diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
index 272f83b2a..b3bb50880 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
     %{
       id: activity.id,
       uri: object["id"],
-      url: object["external_url"],
+      url: object["external_url"] || object["id"],
       account: AccountView.render("account.json", %{user: user}),
       in_reply_to_id: reply_to && reply_to.id,
       in_reply_to_account_id: reply_to_user && reply_to_user.id,
diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/status_view_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/status_view_test.exs
index dc5cdfe9a..caa2c9d83 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/status_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/status_view_test.exs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusViewTest do
     expected = %{
       id: note.id,
       uri: note.data["object"]["id"],
-      url: note.data["object"]["external_id"],
+      url: note.data["object"]["id"],
       account: AccountView.render("account.json", %{user: user}),
       in_reply_to_id: nil,
       in_reply_to_account_id: nil,