diff --git a/src/API/Status.vala b/src/API/Status.vala
index 6cdaf9e..32bb256 100644
--- a/src/API/Status.vala
+++ b/src/API/Status.vala
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public class Tootle.Status {
         
         status.account = Account.parse (obj.get_object_member ("account"));
         status.uri = obj.get_string_member ("uri");
-        status.url = obj.get_string_member ("url");
         status.created_at = obj.get_string_member ("created_at");
         status.reblogs_count = obj.get_int_member ("reblogs_count");
         status.favourites_count = obj.get_int_member ("favourites_count");
@@ -42,6 +41,11 @@ public class Tootle.Status {
         status.sensitive = obj.get_boolean_member ("sensitive");
         status.visibility = StatusVisibility.from_string (obj.get_string_member ("visibility"));
         
+        if (obj.has_member ("url"))
+            status.url = obj.get_string_member ("url");
+        else
+            status.url = obj.get_string_member ("uri").replace ("/activity", "");
+        
         var spoiler = obj.get_string_member ("spoiler_text");
         if (spoiler != "")
             status.spoiler_text = Html.simplify (spoiler);
diff --git a/src/Widgets/StatusWidget.vala b/src/Widgets/StatusWidget.vala
index ecebc59..55b44ae 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/StatusWidget.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/StatusWidget.vala
@@ -271,12 +271,12 @@ public class Tootle.StatusWidget : Gtk.EventBox {
         var item_delete = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label (_("Delete"));
         item_delete.activate.connect (() => status.poof ());
         var item_open_link = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label (_("Open in Browser"));
-        item_open_link.activate.connect (() => Desktop.open_uri (status.url));
+        item_open_link.activate.connect (() => Desktop.open_uri (status.get_formal ().url));
         var item_copy_link = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label (_("Copy Link"));
-        item_copy_link.activate.connect (() => Desktop.copy (status.url));
+        item_copy_link.activate.connect (() => Desktop.copy (status.get_formal ().url));
         var item_copy = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label (_("Copy Text"));
         item_copy.activate.connect (() => {
-            var sanitized = Html.remove_tags (status.content);
+            var sanitized = Html.remove_tags (status.get_formal ().content);
             Desktop.copy (sanitized);
         });