diff --git a/crates/apub/src/api/user_settings_backup.rs b/crates/apub/src/api/user_settings_backup.rs
index 57e1d0f97..8b4202258 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/api/user_settings_backup.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/api/user_settings_backup.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ use crate::objects::{
   person::ApubPerson,
   post::ApubPost,
 };
-use activitypub_federation::{config::Data, fetch::object_id::ObjectId};
+use activitypub_federation::{config::Data, fetch::object_id::ObjectId, traits::Object};
 use actix_web::web::Json;
 use futures::{future::try_join_all, StreamExt};
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use lemmy_api_common::{context::LemmyContext, SuccessResponse};
 use lemmy_db_schema::{
   newtypes::DbUrl,
@@ -30,8 +31,11 @@ use lemmy_utils::{
   spawn_try_task,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::future::Future;
 use tracing::info;
 
+const PARALLELISM: usize = 10;
+
 /// Backup of user data. This struct should never be changed so that the data can be used as a
 /// long-term backup in case the instance goes down unexpectedly. All fields are optional to allow
 /// importing partial backups.
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ use tracing::info;
 ///
 /// Be careful with any changes to this struct, to avoid breaking changes which could prevent
 /// importing older backups.
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct UserSettingsBackup {
   pub display_name: Option<String>,
   pub bio: Option<String>,
@@ -133,7 +137,8 @@ pub async fn import_settings(
     local_user_view.local_user.id,
     &local_user_form,
   )
-  .await?;
+  .await
+  .ok();
 
   // Update the vote display mode settings
   let vote_display_mode_form = LocalUserVoteDisplayModeUpdateForm {
@@ -167,141 +172,91 @@ pub async fn import_settings(
   }
 
   spawn_try_task(async move {
-    const PARALLELISM: usize = 10;
     let person_id = local_user_view.person.id;
 
-    // These tasks fetch objects from remote instances which might be down.
-    // TODO: Would be nice if we could send a list of failed items with api response, but then
-    //       the request would likely timeout.
-    let mut failed_items = vec![];
-
     info!(
-      "Starting settings backup for {}",
+      "Starting settings import for {}",
       local_user_view.person.name
     );
 
