diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCollectionViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCollectionViewCell.swift
index 2e09a66366..2d85c3ecf3 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCollectionViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCollectionViewCell.swift
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ extension StatusCollectionViewCell {
                 view.backgroundColor = .tintColor.withAlphaComponent(0.5)
                 view.layer.cornerRadius = 2.5
                 view.layer.maskedCorners = [.layerMinXMaxYCorner, .layerMaxXMaxYCorner]
+                view.layer.zPosition = -1
                 prevThreadLinkView = view
                 contentView.addSubview(view)
                 NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ extension StatusCollectionViewCell {
                 view.backgroundColor = .tintColor.withAlphaComponent(0.5)
                 view.layer.cornerRadius = 2.5
                 view.layer.maskedCorners = [.layerMinXMinYCorner, .layerMaxXMinYCorner]
+                view.layer.zPosition = -1
                 nextThreadLinkView = view
                 contentView.addSubview(view)
                 let bottomConstraint = view.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.bottomAnchor)