diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e9cda1e..30951c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -306,8 +306,28 @@ version = "0.25.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "46355d3245edc7b3160b2a45fe55d09a6963ebd3eee0252feb6b72fb0eb71463"
 dependencies = [
- "atrium-common",
- "atrium-xrpc",
+ "atrium-common 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-xrpc 0.12.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "chrono",
+ "http",
+ "ipld-core",
+ "langtag",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_bytes",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "tokio",
+ "trait-variant",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "atrium-api"
+version = "0.25.4"
+source = "git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace#80a355991ac9b48ba3f559d12aac74f071fc638c"
+dependencies = [
+ "atrium-common 0.1.2 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-xrpc 0.12.3 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
  "chrono",
  "http",
  "ipld-core",
@@ -336,15 +356,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-time",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atrium-common"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace#80a355991ac9b48ba3f559d12aac74f071fc638c"
+dependencies = [
+ "dashmap",
+ "lru",
+ "moka",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "tokio",
+ "trait-variant",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atrium-identity"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c9e2d42bb4dbea038f4f5f45e3af2a89d61a9894a75f06aa550b74a60d2be380"
 dependencies = [
- "atrium-api",
- "atrium-common",
- "atrium-xrpc",
+ "atrium-api 0.25.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-common 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-xrpc 0.12.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_html_form",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "trait-variant",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "atrium-identity"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace#80a355991ac9b48ba3f559d12aac74f071fc638c"
+dependencies = [
+ "atrium-api 0.25.4 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-common 0.1.2 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-xrpc 0.12.3 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
  "serde",
  "serde_html_form",
  "serde_json",
@@ -358,10 +407,38 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca22dc4eaf77fd9bf050b21192ac58cd654a437d28e000ec114ebd93a51d36f5"
 dependencies = [
- "atrium-api",
- "atrium-common",
- "atrium-identity",
- "atrium-xrpc",
+ "atrium-api 0.25.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-common 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-identity 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-xrpc 0.12.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "chrono",
+ "dashmap",
+ "ecdsa",
+ "elliptic-curve",
+ "jose-jwa",
+ "jose-jwk",
+ "p256",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_html_form",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "tokio",
+ "trait-variant",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "atrium-oauth"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace#80a355991ac9b48ba3f559d12aac74f071fc638c"
+dependencies = [
+ "atrium-api 0.25.4 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-common 0.1.2 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-identity 0.1.5 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-xrpc 0.12.3 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
  "dashmap",
@@ -395,6 +472,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "trait-variant",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atrium-xrpc"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace#80a355991ac9b48ba3f559d12aac74f071fc638c"
+dependencies = [
+ "http",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_html_form",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "trait-variant",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "auto_enums"
 version = "0.8.7"
@@ -2642,7 +2732,7 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
- "atrium-api",
+ "atrium-api 0.25.4 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "futures-util",
@@ -4916,10 +5006,10 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "slingshot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "atrium-api",
- "atrium-common",
- "atrium-identity",
- "atrium-oauth",
+ "atrium-api 0.25.4 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-common 0.1.2 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-identity 0.1.5 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
+ "atrium-oauth 0.1.3 (git+https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git?branch=fix%2Fresolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace)",
  "clap",
  "ctrlc",
  "foyer",
@@ -6009,10 +6099,10 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "who-am-i"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "atrium-api",
- "atrium-common",
- "atrium-identity",
- "atrium-oauth",
+ "atrium-api 0.25.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-common 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-identity 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atrium-oauth 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "axum",
  "axum-extra",
  "axum-template",
diff --git a/jetstream/Cargo.toml b/jetstream/Cargo.toml
index 96bd42d..1eadecd 100644
--- a/jetstream/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jetstream/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.83"
-atrium-api = { version = "0.25.4", default-features = false, features = [
