diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_list.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_list.jsx
index a9c06f693..a225883a8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_list.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_list.jsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default class StatusList extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     alwaysPrepend: PropTypes.bool,
     withCounters: PropTypes.bool,
     timelineId: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    lastId: PropTypes.string,
     regex: PropTypes.string,
   };
 
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ export default class StatusList extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   };
 
   handleLoadOlder = debounce(() => {
-    this.props.onLoadMore(this.props.statusIds.size > 0 ? this.props.statusIds.last() : undefined);
+    const { statusIds, lastId, onLoadMore } = this.props;
+    onLoadMore(lastId || (statusIds.size > 0 ? statusIds.last() : undefined));
   }, 300, { leading: true });
 
   _selectChild (index, align_top) {
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/containers/status_list_container.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/containers/status_list_container.js
index 3cd0707f2..92ddc01c8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/containers/status_list_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/containers/status_list_container.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const makeMapStateToProps = () => {
 
   const mapStateToProps = (state, { timelineId, regex }) => ({
     statusIds: getStatusIds(state, { type: timelineId, regex }),
+    lastId:    state.getIn(['timelines', timelineId, 'items'])?.last(),
     isLoading: state.getIn(['timelines', timelineId, 'isLoading'], true),
     isPartial: state.getIn(['timelines', timelineId, 'isPartial'], false),
     hasMore:   state.getIn(['timelines', timelineId, 'hasMore']),