diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
index 10ad4561..660a8752 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const Timeline = {
       return this.timeline.newStatusCount
     },
     newStatusCountStr () {
-      if (this.timeline.flushMarker > 0) {
+      if (this.timeline.flushMarker !== 0) {
         return ''
       } else {
         return ` (${this.newStatusCount})`
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const Timeline = {
   },
   methods: {
     showNewStatuses () {
-      if (this.timeline.flushMarker) {
+      if (this.timeline.flushMarker !== 0) {
         this.$store.commit('clearTimeline', { timeline: this.timelineName })
         this.$store.commit('queueFlush', { timeline: this.timelineName, id: 0 })
         this.fetchOlderStatuses()
diff --git a/src/modules/statuses.js b/src/modules/statuses.js
index 82a7eda1..18191424 100644
--- a/src/modules/statuses.js
+++ b/src/modules/statuses.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export const defaultState = {
   notifications: [],
   favorites: new Set(),
   error: false,
-  flushMarker: 0,
   timelines: {
     mentions: {
       statuses: [],
@@ -23,7 +22,8 @@ export const defaultState = {
       loading: false,
       followers: [],
       friends: [],
-      viewing: 'statuses'
+      viewing: 'statuses',
+      flushMarker: 0
     },
     public: {
       statuses: [],
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export const defaultState = {
       loading: false,
       followers: [],
       friends: [],
-      viewing: 'statuses'
+      viewing: 'statuses',
+      flushMarker: 0
     },
     user: {
       statuses: [],
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ export const defaultState = {
       loading: false,
       followers: [],
       friends: [],
-      viewing: 'statuses'
+      viewing: 'statuses',
+      flushMarker: 0
     },
     publicAndExternal: {
       statuses: [],
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ export const defaultState = {
       loading: false,
       followers: [],
       friends: [],
-      viewing: 'statuses'
+      viewing: 'statuses',
+      flushMarker: 0
     },
     friends: {
       statuses: [],
@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ export const defaultState = {
       loading: false,
       followers: [],
       friends: [],
-      viewing: 'statuses'
+      viewing: 'statuses',
+      flushMarker: 0
     },
     tag: {
       statuses: [],
@@ -93,7 +97,8 @@ export const defaultState = {
       loading: false,
       followers: [],
       friends: [],
-      viewing: 'statuses'
+      viewing: 'statuses',
+      flushMarker: 0
     }
   }
 }
@@ -382,7 +387,8 @@ export const mutations = {
       loading: false,
       followers: [],
       friends: [],
-      viewing: 'statuses'
+      viewing: 'statuses',
+      flushMarker: 0
     }
 
     state.timelines[timeline] = emptyTimeline
diff --git a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
index a02d67d0..a4a80df0 100644
--- a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({store, credentials, timeline = 'friends', older = false
 }
 
 const startFetching = ({timeline = 'friends', credentials, store, userId = false, tag = false}) => {
-  fetchAndUpdate({timeline, credentials, store, showImmediately: true, userId, tag})
+  const rootState = store.rootState || store.state
+  const timelineData = rootState.statuses.timelines[camelCase(timeline)]
+  const showImmediately = timelineData.visibleStatuses.length === 0
+  fetchAndUpdate({timeline, credentials, store, showImmediately, userId, tag})
   const boundFetchAndUpdate = () => fetchAndUpdate({ timeline, credentials, store, userId, tag })
   return setInterval(boundFetchAndUpdate, 10000)
 }