diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index 48160fd4..9a4b208c 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -621,9 +621,12 @@ class TimelineViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionViewContro
             snapshot.insertItems(presentItems.map { .status(id: $0, collapseState: .unknown, filterState: .unknown) }, beforeItem: .gap)
             
             if applySnapshotBeforeScrolling {
-                let firstVisibleIndexPath = collectionView.indexPathsForVisibleItems.min()!
-                let firstVisibleItem = dataSource.itemIdentifier(for: firstVisibleIndexPath)!
-                applySnapshot(snapshot, maintainingBottomRelativeScrollPositionOf: firstVisibleItem)
+                if let firstVisibleIndexPath = collectionView.indexPathsForVisibleItems.min() {
+                    let firstVisibleItem = dataSource.itemIdentifier(for: firstVisibleIndexPath)!
+                    applySnapshot(snapshot, maintainingBottomRelativeScrollPositionOf: firstVisibleItem)
+                } else {
+                    dataSource.apply(snapshot, animatingDifferences: false)
+                }
             }
             
             var config = ToastConfiguration(title: "Jump to Present")