diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeHostingController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeHostingController.swift
index 6ea48cbd..a98e17de 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeHostingController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeHostingController.swift
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class ComposeHostingController: UIHostingController<ComposeHostingController.Vie
             emojiImageView: { AnyView(CustomEmojiImageView(emoji: $0)) }
         )
         
+        if let account = mastodonController.account {
+            controller.currentAccount = account
+        }
+        
         self.mastodonController = mastodonController
         
         super.init(rootView: View(mastodonController: mastodonController, controller: controller))
@@ -151,7 +155,8 @@ class ComposeHostingController: UIHostingController<ComposeHostingController.Vie
         var body: some SwiftUI.View {
             ControllerView(controller: { controller })
                 .task {
-                    if let account = try? await mastodonController.getOwnAccount() {
+                    if controller.currentAccount == nil,
+                       let account = try? await mastodonController.getOwnAccount() {
                         controller.currentAccount = account
                     }
                 }