diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCollectionViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCollectionViewCell.swift
index 77982eb0..5c2dae8d 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCollectionViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCollectionViewCell.swift
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ extension StatusCollectionViewCell {
             .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
             .filter { [unowned self] in $0 == self.statusID }
             .sink { [unowned self] _ in
-                if let status = self.mastodonController.persistentContainer.status(for: self.statusID) {
+                if let mastodonController = self.mastodonController,
+                   let status = mastodonController.persistentContainer.status(for: self.statusID) {
                     // update immediately w/o animation
                     self.favoriteButton.active = status.favourited
                     self.reblogButton.active = status.reblogged