diff --git a/src/app.jsx b/src/app.jsx
index 27268c59..e86df9bc 100644
--- a/src/app.jsx
+++ b/src/app.jsx
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ async function startStream() {
   });
   stream.on('delete', (statusID) => {
     console.log('DELETE', statusID);
-    states.statuses.delete(statusID);
+    // states.statuses.delete(statusID);
+    const s = states.statuses.get(statusID);
+    if (s) s._deleted = true;
   });
   stream.on('notification', (notification) => {
     console.log('NOTIFICATION', notification);
diff --git a/src/components/status.jsx b/src/components/status.jsx
index 412cef22..231b3489 100644
--- a/src/components/status.jsx
+++ b/src/components/status.jsx
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function Status({
     reblog,
     uri,
     emojis,
+    _deleted,
   } = status;
 
   const createdAtDate = new Date(createdAt);