-    futures::stream::iter(
-      data
-        .followed_communities
-        .clone()
-        .into_iter()
-        // reset_request_count works like clone, and is necessary to avoid running into request limit
-        .map(|f| (f, context.reset_request_count()))
-        .map(|(followed, context)| async move {
-          // need to reset outgoing request count to avoid running into limit
-          let community = followed.dereference(&context).await?;
-          let form = CommunityFollowerForm {
-            person_id,
-            community_id: community.id,
-            pending: true,
-          };
-          CommunityFollower::follow(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
-          LemmyResult::Ok(())
-        }),
+    let failed_followed_communities = fetch_and_import(
+      data.followed_communities.clone(),
+      &context,
+      |(followed, context)| async move {
+        let community = followed.dereference(&context).await?;
+        let form = CommunityFollowerForm {
+          person_id,
+          community_id: community.id,
+          pending: true,
+        };
+        CommunityFollower::follow(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
+        LemmyResult::Ok(())
+      },
     )
-    .buffer_unordered(PARALLELISM)
-    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-    .await
-    .into_iter()
-    .enumerate()
-    .for_each(|(i, r)| {
-      if let Err(e) = r {
-        failed_items.push(data.followed_communities.get(i).map(|u| u.inner().clone()));
-        info!("Failed to import followed community: {e}");
-      }
-    });
-
-    futures::stream::iter(
-      data
-        .saved_posts
-        .clone()
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|s| (s, context.reset_request_count()))
-        .map(|(saved, context)| async move {
-          let post = saved.dereference(&context).await?;
-          let form = PostSavedForm {
-            person_id,
-            post_id: post.id,
-          };
-          PostSaved::save(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
-          LemmyResult::Ok(())
-        }),
-    )
-    .buffer_unordered(PARALLELISM)
-    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-    .await
-    .into_iter()
-    .enumerate()
-    .for_each(|(i, r)| {
-      if let Err(e) = r {
-        failed_items.push(data.followed_communities.get(i).map(|u| u.inner().clone()));
-        info!("Failed to import saved post community: {e}");
-      }
-    });
-
-    futures::stream::iter(
-      data
-        .saved_comments
-        .clone()
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|s| (s, context.reset_request_count()))
-        .map(|(saved, context)| async move {
-          let comment = saved.dereference(&context).await?;
-          let form = CommentSavedForm {
-            person_id,
-            comment_id: comment.id,
-          };
-          CommentSaved::save(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
-          LemmyResult::Ok(())
-        }),
-    )
-    .buffer_unordered(PARALLELISM)
-    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-    .await
-    .into_iter()
-    .enumerate()
-    .for_each(|(i, r)| {
-      if let Err(e) = r {
-        failed_items.push(data.followed_communities.get(i).map(|u| u.inner().clone()));
-        info!("Failed to import saved comment community: {e}");
-      }
-    });
-
-    let failed_items: Vec<_> = failed_items.into_iter().flatten().collect();
-    info!(
-      "Finished settings backup for {}, failed items: {:#?}",
-      local_user_view.person.name, failed_items
-    );
-
-    // These tasks don't connect to any remote instances but only insert directly in the database.
-    // That means the only error condition are db connection failures, so no extra error handling is
-    // needed.
-    try_join_all(data.blocked_communities.iter().map(|blocked| async {
-      // dont fetch unknown blocked objects from home server
-      let community = blocked.dereference_local(&context).await?;
-      let form = CommunityBlockForm {
-        person_id,
-        community_id: community.id,
-      };
-      CommunityBlock::block(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
-      LemmyResult::Ok(())
-    }))
     .await?;
 
-    try_join_all(data.blocked_users.iter().map(|blocked| async {
-      // dont fetch unknown blocked objects from home server
-      let target = blocked.dereference_local(&context).await?;
-      let form = PersonBlockForm {
-        person_id,
-        target_id: target.id,
-      };
-      PersonBlock::block(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
-      LemmyResult::Ok(())
-    }))
+    let failed_saved_posts = fetch_and_import(
+      data.saved_posts.clone(),
+      &context,
+      |(saved, context)| async move {
+        let post = saved.dereference(&context).await?;
+        let form = PostSavedForm {
+          person_id,
+          post_id: post.id,
+        };
+        PostSaved::save(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
+        LemmyResult::Ok(())
+      },
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let failed_saved_comments = fetch_and_import(
+      data.saved_comments.clone(),
+      &context,
+      |(saved, context)| async move {
+        let comment = saved.dereference(&context).await?;
+        let form = CommentSavedForm {
+          person_id,
+          comment_id: comment.id,
+        };
+        CommentSaved::save(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
+        LemmyResult::Ok(())
+      },
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let failed_community_blocks = fetch_and_import(
+      data.blocked_communities.clone(),
+      &context,
+      |(blocked, context)| async move {
+        let community = blocked.dereference(&context).await?;
+        let form = CommunityBlockForm {
+          person_id,
+          community_id: community.id,
+        };
+        CommunityBlock::block(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
+        LemmyResult::Ok(())
+      },
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let failed_user_blocks = fetch_and_import(
+      data.blocked_users.clone(),
+      &context,
+      |(blocked, context)| async move {
+        let context = context.reset_request_count();
+        let target = blocked.dereference(&context).await?;
+        let form = PersonBlockForm {
+          person_id,
+          target_id: target.id,
+        };
+        PersonBlock::block(&mut context.pool(), &form).await?;
+        LemmyResult::Ok(())
+      },
+    )
     .await?;
 
     try_join_all(data.blocked_instances.iter().map(|domain| async {
-      // dont fetch unknown blocked objects from home server
       let instance = Instance::read_or_create(&mut context.pool(), domain.clone()).await?;
       let form = InstanceBlockForm {
         person_id,
@@ -312,17 +267,53 @@ pub async fn import_settings(
     }))
     .await?;
 
