diff --git a/routes/_actions/timeline.js b/routes/_actions/timeline.js
index c2d322c0d..fd877af2b 100644
--- a/routes/_actions/timeline.js
+++ b/routes/_actions/timeline.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { store } from '../_store/store'
 import { getTimeline } from '../_api/timelines'
 import { toast } from '../_utils/toast'
 import { mark, stop } from '../_utils/marks'
-import { mergeArrays } from '../_utils/arrays'
+import { concat, mergeArrays } from '../_utils/arrays'
 import { byItemIds } from '../_utils/sorting'
 import isEqual from 'lodash-es/isEqual'
 import {
@@ -11,9 +11,22 @@ import {
 import {
   getTimeline as getTimelineFromDatabase
 } from '../_database/timelines/pagination'
+import { getStatus, getStatusContext } from '../_api/statuses'
 
 const FETCH_LIMIT = 20
 
+async function fetchTimelineItemsFromNetwork (instanceName, accessToken, timelineName, lastTimelineItemId) {
+  if (timelineName.startsWith('status/')) { // special case - this is a list of descendents and ancestors
+    let statusId = timelineName.split('/').slice(-1)[0]
+    let statusRequest = getStatus(instanceName, accessToken, statusId)
+    let contextRequest = getStatusContext(instanceName, accessToken, statusId)
+    let [ status, context ] = await Promise.all([statusRequest, contextRequest])
+    return concat(context.ancestors, status, context.descendants)
+  } else { // normal timeline
+    return getTimeline(instanceName, accessToken, timelineName, lastTimelineItemId, FETCH_LIMIT)
+  }
+}
+
 async function fetchTimelineItems (instanceName, accessToken, timelineName, lastTimelineItemId, online) {
   mark('fetchTimelineItems')
   let items
@@ -23,7 +36,7 @@ async function fetchTimelineItems (instanceName, accessToken, timelineName, last
     stale = true
   } else {
     try {
-      items = await getTimeline(instanceName, accessToken, timelineName, lastTimelineItemId, FETCH_LIMIT)
+      items = await fetchTimelineItemsFromNetwork(instanceName, accessToken, timelineName, lastTimelineItemId)
       /* no await */ insertTimelineItemsInDatabase(instanceName, timelineName, items)
     } catch (e) {
       console.error(e)
diff --git a/routes/_api/statuses.js b/routes/_api/statuses.js
index 430df44ae..12f6ea9b0 100644
--- a/routes/_api/statuses.js
+++ b/routes/_api/statuses.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { auth, basename } from './utils'
-import { post, WRITE_TIMEOUT } from '../_utils/ajax'
+import { DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, get, post, WRITE_TIMEOUT } from '../_utils/ajax'
 
 export async function postStatus (instanceName, accessToken, text, inReplyToId, mediaIds,
   sensitive, spoilerText, visibility) {
@@ -23,3 +23,13 @@ export async function postStatus (instanceName, accessToken, text, inReplyToId,
 
   return post(url, body, auth(accessToken), {timeout: WRITE_TIMEOUT})
 }
+
+export async function getStatusContext (instanceName, accessToken, statusId) {
+  let url = `${basename(instanceName)}/api/v1/statuses/${statusId}/context`
+  return get(url, auth(accessToken), {timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT})
+}
+
+export async function getStatus (instanceName, accessToken, statusId) {
+  let url = `${basename(instanceName)}/api/v1/statuses/${statusId}`
+  return get(url, auth(accessToken), {timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT})
+}
diff --git a/routes/_api/timelines.js b/routes/_api/timelines.js
index dfc5a6f4a..6ac5ca1f3 100644
--- a/routes/_api/timelines.js
+++ b/routes/_api/timelines.js
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ function getTimelineUrlPath (timeline) {
   }
   if (timeline.startsWith('tag/')) {
     return 'timelines/tag'
-  } else if (timeline.startsWith('status/')) {
-    return 'statuses'
   } else if (timeline.startsWith('account/')) {
     return 'accounts'
   } else if (timeline.startsWith('list/')) {
@@ -30,8 +28,6 @@ export function getTimeline (instanceName, accessToken, timeline, maxId, since)
 
   if (timeline.startsWith('tag/')) {
     url += '/' + timeline.split('/').slice(-1)[0]
-  } else if (timeline.startsWith('status/')) {
-    url += '/' + timeline.split('/').slice(-1)[0] + '/context'
   } else if (timeline.startsWith('account/')) {
     url += '/' + timeline.split('/').slice(-1)[0] + '/statuses'
   } else if (timeline.startsWith('list/')) {
@@ -53,16 +49,5 @@ export function getTimeline (instanceName, accessToken, timeline, maxId, since)
 
   url += '?' + paramsString(params)
 
-  if (timeline.startsWith('status/')) {
-    // special case - this is a list of descendents and ancestors
-    let statusUrl = `${basename(instanceName)}/api/v1/statuses/${timeline.split('/').slice(-1)[0]}`
-    return Promise.all([
-      get(url, auth(accessToken), {timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT}),
-      get(statusUrl, auth(accessToken), {timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT})
-    ]).then(res => {
-      return [].concat(res[0].ancestors).concat([res[1]]).concat(res[0].descendants)
-    })
-  }
-
   return get(url, auth(accessToken), {timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT})
 }
diff --git a/routes/_utils/arrays.js b/routes/_utils/arrays.js
index d25250e9a..7de1c4e1e 100644
--- a/routes/_utils/arrays.js
+++ b/routes/_utils/arrays.js
@@ -31,3 +31,16 @@ export function mergeArrays (leftArray, rightArray) {
   }
   return merged
 }
+
+export function concat () {
+  let res = []
+  for (let i = 0, len = arguments.length; i < len; i++) {
+    let arg = arguments[i]
+    if (Array.isArray(arg)) {
+      res = res.concat(arguments[i])
+    } else {
+      res.push(arguments[i])
+    }
+  }
+  return res
+}