diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
index a0ff71eeaa..7e7fce2849 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSidebarViewController.swift
@@ -159,29 +159,47 @@ class MainSidebarViewController: UIViewController {
             exploreSnapshot.append(lists.map { .list($0) }, to: .listsHeader)
             exploreSnapshot.append([.addList], to: .listsHeader)
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                self.dataSource.apply(exploreSnapshot, to: .lists)
+                let selected = self.collectionView.indexPathsForSelectedItems?.first
+
+                self.dataSource.apply(exploreSnapshot, to: .lists) {
+                    if let selected = selected {
+                        self.collectionView.selectItem(at: selected, animated: false, scrollPosition: .centeredVertically)
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
     
     @objc private func reloadSavedHashtags() {
+        let selected = collectionView.indexPathsForSelectedItems?.first
+
         var hashtagsSnapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSectionSnapshot<Item>()
         hashtagsSnapshot.append([.savedHashtagsHeader])
         hashtagsSnapshot.expand([.savedHashtagsHeader])
         let sortedHashtags = SavedDataManager.shared.sortedHashtags(for: mastodonController.accountInfo!)
         hashtagsSnapshot.append(sortedHashtags.map { .savedHashtag($0) }, to: .savedHashtagsHeader)
         hashtagsSnapshot.append([.addSavedHashtag], to: .savedHashtagsHeader)
-        self.dataSource.apply(hashtagsSnapshot, to: .savedHashtags, animatingDifferences: false)
+        self.dataSource.apply(hashtagsSnapshot, to: .savedHashtags, animatingDifferences: false) {
+            if let selected = selected {
+                self.collectionView.selectItem(at: selected, animated: false, scrollPosition: .centeredVertically)
+            }
+        }
     }
     
     @objc private func reloadSavedInstances() {
+        let selected = collectionView.indexPathsForSelectedItems?.first
+        
         var instancesSnapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSectionSnapshot<Item>()
         instancesSnapshot.append([.savedInstancesHeader])
         instancesSnapshot.expand([.savedInstancesHeader])
         let sortedInstances = SavedDataManager.shared.savedInstances(for: mastodonController.accountInfo!)
         instancesSnapshot.append(sortedInstances.map { .savedInstance($0) }, to: .savedInstancesHeader)
         instancesSnapshot.append([.addSavedInstance], to: .savedInstancesHeader)
-        self.dataSource.apply(instancesSnapshot, to: .savedInstances, animatingDifferences: false)
+        self.dataSource.apply(instancesSnapshot, to: .savedInstances, animatingDifferences: false) {
+            if let selected = selected {
+                self.collectionView.selectItem(at: selected, animated: false, scrollPosition: .centeredVertically)
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     // todo: deduplicate with ExploreViewController