diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineTableViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineTableViewController.swift
index 96af8f9e6d..0680633213 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineTableViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineTableViewController.swift
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class TimelineTableViewController: DiffableTimelineLikeTableViewController<Timel
                 self.mastodonController.persistentContainer.addAll(statuses: statuses) {
                     DispatchQueue.main.async {
                         var snapshot = self.dataSource.snapshot()
+                        snapshot.deleteSections([.statuses, .footer])
                         snapshot.appendSections([.statuses, .footer])
                         snapshot.appendItems(statuses.map { .status(id: $0.id, state: .unknown) }, toSection: .statuses)
                         completion(.success(snapshot))