diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
index 0597d652..4f4c6aca 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
   props: [
     'replyTo',
     'repliedUser',
-    'attentions'
+    'attentions',
+    'messageScope'
   ],
   components: {
     MediaUpload
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
       newStatus: {
         status: statusText,
         files: [],
-        visibility: 'public'
+        visibility: this.messageScope || 'public'
       },
       caret: 0
     }
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index ace141cd..f88c810d 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
       </div>
       <div class="container" v-if="replying">
         <div class="reply-left"/>
-        <post-status-form class="reply-body" :reply-to="status.id" :attentions="status.attentions" :repliedUser="status.user" v-on:posted="toggleReplying"/>
+        <post-status-form class="reply-body" :reply-to="status.id" :attentions="status.attentions" :repliedUser="status.user" :message-scope="status.visibility" v-on:posted="toggleReplying"/>
       </div>
     </template>
   </div>