diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Conversation/ConversationTableViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Conversation/ConversationTableViewController.swift
index 608219d3..8290634d 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Conversation/ConversationTableViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Conversation/ConversationTableViewController.swift
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ class ConversationTableViewController: EnhancedTableViewController {
            case let .status(id: id, state: state) = dataSource.itemIdentifier(for: IndexPath(row: indexPath.row - 1, section: indexPath.section)) {
             let conv = ConversationTableViewController(for: id, state: state, mastodonController: mastodonController)
             conv.statusIDToScrollToOnLoad = childThreads.first!.status.id
+            conv.showStatusesAutomatically = showStatusesAutomatically
             show(conv)
         } else {
             super.tableView(tableView, didSelectRowAt: indexPath)