diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineTableViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineTableViewController.swift
index fb39aed35e..e1f3117f4f 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineTableViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineTableViewController.swift
@@ -179,11 +179,12 @@ class TimelineTableViewController: EnhancedTableViewController {
             mastodonController.run(request) { response in
                 guard case let .success(newStatuses, pagination) = response else { fatalError() }
                 self.older = pagination?.older
-                let newRows = self.timelineSegments.last!.count..<(self.timelineSegments.last!.count + newStatuses.count)
-                let newIndexPaths = newRows.map { IndexPath(row: $0, section: self.timelineSegments.count - 1) }
-                self.timelineSegments[self.timelineSegments.count - 1].append(contentsOf: newStatuses.map { ($0.id, .unknown) })
                 self.mastodonController.persistentContainer.addAll(statuses: newStatuses) {
                     DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                        let newRows = self.timelineSegments.last!.count..<(self.timelineSegments.last!.count + newStatuses.count)
+                        let newIndexPaths = newRows.map { IndexPath(row: $0, section: self.timelineSegments.count - 1) }
+                        self.timelineSegments[self.timelineSegments.count - 1].append(contentsOf: newStatuses.map { ($0.id, .unknown) })
+                        
                         UIView.performWithoutAnimation {
                             self.tableView.insertRows(at: newIndexPaths, with: .none)
                         }