diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 7e49e628..9fe9832b 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -1125,12 +1125,14 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                         nickname=self.path.replace('/users/','').replace('/inbox','')
                         print('DEBUG: '+nickname+ \
                               ' was not authorized to access '+self.path)
-            if self.server.debug:
-                print('DEBUG: GET access to inbox is unauthorized')
-            self.send_response(405)
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.server.POSTbusy=False
-            return
+            if self.path!='/inbox':
+                # not the shared inbox
+                if self.server.debug:
+                    print('DEBUG: GET access to inbox is unauthorized')
+                self.send_response(405)
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.server.POSTbusy=False
+                return
         
         # get outbox feed for a person
         outboxFeed=personBoxJson(self.server.baseDir,self.server.domain, \
diff --git a/inbox.py b/inbox.py
index 3cee1e7d..65e27741 100644
--- a/inbox.py
+++ b/inbox.py
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ def getPersonPubKey(session,personUrl: str,personCache: {},debug: bool) -> str:
     if not personUrl:
         return None
     personUrl=personUrl.replace('#main-key','')
+    if personUrl.endswith('/users/inbox'):
+        if debug:
+            print('DEBUG: Obtaining public key for shared inbox')
+        personUrl=personUrl.replace('/users/inbox','/inbox')        
     personJson = getPersonFromCache(personUrl,personCache)
     if not personJson:
         if debug: