diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Status/ConversationMainStatusCollectionViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Views/Status/ConversationMainStatusCollectionViewCell.swift
index 6da79b08..ea0fcbb7 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Status/ConversationMainStatusCollectionViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Status/ConversationMainStatusCollectionViewCell.swift
@@ -141,13 +141,23 @@ class ConversationMainStatusCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewListCell, Status
         $0.isPointerInteractionEnabled = true
     }
     
-    private lazy var actionsCountHStack = UIStackView(arrangedSubviews: [
-        reblogsCountButton,
-        favoritesCountButton,
-    ]).configure {
-        $0.axis = .horizontal
-        $0.spacing = 8
-        $0.distribution = .fillProportionally
+    // using a UIStackView for this does not layout correctly on the first pass
+    // (everything is shifted slightly to the right for some reason)
+    // so do it manually, since there are only two subvviews
+    private lazy var actionsCountHStack = UIView().configure {
+        reblogsCountButton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
+        $0.addSubview(reblogsCountButton)
+        favoritesCountButton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
+        $0.addSubview(favoritesCountButton)
+        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
+            reblogsCountButton.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: $0.leadingAnchor),
+            reblogsCountButton.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: $0.topAnchor),
+            reblogsCountButton.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: $0.bottomAnchor),
+            favoritesCountButton.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: reblogsCountButton.trailingAnchor, constant: 8),
+            favoritesCountButton.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: $0.topAnchor),
+            favoritesCountButton.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: $0.bottomAnchor),
+            favoritesCountButton.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: $0.trailingAnchor),
+        ])
     }
     
     private let timestampAndClientLabel = UILabel().configure {