diff --git a/View Controllers/MainNavigationViewController.swift b/View Controllers/MainNavigationViewController.swift
index 0c9b28d..05bf7b1 100644
--- a/View Controllers/MainNavigationViewController.swift	
+++ b/View Controllers/MainNavigationViewController.swift	
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ final class MainNavigationViewController: UITabBarController {
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
 
-        setupViewControllers()
-
-        if viewModel.identityContext.identity.authenticated {
-            setupNewStatusButton()
-        }
-
         viewModel.$presentingSecondaryNavigation.sink { [weak self] in
             if $0 {
                 self?.presentSecondaryNavigation()
@@ -40,10 +34,20 @@ final class MainNavigationViewController: UITabBarController {
         }
         .store(in: &cancellables)
 
+        viewModel.identityContext.$identity.map(\.pending)
+            .removeDuplicates()
+            .print()
+            .sink { [weak self] in self?.setupViewControllers(pending: $0) }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+
         viewModel.timelineNavigations.map { _ in }
             .merge(with: viewModel.followRequestNavigations.map { _ in })
             .sink { [weak self] in self?.selectedIndex = 0 }
             .store(in: &cancellables)
+
+        NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: UIScene.willEnterForegroundNotification)
+            .sink { [weak self] _ in self?.viewModel.refreshIdentity() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
     }
 
     override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
@@ -54,29 +58,29 @@ final class MainNavigationViewController: UITabBarController {
 }
 
 private extension MainNavigationViewController {
-    func setupViewControllers() {
+    func setupViewControllers(pending: Bool) {
         var controllers: [UIViewController] = [
             TimelinesViewController(
                 viewModel: viewModel,
                 rootViewModel: rootViewModel),
             ExploreViewController(
-                viewModel: viewModel.exploreViewModel,
+                viewModel: viewModel.exploreViewModel(),
                 rootViewModel: rootViewModel)
         ]
 
-        if viewModel.identityContext.identity.authenticated {
+        if viewModel.identityContext.identity.authenticated && !pending {
             controllers.append(NotificationsViewController(viewModel: viewModel, rootViewModel: rootViewModel))
-        }
 
-        if let conversationsViewModel = viewModel.conversationsViewModel {
             let conversationsViewController = TableViewController(
-                viewModel: conversationsViewModel,
+                viewModel: viewModel.conversationsViewModel(),
                 rootViewModel: rootViewModel)
 
             conversationsViewController.tabBarItem = NavigationViewModel.Tab.messages.tabBarItem
             conversationsViewController.navigationItem.title = NavigationViewModel.Tab.messages.title
 
             controllers.append(conversationsViewController)
+
+            setupNewStatusButton()
         }
 
         let secondaryNavigationButton = SecondaryNavigationButton(viewModel: viewModel, rootViewModel: rootViewModel)
diff --git a/ViewModels/Sources/ViewModels/View Models/NavigationViewModel.swift b/ViewModels/Sources/ViewModels/View Models/NavigationViewModel.swift
index d75f481..9461bc0 100644
--- a/ViewModels/Sources/ViewModels/View Models/NavigationViewModel.swift	
+++ b/ViewModels/Sources/ViewModels/View Models/NavigationViewModel.swift	
@@ -14,30 +14,6 @@ public final class NavigationViewModel: ObservableObject {
     @Published public var presentingSecondaryNavigation = false
     @Published public var alertItem: AlertItem?
 
-    public lazy var exploreViewModel: ExploreViewModel = {
-        let exploreViewModel = ExploreViewModel(
-            service: identityContext.service.exploreService(),
-            identityContext: identityContext)
-
-        // TODO: initial request
-
-        return exploreViewModel
-    }()
-
-    public lazy var conversationsViewModel: CollectionViewModel? = {
-        if identityContext.identity.authenticated {
-                let conversationsViewModel = CollectionItemsViewModel(
-                    collectionService: identityContext.service.conversationsService(),
-                    identityContext: identityContext)
-
-                conversationsViewModel.request(maxId: nil, minId: nil, search: nil)
-
-            return conversationsViewModel
-        } else {
-            return nil
-        }
-    }()
-
     private let timelineNavigationsSubject = PassthroughSubject<Timeline, Never>()
     private let followRequestNavigationsSubject = PassthroughSubject<CollectionViewModel, Never>()
     private var cancellables = Set<AnyCancellable>()
@@ -141,6 +117,16 @@ public extension NavigationViewModel {
             identityContext: identityContext)
     }
 
+    func exploreViewModel() -> ExploreViewModel {
+        let exploreViewModel = ExploreViewModel(
+            service: identityContext.service.exploreService(),
+            identityContext: identityContext)
+
+        // TODO: initial request
+
+        return exploreViewModel
+    }
+
     func notificationsViewModel(excludeTypes: Set<MastodonNotification.NotificationType>) -> CollectionItemsViewModel {
         let viewModel = CollectionItemsViewModel(
             collectionService: identityContext.service.notificationsService(excludeTypes: excludeTypes),
@@ -150,4 +136,14 @@ public extension NavigationViewModel {
 
         return viewModel
     }
+
+    func conversationsViewModel() -> CollectionViewModel {
+        let conversationsViewModel = CollectionItemsViewModel(
+            collectionService: identityContext.service.conversationsService(),
+            identityContext: identityContext)
+
+        conversationsViewModel.request(maxId: nil, minId: nil, search: nil)
+
+        return conversationsViewModel
+    }
 }