diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/HomeTimeline/HomeTimelineViewModel+LoadLatestState.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/HomeTimeline/HomeTimelineViewModel+LoadLatestState.swift
index fe99a07e4..2a6f5848b 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Scene/HomeTimeline/HomeTimelineViewModel+LoadLatestState.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/HomeTimeline/HomeTimelineViewModel+LoadLatestState.swift
@@ -147,10 +147,15 @@ extension HomeTimelineViewModel.LoadLatestState {
                     
                     let last = statuses.last
                     if let latestFirstId = latestFeedRecords.first?.id, let last, last.id == latestFirstId {
+                        /// We have an overlap with the existing Statuses, thus no _Load More_ required
                         toAdd = statuses.prefix(statuses.count-1).map({ MastodonFeed.fromStatus($0.asMastodonStatus, kind: .home) })
-                    } else {
+                    } else if latestFeedRecords.isNotEmpty {
+                        /// Our fetched Statuses do **not** overlap with the existing ones, we need a _Load More_ Button
                         toAdd = statuses.map({ MastodonFeed.fromStatus($0.asMastodonStatus, kind: .home) })
                         toAdd.last?.hasMore = true
+                    } else {
+                        /// We do not have existing items, no load more is required as there can't be a gap
+                        toAdd = statuses.map({ MastodonFeed.fromStatus($0.asMastodonStatus, kind: .home) })
                     }
                     
                     viewModel.dataController.records = (toAdd + latestFeedRecords).removingDuplicates()