diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
index 86a572a1..e3a6201e 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 import UIKit
 import Pachyderm
 
-class TrendingStatusesViewController: UIViewController {
+class TrendingStatusesViewController: UIViewController, CollectionViewController {
     
     weak var mastodonController: MastodonController!
     let filterer: Filterer
     
-    private var collectionView: UICollectionView {
-        view as! UICollectionView
+    var collectionView: UICollectionView! {
+        view as? UICollectionView
     }
     private var dataSource: UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource<Section, Item>!
     
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ class TrendingStatusesViewController: UIViewController {
     override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
         super.viewWillAppear(animated)
         
+        clearSelectionOnAppear(animated: animated)
+        
         if !loaded {
             loaded = true
             var snapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSnapshot<Section, Item>()