diff --git a/src/services/fetcher/fetcher.js b/src/services/fetcher/fetcher.js
index 5a6ed4b8..aae1c2cc 100644
--- a/src/services/fetcher/fetcher.js
+++ b/src/services/fetcher/fetcher.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 // makeFetcher - replacement for setInterval for fetching, starts counting
 // the interval only after a request is done instead of immediately.
-// promiseCall is a function that returns a promise, it's called when created
-// and after every interval.
-// interval is the interval delay in ms.
+// - promiseCall is a function that returns a promise, it's called the first
+// time after the first interval.
+// - interval is the interval delay in ms.
 
 export const makeFetcher = (promiseCall, interval) => {
   let stopped = false
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const makeFetcher = (promiseCall, interval) => {
     window.clearTimeout(timeout)
   }
 
-  func()
+  timeout = window.setTimeout(func, interval)
 
   return stopFetcher
 }
diff --git a/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js
index 8d1aba7b..bec434aa 100644
--- a/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({ store, credentials }) => {
 
 const startFetching = ({ credentials, store }) => {
   const boundFetchAndUpdate = () => fetchAndUpdate({ credentials, store })
+  boundFetchAndUpdate()
   return makeFetcher(boundFetchAndUpdate, 10000)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
index c69d5b17..90988fc4 100644
--- a/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ const startFetching = ({ credentials, store }) => {
   // that there won't spam of them when user just opened up the FE we
   // reset that flag after a while to show new notifications once again.
   setTimeout(() => store.dispatch('setNotificationsSilence', false), 10000)
-  const boundFetchAndUpdate = () => fetchAndUpdate({ credentials, store, refetch: true })
+  const boundFetchAndUpdate = () => fetchAndUpdate({ credentials, store })
+  boundFetchAndUpdate()
   return makeFetcher(boundFetchAndUpdate, 10000)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
index 8bbec2c7..9f585f68 100644
--- a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ const startFetching = ({ timeline = 'friends', credentials, store, userId = fals
   const timelineData = rootState.statuses.timelines[camelCase(timeline)]
   const showImmediately = timelineData.visibleStatuses.length === 0
   timelineData.userId = userId
+  fetchAndUpdate({ timeline, credentials, store, showImmediately, userId, tag })
   const boundFetchAndUpdate = () =>
-    fetchAndUpdate({ timeline, credentials, store, showImmediately, userId, tag })
+    fetchAndUpdate({ timeline, credentials, store, userId, tag })
   return makeFetcher(boundFetchAndUpdate, 10000)
 }
 const timelineFetcher = {