diff --git a/Tusker/CoreData/MastodonCachePersistentStore.swift b/Tusker/CoreData/MastodonCachePersistentStore.swift
index cb934877ed..22150e96fd 100644
--- a/Tusker/CoreData/MastodonCachePersistentStore.swift
+++ b/Tusker/CoreData/MastodonCachePersistentStore.swift
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ class MastodonCachePersistentStore: NSPersistentContainer {
     
     private(set) lazy var backgroundContext: NSManagedObjectContext = {
         let context = NSManagedObjectContext(concurrencyType: .privateQueueConcurrencyType)
-        context.parent = self.viewContext
+        context.persistentStoreCoordinator = self.persistentStoreCoordinator
+        context.automaticallyMergesChangesFromParent = true
         return context
     }()
     
     private(set) lazy var prefetchBackgroundContext: NSManagedObjectContext = {
         let context = NSManagedObjectContext(concurrencyType: .privateQueueConcurrencyType)
-        context.parent = self.viewContext
+        context.persistentStoreCoordinator = self.persistentStoreCoordinator
+        context.automaticallyMergesChangesFromParent = true
         return context
     }()
     
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ class MastodonCachePersistentStore: NSPersistentContainer {
             }
         }
         
+        viewContext.automaticallyMergesChangesFromParent = true
+        
         NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(managedObjectsDidChange), name: .NSManagedObjectContextObjectsDidChange, object: viewContext)
     }