diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/HomeTimeline/HomeTimelineViewModel+Donation.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/HomeTimeline/HomeTimelineViewModel+Donation.swift
index 93e8abfc7..39b8c1418 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Scene/HomeTimeline/HomeTimelineViewModel+Donation.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/HomeTimeline/HomeTimelineViewModel+Donation.swift
@@ -3,24 +3,20 @@
 import Combine
 import Foundation
 import MastodonSDK
+import MastodonCore
 
 extension HomeTimelineViewModel {
 
     func askForDonationIfPossible() async {
-        var userAuthentication = authContext.mastodonAuthenticationBox
+        let userAuthentication = authContext.mastodonAuthenticationBox
             .authentication
-        var accountCreatedAt = userAuthentication.accountCreatedAt
-        if accountCreatedAt == nil {
-            do {
-                let updated = try await AuthenticationViewModel.verifyAndSaveAuthentication(context: context, domain: userAuthentication.domain, clientID: userAuthentication.clientID, clientSecret: userAuthentication.clientSecret, userToken: userAuthentication.userAccessToken
-                )
-                accountCreatedAt = updated.createdAt
-            } catch {
-                return
-            }
+        guard let accountCreatedAt = userAuthentication.accountCreatedAt else {
+            let updated = try? await context.apiService.accountVerifyCredentials(domain: userAuthentication.domain, authorization: authContext.mastodonAuthenticationBox.userAuthorization)
+            guard let accountCreatedAt = updated?.createdAt else { return }
+            AuthenticationServiceProvider.shared.updateAccountCreatedAt(accountCreatedAt, forAuthentication: userAuthentication)
+            return
         }
 
-        guard let accountCreatedAt = accountCreatedAt  else { return }
         guard
             Mastodon.Entity.DonationCampaign.isEligibleForDonationsBanner(
                 domain: userAuthentication.domain,
diff --git a/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonCore/AuthenticationServiceProvider.swift b/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonCore/AuthenticationServiceProvider.swift
index 8e2068973..305d2fdc8 100644
--- a/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonCore/AuthenticationServiceProvider.swift
+++ b/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonCore/AuthenticationServiceProvider.swift
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ public extension AuthenticationServiceProvider {
             return try? JSONDecoder().decode(MastodonAuthentication.self, from: data)
         }
     }
+    
+    func updateAccountCreatedAt(_ newCreatedAt: Date, forAuthentication outdated: MastodonAuthentication) {
+        authentications = authentications.map { authentication in
+            guard authentication == outdated else {
+                return authentication
+            }
+            return outdated.updating(accountCreatedAt: newCreatedAt)
+        }
+    }
 
     func migrateLegacyAuthentications(in context: NSManagedObjectContext) {
         do {
diff --git a/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonCore/MastodonAuthentication.swift b/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonCore/MastodonAuthentication.swift
index 6acd333f4..d8fd5a81f 100644
--- a/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonCore/MastodonAuthentication.swift
+++ b/MastodonSDK/Sources/MastodonCore/MastodonAuthentication.swift
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public struct MastodonAuthentication: Codable, Hashable, UserIdentifier {
         createdAt: Date? = nil,
         updatedAt: Date? = nil,
         activedAt: Date? = nil,
+        accountCreatedAt: Date? = nil,
         userID: String? = nil,
         instanceConfiguration: InstanceConfiguration? = nil
     ) -> Self {
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ public struct MastodonAuthentication: Codable, Hashable, UserIdentifier {
             activedAt: activedAt ?? self.activedAt,
             userID: userID ?? self.userID,
             instanceConfiguration: instanceConfiguration ?? self.instanceConfiguration,
-            accountCreatedAt: self.accountCreatedAt
+            accountCreatedAt: accountCreatedAt ?? self.accountCreatedAt
         )
     }
 
@@ -180,6 +181,10 @@ public struct MastodonAuthentication: Codable, Hashable, UserIdentifier {
     func updating(activatedAt: Date) -> Self {
         copy(activedAt: activatedAt)
     }
+    
+    func updating(accountCreatedAt: Date) -> Self {
+        copy(accountCreatedAt: accountCreatedAt)
+    }
 
     var authorization: Mastodon.API.OAuth.Authorization {
         .init(accessToken: userAccessToken)