diff --git a/src/acceptreject.py b/src/acceptreject.py
index ec3821191..88ed45695 100644
--- a/src/acceptreject.py
+++ b/src/acceptreject.py
@@ -322,8 +322,21 @@ def _accept_feature_authorization(base_dir: str, message_json: {},
             makedir(account_dir + '/stamps/accepted')
         accepted_filename = \
             account_dir + '/stamps/accepted' + actor.replace('/', '#')
+        # convert Accept into FeaturedItem
+        feature_number, published = get_status_number()
+        featured_item = {
+            "@context": [
+                "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+                "https://w3id.org/fep/7aa9"
+            ],
+            "id": message_json['to'] + "/featured/" + feature_number,
+            "type": "FeaturedItem",
+            "object": message_json['actor'],
+            "featureAuthorization": message_json['result'],
+            "published": published
+        }
         if not is_a_file(accepted_filename):
-            save_json(message_json, accepted_filename)
+            save_json(featured_item, accepted_filename)
 
 
 def _accept_follow(base_dir: str, message_json: {},
diff --git a/src/collections.py b/src/collections.py
index 5af05aaea..754173cb6 100644
--- a/src/collections.py
+++ b/src/collections.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from src.data import is_a_dir
 from src.data import makedir
 
 FEATURED_COLLECTIONS_ENDING = '/featured_collections'
-AUTHORIZATIONS_ENDING = '/featured_authorizations'
 
 
 def _get_no_of_featured_collections(base_dir: str,
@@ -180,13 +179,7 @@ def get_featured_collections_feed(base_dir: str,
     if not lines:
         return collection
 
-    authorizations_filename = accounts_dir + AUTHORIZATIONS_ENDING + '.txt'
-    if not is_a_file(authorizations_filename):
-        return collection
     curr_page: int = 1
-    authorizations: dict = load_json(authorizations_filename)
-    if not authorizations:
-        return collection
 
     # get file creation date
     published = file_created_date(collection_filename)
@@ -264,8 +257,13 @@ def get_featured_collections_feed(base_dir: str,
                 if item_nickname and item_domain:
                     item_url = text
         if item_url:
-            if authorizations.get(item_url):
-                collection_items.append(authorizations[item_url])
+            feature_accept_filename = \
+                accounts_dir + '/stamps/accepted/' + \
+                item_url.replace('/', '#')
+            if is_a_file(feature_accept_filename):
+                accepted_item = load_json(feature_accept_filename)
+                if accepted_item:
+                    collection_items.append(accepted_item)
     # store the current collection
     _update_collections(collection_name, collection_items,
                         collection,