diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
index 8b98ed4e..95b97fc9 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ class TrendingStatusesViewController: UIViewController {
             }
             return config
         }
-        let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout.list(using: config)
+        let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout { sectionIndex, environment in
+            let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection.list(using: config, layoutEnvironment: environment)
+            section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+            return section
+        }
         view = UICollectionView(frame: .zero, collectionViewLayout: layout)
         collectionView.delegate = self
         collectionView.dragDelegate = self
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
index 4458d83a..506e5537 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
@@ -80,7 +80,15 @@ class ProfileStatusesViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionVie
             }
             return config
         }
-        let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout.list(using: config)
+        let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout { [unowned self] sectionIndex, environment in
+            if case .header = dataSource.sectionIdentifier(for: sectionIndex) {
+                return .list(using: .init(appearance: .plain), layoutEnvironment: environment)
+            } else {
+                let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection.list(using: config, layoutEnvironment: environment)
+                section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+                return section
+            }
+        }
         view = UICollectionView(frame: .zero, collectionViewLayout: layout)
         collectionView.delegate = self
         collectionView.dragDelegate = self
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index 4c1ac563..b5737552 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ class TimelineViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionViewContro
             }
             return config
         }
-        let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout.list(using: config)
+        // just setting layout.configuration.contentInsetsReference doesn't work with UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout.list
+        let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout { sectionIndex, environment in
+            let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection.list(using: config, layoutEnvironment: environment)
+            section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+            return section
+        }
         collectionView = UICollectionView(frame: .zero, collectionViewLayout: layout)
         collectionView.delegate = self
         collectionView.dragDelegate = self