diff --git a/Shared/Networking/Mastodon API/Endpoints/StatusEndpoint.swift b/Shared/Networking/Mastodon API/Endpoints/StatusEndpoint.swift
index 1c24887..6133beb 100644
--- a/Shared/Networking/Mastodon API/Endpoints/StatusEndpoint.swift	
+++ b/Shared/Networking/Mastodon API/Endpoints/StatusEndpoint.swift	
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import Foundation
 
 enum StatusEndpoint {
+    case status(id: String)
     case favourite(id: String)
     case unfavourite(id: String)
 }
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ extension StatusEndpoint: MastodonEndpoint {
 
     var pathComponentsInContext: [String] {
         switch self {
+        case let .status(id):
+            return [id]
         case let .favourite(id):
             return [id, "favourite"]
         case let .unfavourite(id):
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ extension StatusEndpoint: MastodonEndpoint {
 
     var method: HTTPMethod {
         switch self {
+        case .status:
+            return .get
         case .favourite, .unfavourite:
             return .post
         }
diff --git a/Shared/Services/Status List Services/ContextService.swift b/Shared/Services/Status List Services/ContextService.swift
index 2533de6..3282864 100644
--- a/Shared/Services/Status List Services/ContextService.swift	
+++ b/Shared/Services/Status List Services/ContextService.swift	
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Combine
 struct ContextService {
     let statusSections: AnyPublisher<[[Status]], Error>
 
-    private var status: Status
+    private let status: Status
     private let context = CurrentValueSubject<MastodonContext, Never>(MastodonContext(ancestors: [], descendants: []))
     private let networkClient: MastodonClient
     private let contentDatabase: ContentDatabase
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct ContextService {
 }
 
 extension ContextService: StatusListService {
-    var contextParent: Status? { status }
+    var contextParentID: String? { status.id }
 
     func isReplyInContext(status: Status) -> Bool {
         let flatContext = flattenedContext()
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extension ContextService: StatusListService {
 
         let previousStatus = flatContext[index - 1]
 
-        return previousStatus.id != contextParent?.id && status.inReplyToId == previousStatus.id
+        return previousStatus.id != contextParentID && status.inReplyToId == previousStatus.id
     }
 
     func hasReplyFollowing(status: Status) -> Bool {
@@ -57,14 +57,18 @@ extension ContextService: StatusListService {
 
         let nextStatus = flatContext[index + 1]
 
-        return status.id != contextParent?.id && nextStatus.inReplyToId == status.id
+        return status.id != contextParentID && nextStatus.inReplyToId == status.id
     }
 
     func request(maxID: String?, minID: String?) -> AnyPublisher<Void, Error> {
-        networkClient.request(ContextEndpoint.context(id: status.id))
-            .handleEvents(receiveOutput: context.send)
-            .map { ($0.ancestors + $0.descendants, collection) }
-            .flatMap(contentDatabase.insert(statuses:collection:))
+        Publishers.Merge(
+            networkClient.request(StatusEndpoint.status(id: status.id))
+                .map { ([$0], collection) }
+                .flatMap(contentDatabase.insert(statuses:collection:)),
+            networkClient.request(ContextEndpoint.context(id: status.id))
+                .handleEvents(receiveOutput: context.send)
+                .map { ($0.ancestors + $0.descendants, collection) }
+                .flatMap(contentDatabase.insert(statuses:collection:)))
             .eraseToAnyPublisher()
     }
 
diff --git a/Shared/Services/Status List Services/StatusListService.swift b/Shared/Services/Status List Services/StatusListService.swift
index 5d26a4b..dccb8e0 100644
--- a/Shared/Services/Status List Services/StatusListService.swift	
+++ b/Shared/Services/Status List Services/StatusListService.swift	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Combine
 
 protocol StatusListService {
     var statusSections: AnyPublisher<[[Status]], Error> { get }
-    var contextParent: Status? { get }
+    var contextParentID: String? { get }
     func isPinned(status: Status) -> Bool
     func isReplyInContext(status: Status) -> Bool
     func hasReplyFollowing(status: Status) -> Bool
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ protocol StatusListService {
 }
 
 extension StatusListService {
-    var contextParent: Status? { nil }
+    var contextParentID: String? { nil }
 
     func isPinned(status: Status) -> Bool { false }
 
diff --git a/Shared/View Models/StatusesViewModel.swift b/Shared/View Models/StatusesViewModel.swift
index 111acb0..83074c6 100644
--- a/Shared/View Models/StatusesViewModel.swift	
+++ b/Shared/View Models/StatusesViewModel.swift	
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class StatusesViewModel: ObservableObject {
 }
 
 extension StatusesViewModel {
-    var contextParent: Status? { statusListService.contextParent }
+    var contextParentID: String? { statusListService.contextParentID }
 
     func request(maxID: String? = nil, minID: String? = nil) {
         statusListService.request(maxID: maxID, minID: minID)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extension StatusesViewModel {
                 .sink {})
         }
 
-        statusViewModel.isContextParent = status == contextParent
+        statusViewModel.isContextParent = status.id == contextParentID
         statusViewModel.isPinned = statusListService.isPinned(status: status)
         statusViewModel.isReplyInContext = statusListService.isReplyInContext(status: status)
         statusViewModel.hasReplyFollowing = statusListService.hasReplyFollowing(status: status)
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ private extension StatusesViewModel {
         maintainScrollPositionOfStatusID = nil // clear old value
 
         // Maintain scroll position of parent after initial load of context
-        if let contextParent = contextParent, statusSections == [[], [contextParent], []] {
-            maintainScrollPositionOfStatusID = contextParent.id
+        if let contextParentID = contextParentID, statusSections.reduce([], +).map(\.id) == [contextParentID] {
+            maintainScrollPositionOfStatusID = contextParentID
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/iOS/View Controllers/StatusListViewController.swift b/iOS/View Controllers/StatusListViewController.swift
index 20eebf0..486b72f 100644
--- a/iOS/View Controllers/StatusListViewController.swift	
+++ b/iOS/View Controllers/StatusListViewController.swift	
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class StatusListViewController: UITableViewController {
     }
 
     override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, shouldHighlightRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
-        viewModel.statusSections[indexPath.section][indexPath.row] != viewModel.contextParent
+        viewModel.statusSections[indexPath.section][indexPath.row].id != viewModel.contextParentID
     }
 
     override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
@@ -123,11 +123,17 @@ extension StatusListViewController: StatusTableViewCellDelegate {
 
 private extension StatusListViewController {
     func indexPath(statusID: String) -> IndexPath? {
-        guard let status = viewModel.statusSections.reduce([], +).first(where: { $0.id == statusID }) else {
-            return nil
+        for section in 0..<dataSource.numberOfSections(in: tableView) {
+            for row in 0..<dataSource.tableView(tableView, numberOfRowsInSection: section) {
+                let indexPath = IndexPath(row: row, section: section)
+
+                if dataSource.itemIdentifier(for: indexPath)?.id == statusID {
+                    return indexPath
+                }
+            }
         }
 
-        return dataSource.indexPath(for: status)
+        return nil
     }
 
     func share(url: URL) {