diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/ExploreViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/ExploreViewController.swift
index 0a74e2db..6413e580 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/ExploreViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/ExploreViewController.swift
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ class ExploreViewController: UIViewController, UICollectionViewDelegate {
     
     private func ownInstanceLoaded(_ instance: Instance) {
         var snapshot = self.dataSource.snapshot()
-        if mastodonController.instanceFeatures.instanceType.isMastodon {
+        if mastodonController.instanceFeatures.instanceType.isMastodon,
+           !snapshot.sectionIdentifiers.contains(.discover) {
             snapshot.insertSections([.discover], afterSection: .bookmarks)
             snapshot.appendItems([.trendingTags, .profileDirectory], toSection: .discover)
         }
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
index 6aceb87c..c2cfe6fd 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ class MainSidebarViewController: UIViewController {
     
     private func ownInstanceLoaded(_ instance: Instance) {
         var snapshot = self.dataSource.snapshot()
-        if mastodonController.instanceFeatures.instanceType.isMastodon {
+        if mastodonController.instanceFeatures.instanceType.isMastodon,
+           !snapshot.sectionIdentifiers.contains(.discover) {
             snapshot.insertSections([.discover], afterSection: .compose)
             snapshot.appendItems([
                 .trendingTags,