diff --git a/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.js b/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.js
index cb55f67e..159132a9 100644
--- a/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.js
+++ b/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.js
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ const StatusPopover = {
   props: [
     'statusId'
   ],
+  data () {
+    return {
+      error: false
+    }
+  },
   computed: {
     status () {
       return find(this.$store.state.statuses.allStatuses, { id: this.statusId })
@@ -18,6 +23,8 @@ const StatusPopover = {
     enter () {
       if (!this.status) {
         this.$store.dispatch('fetchStatus', this.statusId)
+          .then(data => (this.error = false))
+          .catch(e => (this.error = true))
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.vue b/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.vue
index 11f6cb5a..f5948207 100644
--- a/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_popover/status_popover.vue
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@
         :statusoid="status"
         :compact="true"
       />
+      <div
+        v-else-if="error"
+        class="status-preview-no-content faint"
+      >
+        {{ $t('status.status_unavailable') }}
+      </div>
       <div
         v-else
-        class="status-preview-loading"
+        class="status-preview-no-content"
       >
         <i class="icon-spin4 animate-spin" />
       </div>
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@
     border: none;
   }
 
-  .status-preview-loading {
+  .status-preview-no-content {
     padding: 1em;
     text-align: center;
 
diff --git a/src/i18n/en.json b/src/i18n/en.json
index 82acc1ab..54d0608e 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -615,7 +615,8 @@
     "reply_to": "Reply to",
     "replies_list": "Replies:",
     "mute_conversation": "Mute conversation",
-    "unmute_conversation": "Unmute conversation"
+    "unmute_conversation": "Unmute conversation",
+    "status_unavailable": "Status unavailable"
   },
   "user_card": {
     "approve": "Approve",
diff --git a/src/i18n/fi.json b/src/i18n/fi.json
index ac8b2ac9..926e6087 100644
--- a/src/i18n/fi.json
+++ b/src/i18n/fi.json
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@
     "reply_to": "Vastaus",
     "replies_list": "Vastaukset:",
     "mute_conversation": "Hiljennä keskustelu",
-    "unmute_conversation": "Poista hiljennys"
+    "unmute_conversation": "Poista hiljennys",
+    "status_unavailable": "Viesti ei saatavissa"
   },
   "user_card": {
     "approve": "Hyväksy",
diff --git a/src/modules/statuses.js b/src/modules/statuses.js
index 25b62ac7..f1b7dcbd 100644
--- a/src/modules/statuses.js
+++ b/src/modules/statuses.js
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ const statuses = {
       commit('setNotificationsSilence', { value })
     },
     fetchStatus ({ rootState, dispatch }, id) {
-      rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchStatus({ id })
+      return rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchStatus({ id })
         .then((status) => dispatch('addNewStatuses', { statuses: [status] }))
     },
     deleteStatus ({ rootState, commit }, status) {