diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
index 66658da3..83cb107c 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
@@ -104,12 +104,27 @@ class ProfileStatusesViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionVie
                 switch state {
                 case .unloaded:
                     Task {
-                        await load()
+                        await self.load()
                     }
                 case .loaded, .setupInitialSnapshot:
-                    var snapshot = dataSource.snapshot()
+                    var snapshot = self.dataSource.snapshot()
                     snapshot.reconfigureItems([.header(id)])
-                    dataSource.apply(snapshot, animatingDifferences: true)
+                    self.dataSource.apply(snapshot, animatingDifferences: true)
+                }
+            }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+        
+        mastodonController.persistentContainer.relationshipSubject
+            .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
+            .filter { [unowned self] in $0 == self.accountID }
+            .sink { [unowned self] id in
+                switch state {
+                case .unloaded:
+                    break
+                case .loaded, .setupInitialSnapshot:
+                    var snapshot = self.dataSource.snapshot()
+                    snapshot.reconfigureItems([.header(id)])
+                    self.dataSource.apply(snapshot, animatingDifferences: true)
                 }
             }
             .store(in: &cancellables)
@@ -132,6 +147,7 @@ class ProfileStatusesViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionVie
             switch itemIdentifier {
             case .header(let id):
                 if let headerCell = self.headerCell {
+                    headerCell.view?.updateUI(for: id)
                     return headerCell
                 } else {
                     let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: "headerCell", for: indexPath) as! ProfileHeaderCollectionViewCell
@@ -145,6 +161,7 @@ class ProfileStatusesViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionVie
                         view.pagesSegmentedControl.setSelectedOption(self.owner!.currentPage, animated: false)
                         cell.addHeader(view)
                     case .useExistingView(let view):
+                        view.updateUI(for: id)
                         cell.addHeader(view)
                     case .placeholder(height: let height):
                         _ = cell.addConstraint(height: height)
@@ -205,6 +222,13 @@ class ProfileStatusesViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionVie
         
         state = .setupInitialSnapshot
         
+        Task {
+            if let (all, _) = try? await mastodonController.run(Client.getRelationships(accounts: [accountID])),
+               let relationship = all.first {
+                self.mastodonController.persistentContainer.addOrUpdate(relationship: relationship)
+            }
+        }
+        
         await controller.loadInitial()
         await tryLoadPinned()
         
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Utilities/Previewing.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Utilities/Previewing.swift
index 6c31fbd3..3ba68f32 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Utilities/Previewing.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Utilities/Previewing.swift
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extension MenuActionProvider {
     
     private var mastodonController: MastodonController? { navigationDelegate?.apiController }
     
-    func actionsForProfile(accountID: String, source: PopoverSource) -> [UIMenuElement] {
+    func actionsForProfile(accountID: String, source: PopoverSource, fetchRelationship: Bool = true) -> [UIMenuElement] {
         guard let mastodonController = mastodonController,
             let account = mastodonController.persistentContainer.account(for: accountID) else { return [] }
         
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ extension MenuActionProvider {
         
         if let ownAccount = mastodonController.account,
            accountID != ownAccount.id {
-            actionsSection.append(relationshipAction(accountID: accountID, mastodonController: mastodonController, builder: { [unowned self] in self.followAction(for: $0, mastodonController: $1) }))
+            actionsSection.append(relationshipAction(fetchRelationship, accountID: accountID, mastodonController: mastodonController, builder: { [unowned self] in self.followAction(for: $0, mastodonController: $1) }))
             actionsSection.append(UIDeferredMenuElement.uncached({ elementHandler in
                 let listActions = mastodonController.lists.map { list in
                     UIAction(title: list.title, image: UIImage(systemName: "plus")) { [unowned self] _ in
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ extension MenuActionProvider {
                 }
                 elementHandler([UIMenu(title: "Add to List", image: UIImage(systemName: "list.bullet"), children: listActions)])
             }))
-            suppressSection.append(relationshipAction(accountID: accountID, mastodonController: mastodonController, builder: { [unowned self] in self.blockAction(for: $0, mastodonController: $1) }))
-            suppressSection.append(relationshipAction(accountID: accountID, mastodonController: mastodonController, builder: { [unowned self] in self.muteAction(for: $0, mastodonController: $1) }))
+            suppressSection.append(relationshipAction(fetchRelationship, accountID: accountID, mastodonController: mastodonController, builder: { [unowned self] in self.blockAction(for: $0, mastodonController: $1) }))
+            suppressSection.append(relationshipAction(fetchRelationship, accountID: accountID, mastodonController: mastodonController, builder: { [unowned self] in self.muteAction(for: $0, mastodonController: $1) }))
         }
         
         addOpenInNewWindow(actions: &shareSection, activity: UserActivityManager.showProfileActivity(id: accountID, accountID: loggedInAccountID))
@@ -377,16 +377,16 @@ extension MenuActionProvider {
         }
     }
     