+atrium-api = { git = "https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git", branch = "fix/resolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace", default-features = false, features = [
     "namespace-appbsky",
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1.44.2", features = ["full", "sync", "time"] }
diff --git a/slingshot/Cargo.toml b/slingshot/Cargo.toml
index 06a97a5..9991b65 100644
--- a/slingshot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/slingshot/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-atrium-api = { version = "0.25.4", default-features = false }
-atrium-common = "0.1.2"
-atrium-identity = "0.1.5"
-atrium-oauth = "0.1.3"
+atrium-api = { git = "https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git", branch = "fix/resolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace", default-features = false }
+atrium-common = { git = "https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git", branch = "fix/resolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace" }
+atrium-identity = { git = "https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git", branch = "fix/resolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace" }
+atrium-oauth = { git = "https://github.com/uniphil/atrium.git", branch = "fix/resolve-handle-https-accept-whitespace" }
 clap = { version = "4.5.41", features = ["derive"] }
 ctrlc = "3.4.7"
 foyer = { version = "0.18.0", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/slingshot/src/identity.rs b/slingshot/src/identity.rs
index 1abd0d0..80e5286 100644
--- a/slingshot/src/identity.rs
+++ b/slingshot/src/identity.rs
@@ -240,9 +240,10 @@ impl Identity {
                         Err(atrium_identity::Error::NotFound) => {
                             Ok(IdentityVal(UtcDateTime::now(), IdentityData::NotFound))
                         }
-                        Err(other) => Err(foyer::Error::Other(Box::new(
-                            IdentityError::ResolutionFailed(other),
-                        ))),
+                        Err(other) => Err(foyer::Error::Other(Box::new({
+                            log::debug!("other error resolving handle: {other:?}");
+                            IdentityError::ResolutionFailed(other)
+                        }))),
                     }
                 }
             })
diff --git a/slingshot/src/server.rs b/slingshot/src/server.rs
index 9066da1..5abec05 100644
--- a/slingshot/src/server.rs
+++ b/slingshot/src/server.rs
@@ -439,17 +439,22 @@ impl Xrpc {
                 let Ok(alleged_handle) = Handle::new(identifier) else {
                     return invalid("identifier was not a valid DID or handle");
                 };
-                if let Ok(res) = self.identity.handle_to_did(alleged_handle.clone()).await {
-                    if let Some(did) = res {
-                        // we did it joe
-                        unverified_handle = Some(alleged_handle);
-                        did
-                    } else {
-                        return invalid("Could not resolve handle identifier to a DID");
+
+                match self.identity.handle_to_did(alleged_handle.clone()).await {
+                    Ok(res) => {
+                        if let Some(did) = res {
+                            // we did it joe
+                            unverified_handle = Some(alleged_handle);
+                            did
+                        } else {
+                            return invalid("Could not resolve handle identifier to a DID");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        log::debug!("failed to resolve handle: {e}");
+                        // TODO: ServerError not BadRequest
+                        return invalid("errored while trying to resolve handle to DID");
                     }
-                } else {
-                    // TODO: ServerError not BadRequest
-                    return invalid("errored while trying to resolve handle to DID");
                 }
             }
         };
@@ -514,20 +519,24 @@ impl Xrpc {
                         "repo was not a valid DID or handle",
                     ));
                 };
-                if let Ok(res) = self.identity.handle_to_did(handle).await {
-                    if let Some(did) = res {
-                        did
-                    } else {
-                        return GetRecordResponse::BadRequest(xrpc_error(
-                            "InvalidRequest",
-                            "Could not resolve handle repo to a DID",
+                match self.identity.handle_to_did(handle).await {
+                    Ok(res) => {
+                        if let Some(did) = res {
+                            did
+                        } else {
+                            return GetRecordResponse::BadRequest(xrpc_error(
+                                "InvalidRequest",
+                                "Could not resolve handle repo to a DID",
+                            ));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        log::debug!("handle resolution failed: {e}");
+                        return GetRecordResponse::ServerError(xrpc_error(
+                            "ResolutionFailed",
+                            "errored while trying to resolve handle to DID",
                         ));
                     }
-                } else {
-                    return GetRecordResponse::ServerError(xrpc_error(
-                        "ResolutionFailed",
-                        "errored while trying to resolve handle to DID",
-                    ));
                 }
             }
         };