diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 9d66b9d4..16cd08d4 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
               <instance-specific-panel v-if="showInstanceSpecificPanel"></instance-specific-panel>
               <features-panel v-if="!currentUser"></features-panel>
               <who-to-follow-panel v-if="currentUser && suggestionsEnabled"></who-to-follow-panel>
-              <notifications v-if="currentUser"></notifications>
+              <notifications :activatePanel="activatePanel" v-if="currentUser"></notifications>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.js b/src/components/notification/notification.js
index 4dea63bb..345fe3ee 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.js
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const Notification = {
     }
   },
   props: [
-    'notification'
+    'notification',
+    'activatePanel'
   ],
   components: {
     Status, StillImage, UserCardContent
diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.vue b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
index f773d9de..e84ce0b6 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.vue
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <status v-if="notification.type === 'mention'" :compact="true" :statusoid="notification.status"></status>
+  <status :activatePanel="activatePanel" v-if="notification.type === 'mention'" :compact="true" :statusoid="notification.status"></status>
   <div class="non-mention" :class="[userClass, { highlighted: userStyle }]" :style="[ userStyle ]"v-else>
     <a class='avatar-container' :href="notification.action.user.statusnet_profile_url" @click.stop.prevent.capture="toggleUserExpanded">
       <StillImage class='avatar-compact' :class="{'better-shadow': betterShadow}" :src="notification.action.user.profile_image_url_original"/>
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
             <small>{{$t('notifications.followed_you')}}</small>
           </span>
         </div>
-        <small class="timeago"><router-link v-if="notification.status" :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: notification.status.id } }"><timeago :since="notification.action.created_at" :auto-update="240"></timeago></router-link></small>
+        <small class="timeago"><router-link @click.native="activatePanel('timeline')" v-if="notification.status" :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: notification.status.id } }"><timeago :since="notification.action.created_at" :auto-update="240"></timeago></router-link></small>
       </span>
       <div class="follow-text" v-if="notification.type === 'follow'">
-        <router-link :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: notification.action.user.id } }">@{{notification.action.user.screen_name}}</router-link>
+        <router-link @click.native="activatePanel('timeline')" :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: notification.action.user.id } }">@{{notification.action.user.screen_name}}</router-link>
       </div>
       <template v-else>
-        <status v-if="notification.status"  class="faint" :compact="true" :statusoid="notification.status" :noHeading="true"></status>
+        <status :activatePanel="activatePanel" v-if="notification.status"  class="faint" :compact="true" :statusoid="notification.status" :noHeading="true"></status>
         <div class="broken-favorite" v-else>
           {{$t('notifications.broken_favorite')}}
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
index 945ffd1f..4b7a591d 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import notificationsFetcher from '../../services/notifications_fetcher/notificat
 import { sortBy, filter } from 'lodash'
 
 const Notifications = {
+  props: [ 'activatePanel' ],
   created () {
     const store = this.$store
     const credentials = store.state.users.currentUser.credentials
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
index 64f18720..bef48567 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       <div class="panel-body">
         <div v-for="notification in visibleNotifications" :key="notification.action.id" class="notification" :class='{"unseen": !notification.seen}'>
           <div class="notification-overlay"></div>
-          <notification :notification="notification"></notification>
+          <notification :activatePanel="activatePanel" :notification="notification"></notification>
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="panel-footer">
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.js b/src/components/status/status.js
index cb125e45..9a63d047 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.js
+++ b/src/components/status/status.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ const Status = {
     'replies',
     'noReplyLinks',
     'noHeading',
-    'inlineExpanded'
+    'inlineExpanded',
+    'activatePanel'
   ],
   data () {
     return {
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index c28c9473..96709084 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class="status-el" v-if="!hideReply && !deleted" :class="[{ 'status-el_focused': isFocused }, { 'status-conversation': inlineExpanded }]">
     <template v-if="muted && !noReplyLinks">
       <div class="media status container muted">
-        <small><router-link :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: status.user.id } }">{{status.user.screen_name}}</router-link></small>
+        <small><router-link @click.native="activatePanel('timeline')" :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: status.user.id } }">{{status.user.screen_name}}</router-link></small>
         <small class="muteWords">{{muteWordHits.join(', ')}}</small>
         <a href="#" class="unmute" @click.prevent="toggleMute"><i class="icon-eye-off"></i></a>
       </div>
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
                 <h4 class="user-name" v-if="status.user.name_html" v-html="status.user.name_html"></h4>
                 <h4 class="user-name" v-else>{{status.user.name}}</h4>
                 <span class="links">
-                  <router-link :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: status.user.id } }">{{status.user.screen_name}}</router-link>
+                  <router-link @click.native="activatePanel('timeline')" :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: status.user.id } }">{{status.user.screen_name}}</router-link>
                   <span v-if="status.in_reply_to_screen_name" class="faint reply-info">
                     <i class="icon-right-open"></i>
-                    <router-link :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: status.in_reply_to_user_id } }">
+                    <router-link @click.native="activatePanel('timeline')" :to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: status.in_reply_to_user_id } }">
                       {{status.in_reply_to_screen_name}}
                     </router-link>
                   </span>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
               </h4>
             </div>
             <div class="media-heading-right">
-              <router-link class="timeago" :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: status.id } }">
+              <router-link @click.native="activatePanel('timeline')" :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: status.id } }">
                 <timeago :since="status.created_at" :auto-update="60"></timeago>
               </router-link>
               <div class="visibility-icon" v-if="status.visibility">
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
           </div>
 
           <div v-if="showPreview" class="status-preview-container">
-            <status class="status-preview" v-if="preview" :noReplyLinks="true" :statusoid="preview" :compact=true></status>
+            <status :activatePanel="activatePanel" class="status-preview" v-if="preview" :noReplyLinks="true" :statusoid="preview" :compact=true></status>
             <div class="status-preview status-preview-loading" v-else>
               <i class="icon-spin4 animate-spin"></i>
             </div>