-    private func relationshipAction(accountID: String, mastodonController: MastodonController, builder: @escaping @MainActor (RelationshipMO, MastodonController) -> UIMenuElement) -> UIDeferredMenuElement {
+    private func relationshipAction(_ fetch: Bool, accountID: String, mastodonController: MastodonController, builder: @escaping @MainActor (RelationshipMO, MastodonController) -> UIMenuElement) -> UIDeferredMenuElement {
         return UIDeferredMenuElement.uncached({ @MainActor elementHandler in
-            let relationship = Task {
-                await fetchRelationship(accountID: accountID, mastodonController: mastodonController)
-            }
             // workaround for #198, may result in showing outdated relationship, so only do so where necessary
-            if ProcessInfo.processInfo.isiOSAppOnMac,
+            if !fetch || ProcessInfo.processInfo.isiOSAppOnMac,
                let mo = mastodonController.persistentContainer.relationship(forAccount: accountID) {
                 elementHandler([builder(mo, mastodonController)])
             } else {
+                let relationship = Task {
+                    await fetchRelationship(accountID: accountID, mastodonController: mastodonController)
+                }
                 Task { @MainActor in
                     if let relationship = await relationship.value {
                         elementHandler([builder(relationship, mastodonController)])
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Profile Header/ProfileHeaderView.swift b/Tusker/Views/Profile Header/ProfileHeaderView.swift
index 1cb33ece..244f66dc 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Profile Header/ProfileHeaderView.swift	
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Profile Header/ProfileHeaderView.swift	
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import UIKit
 import Pachyderm
-import Combine
 
 protocol ProfileHeaderViewDelegate: TuskerNavigationDelegate, MenuActionProvider {
     func profileHeader(_ headerView: ProfileHeaderView, selectedPageChangedTo newPage: ProfileViewController.Page)
@@ -21,11 +20,7 @@ class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
         return nib.instantiate(withOwner: nil, options: nil).first as! ProfileHeaderView
     }
     
-    weak var delegate: ProfileHeaderViewDelegate? {
-        didSet {
-            createObservers()
-        }
-    }
+    weak var delegate: ProfileHeaderViewDelegate?
     var mastodonController: MastodonController! { delegate?.apiController }
 
     @IBOutlet weak var headerImageView: UIImageView!
@@ -57,8 +52,6 @@ class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
         }
     }
     
-    private var cancellables = [AnyCancellable]()
-    
     deinit {
         avatarRequest?.cancel()
         headerRequest?.cancel()
@@ -122,27 +115,6 @@ class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
         NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(updateUIForPreferences), name: .preferencesChanged, object: nil)
     }
     
-    private func createObservers() {
-        // mastodonController may be nil if the ProfileViewController is deinit'd before the header is even created
-        guard let mastodonController else {
-            return
-        }
-        
-        cancellables = []
-        
-        mastodonController.persistentContainer.accountSubject
-            .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
-            .filter { [weak self] in $0 == self?.accountID }
-            .sink { [weak self] in self?.updateUI(for: $0) }
-            .store(in: &cancellables)
-        
-        mastodonController.persistentContainer.relationshipSubject
-            .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
-            .filter { [weak self] in $0 == self?.accountID }
-            .sink { [weak self] (_) in self?.updateRelationship() }
-            .store(in: &cancellables)
-    }
-    
     func updateUI(for accountID: String) {
         self.accountID = accountID
         
@@ -158,7 +130,7 @@ class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
         
         updateImages(account: account)
         
-        moreButton.menu = UIMenu(title: "", image: nil, identifier: nil, options: [], children: delegate?.actionsForProfile(accountID: accountID, source: .view(moreButton)) ?? [])
+        moreButton.menu = UIMenu(title: "", image: nil, identifier: nil, options: [], children: delegate?.actionsForProfile(accountID: accountID, source: .view(moreButton), fetchRelationship: false) ?? [])
         
         noteTextView.navigationDelegate = delegate
         noteTextView.setTextFromHtml(account.note)
@@ -171,16 +143,6 @@ class ProfileHeaderView: UIView {
             
             // while fetching the most up-to-date, show the current data (if any)
             updateRelationship()
-            
-            let request = Client.getRelationships(accounts: [accountID])
-            mastodonController.run(request) { [weak self] (response) in
-                guard let mastodonController = self?.mastodonController,
-                      case let .success(results, _) = response,
-                      let relationship = results.first else {
-                    return
-                }
-                mastodonController.persistentContainer.addOrUpdate(relationship: relationship)
-            }
         }
         
         fieldsView.delegate = delegate