+    info!("Settings import completed for {}, the following items failed: {failed_followed_communities}, {failed_saved_posts}, {failed_saved_comments}, {failed_community_blocks}, {failed_user_blocks}",
+    local_user_view.person.name);
+
     Ok(())
   });
 
   Ok(Json(Default::default()))
 }
 
+async fn fetch_and_import<Kind, Fut>(
+  objects: Vec<ObjectId<Kind>>,
+  context: &Data<LemmyContext>,
+  import_fn: impl FnMut((ObjectId<Kind>, Data<LemmyContext>)) -> Fut,
+) -> LemmyResult<String>
+where
+  Kind: Object + Send + 'static,
+  for<'de2> <Kind as Object>::Kind: Deserialize<'de2>,
+  Fut: Future<Output = LemmyResult<()>>,
+{
+  let mut failed_items = vec![];
+  futures::stream::iter(
+    objects
+      .clone()
+      .into_iter()
+      // need to reset outgoing request count to avoid running into limit
+      .map(|s| (s, context.reset_request_count()))
+      .map(import_fn),
+  )
+  .buffer_unordered(PARALLELISM)
+  .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+  .await
+  .into_iter()
+  .enumerate()
+  .for_each(|(i, r): (usize, LemmyResult<()>)| {
+    if r.is_err() {
+      if let Some(object) = objects.get(i) {
+        failed_items.push(object.inner().clone());
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  Ok(failed_items.into_iter().join(","))
+}
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)]
 mod tests {
 
-  use crate::api::user_settings_backup::{export_settings, import_settings};
+  use crate::api::user_settings_backup::{export_settings, import_settings, UserSettingsBackup};
   use activitypub_federation::config::Data;
   use lemmy_api_common::context::LemmyContext;
   use lemmy_db_schema::{
@@ -420,6 +411,44 @@ mod tests {
     Ok(())
   }
 
+  #[tokio::test]
+  #[serial]
+  async fn test_settings_partial_import() -> LemmyResult<()> {
+    let context = LemmyContext::init_test_context().await;
+
+    let export_user =
+      create_user("hanna".to_string(), Some("my bio".to_string()), &context).await?;
+
+    let community_form = CommunityInsertForm::builder()
+      .name("testcom".to_string())
+      .title("testcom".to_string())
+      .instance_id(export_user.person.instance_id)
+      .build();
+    let community = Community::create(&mut context.pool(), &community_form).await?;
+    let follower_form = CommunityFollowerForm {
+      community_id: community.id,
+      person_id: export_user.person.id,
+      pending: false,
+    };
+    CommunityFollower::follow(&mut context.pool(), &follower_form).await?;
+
+    let backup = export_settings(export_user.clone(), context.reset_request_count()).await?;
+
+    let import_user = create_user("charles".to_string(), None, &context).await?;
+
+    let backup2 = UserSettingsBackup {
+      followed_communities: backup.followed_communities.clone(),
+      ..Default::default()
+    };
+    import_settings(
+      actix_web::web::Json(backup2),
+      import_user.clone(),
+      context.reset_request_count(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
   #[tokio::test]
   #[serial]
   async fn disallow_large_backup() -> LemmyResult<()> {
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/lib.rs b/crates/apub/src/lib.rs
index a5643b95c..c8960b008 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ pub(crate) mod mentions;
 pub mod objects;
 pub mod protocol;
 
-pub const FEDERATION_HTTP_FETCH_LIMIT: u32 = 50;
+/// Maximum number of outgoing HTTP requests to fetch a single object. Needs to be high enough
+/// to fetch a new community with posts, moderators and featured posts.
+pub const FEDERATION_HTTP_FETCH_LIMIT: u32 = 100;
 
 /// Only include a basic context to save space and bandwidth. The main context is hosted statically
 /// on join-lemmy.org. Include activitystreams explicitly for better compat, but this could