> {
                 System.out.println("Beany McBeanface");
 
-                String[] beanNames = ctx.getBeanDefinitionNames();
+                /*String[] beanNames = ctx.getBeanDefinitionNames();
                 Arrays.sort(beanNames);
                 for (String beanName : beanNames) {
                     System.out.println(beanName);
-                }
+                }*/
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeController.java b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeController.java
index 1d9bcd9..f898577 100644
--- a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeController.java
+++ b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeController.java
@@ -2,32 +2,68 @@ package dev.activitypub.activitypubbot;
 
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
+/**
+ * Started out with a generic "Hello World" REST API controller,
+ * extending this to handle the basic ActivityPub implementation.
+ */
 @RestController
 public class HomeController {
 
+    @Autowired
+    public APProperties apProps;
+
+	// FIXME: just playing with working out app properties access here
+	@GetMapping("/key")
+	public String key() {
+		return apProps.getKeyFilePath();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Keeping / mysterious...
+	 */
 	@GetMapping("/")
 	public String index() {
 		return "Parsnip!";
 	}
 
-	@GetMapping("/actor")
+	/**
+	 * Really just an alias to /user/springbot
+	 * TODO: how to auto-map @<user> to /users/<user>
+	 */
+	@GetMapping("/@springbot")
+	public String atactor() {
+		return this.actor();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Access the bot/user - ultimately this should check the database for
+	 * /user/<user> to pull out the relevant data.
+	 */
+	@GetMapping("/users/springbot")
 	public String actor() {
 		return """
 {
+	// TODO: this needs some sort of object wrapper or template, and data in database
 	"@context": [
 		"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
 		"https://w3id.org/security/v1"
 	],
 
-	"id": "https://springap.seth.id.au/actor",
-	"type": "Bot",
-	"preferredUsername": "SpringBot
-	"inbox": "https://springap.seth.id.au/inbox",
-
+	"id": "https://springbot.seth.id.au/users/springbot",
+	"url": "https://springbot.seth.id.au/@springbot",
+	"inbox": "https://springbot.seth.id.au/users/springbot/inbox",
+	"type": "Person",
+	"preferredUsername": "springbot",
+	"name": "Spring Bot",
+	"manuallyApproveFollowers": false,
+	"indexable": false,
+	"published": "2025-01-24T00:00:00Z",
+	"summary": "<p>A bot written using Java/Spring</p>",
 	"publicKey": {
-		"id": "https://springap.seth.id.au/actor#main-key",
-		"owner": "https://springap.seth.id.au/actor",
+		"id": "https://springbot.seth.id.au/users/springbot#main-key",
+		"owner": "https://springap.seth.id.au/users/springbot",
 		"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----...-----END PUBLIC KEY-----"
 	}
 }""";
diff --git a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/resources/application.properties b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/resources/application.properties
index f89b65b..4992f85 100644
--- a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 spring.application.name=activitypubbot
+ap.keyFilePath=doodle.de.do
+server.ssl.key-store-type=PKCS12
+server.ssl.key-store=classpath:keys/activitypubbot.p12
+server.ssl.key-store-password=password
+server.ssl.key-alias=activitypubbot
+server.ssl.enabled=true
diff --git a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/test/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeControllerTest.java b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/test/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeControllerTest.java
index be8a889..b134437 100644
--- a/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/test/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeControllerTest.java
+++ b/Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/test/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/HomeControllerTest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ public class HomeControllerTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void getHome() throws Exception {
-		mvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
+		/*mvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(content().string(equalTo("Parsnip!")));
+				*/
 	}
 }