diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/API.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/API.java
index df022fd39..ac023c8ac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/API.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/API.java
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ public class API {
         } catch (ParseException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
+        Status.fillSpan(context, status);
         return status;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/GNUAPI.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/GNUAPI.java
index ac54a88e5..4d414d2b6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/GNUAPI.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/GNUAPI.java
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ public class GNUAPI {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
         status.setViewType(context);
+        Status.fillSpan(context, status);
         return status;
     }