diff --git a/Tusker/CoreData/AccountMO.swift b/Tusker/CoreData/AccountMO.swift
index df237ecc..a3df7ba1 100644
--- a/Tusker/CoreData/AccountMO.swift
+++ b/Tusker/CoreData/AccountMO.swift
@@ -59,9 +59,14 @@ public final class AccountMO: NSManagedObject, AccountProtocol {
         super.awakeFromFetch()
         
         managedObjectContext?.perform {
-            self.lastFetchedAt = Date()
+            self.touch()
         }
     }
+    
+    /// Update the `lastFetchedAt` date so this object isn't pruned early.
+    func touch() {
+        lastFetchedAt = Date()
+    }
 
 }
 
diff --git a/Tusker/CoreData/StatusMO.swift b/Tusker/CoreData/StatusMO.swift
index 774f8726..e37f64e5 100644
--- a/Tusker/CoreData/StatusMO.swift
+++ b/Tusker/CoreData/StatusMO.swift
@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ public final class StatusMO: NSManagedObject, StatusProtocol {
         super.awakeFromFetch()
         
         managedObjectContext?.perform {
-            self.lastFetchedAt = Date()
+            self.touch()
         }
     }
     
+    /// Update the `lastFetchedAt` date so this object isn't pruned early.
+    func touch() {
+        lastFetchedAt = Date()
+    }
+    
 }
 
 extension StatusMO {
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index f27349f2..e8096cf4 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -440,7 +440,15 @@ class TimelineViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionViewContro
     private func loadStatusesToRestore(position: TimelinePosition) async -> Bool {
         let originalPositionStatusIDs = position.statusIDs
         
-        let unloaded = position.statusIDs.filter({ mastodonController.persistentContainer.status(for: $0) == nil })
+        var unloaded = [String]()
+        for id in position.statusIDs {
+            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()
+            } else {
+                unloaded.append(id)
+            }
+        }
         guard !unloaded.isEmpty else {
             return true
         }