diff --git a/Tusker/CoreData/Tusker.xcdatamodeld/Tusker.xcdatamodel/contents b/Tusker/CoreData/Tusker.xcdatamodeld/Tusker.xcdatamodel/contents
index ba52345a..ae05395c 100644
--- a/Tusker/CoreData/Tusker.xcdatamodeld/Tusker.xcdatamodel/contents
+++ b/Tusker/CoreData/Tusker.xcdatamodeld/Tusker.xcdatamodel/contents
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
         <attribute name="url" optional="YES" attributeType="URI"/>
         <attribute name="visibilityString" attributeType="String"/>
         <relationship name="account" optional="YES" maxCount="1" deletionRule="Nullify" destinationEntity="Account" inverseName="statuses" inverseEntity="Account"/>
-        <relationship name="reblog" optional="YES" maxCount="1" deletionRule="Nullify" destinationEntity="Status"/>
+        <relationship name="reblog" optional="YES" maxCount="1" deletionRule="Nullify" destinationEntity="Status" inverseName="reblogs" inverseEntity="Status"/>
+        <relationship name="reblogs" optional="YES" maxCount="1" deletionRule="Nullify" destinationEntity="Status" inverseName="reblog" inverseEntity="Status"/>
         <relationship name="timelines" optional="YES" toMany="YES" deletionRule="Nullify" destinationEntity="TimelineState" inverseName="statuses" inverseEntity="TimelineState"/>
         <uniquenessConstraints>
             <uniquenessConstraint>
diff --git a/Tusker/Scenes/MainSceneDelegate.swift b/Tusker/Scenes/MainSceneDelegate.swift
index 3379ddc8..dcf37ae2 100644
--- a/Tusker/Scenes/MainSceneDelegate.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Scenes/MainSceneDelegate.swift
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class MainSceneDelegate: UIResponder, UIWindowSceneDelegate, TuskerSceneDelegate
             minDate.addTimeInterval(-7 * 24 * 60 * 60)
             
             let statusReq: NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult> = StatusMO.fetchRequest()
-            statusReq.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "(lastFetchedAt = nil) OR (lastFetchedAt < %@)", minDate as NSDate)
+            statusReq.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "((lastFetchedAt = nil) OR (lastFetchedAt < %@)) AND (reblogs.@count = 0)", minDate as NSDate)
             let deleteStatusReq = NSBatchDeleteRequest(fetchRequest: statusReq)
             deleteStatusReq.resultType = .resultTypeCount
             if let res = try? context.execute(deleteStatusReq) as? NSBatchDeleteResult {
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index 16d12fe7..a61095b4 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -445,6 +445,16 @@ class TimelineViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionViewContro
             if let status = mastodonController.persistentContainer.status(for: id) {
                 // touch the status so that, even if it's old, it doesn't get pruned when we go into the background
                 status.touch()
+                
+                // there was a bug where th the reblogged status would get pruned even when it was still refernced by the reblog
+                // as a temporary workaround, until there are no longer user db's in this state,
+                // check if the reblog is invalid and reload the status if so
+                if let reblog = status.reblog,
+                   // force the fault to fire
+                    case _  = reblog.id,
+                   reblog.isDeleted {
+                    unloaded.append(id)
+                }
             } else {
                 unloaded.append(id)
             }