diff --git a/src/app.jsx b/src/app.jsx
index 86cfb728..ae24e8ce 100644
--- a/src/app.jsx
+++ b/src/app.jsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { useSnapshot } from 'valtio';
 import AccountSheet from './components/account-sheet';
 import Compose from './components/compose';
 import Drafts from './components/drafts';
+import Link from './components/link';
 import Loader from './components/loader';
 import MediaModal from './components/media-modal';
 import Modal from './components/modal';
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ import {
   initPreferences,
 } from './utils/api';
 import { getAccessToken } from './utils/auth';
+import getInstanceStatusURL from './utils/get-instance-status-url';
 import showToast from './utils/show-toast';
 import states, { getStatus, saveStatus } from './utils/states';
 import store from './utils/store';
@@ -189,6 +191,10 @@ function App() {
     location,
   });
 
+  if (/\/https?:/.test(location.pathname)) {
+    return <HttpRoute />;
+  }
+
   const nonRootLocation = useMemo(() => {
     const { pathname } = location;
     return !/^\/(login|welcome)/.test(pathname);
@@ -485,4 +491,28 @@ function BackgroundService({ isLoggedIn }) {
   return null;
 }
 
+function HttpRoute() {
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const url = location.pathname.replace(/^\//, '');
+  const statusURL = getInstanceStatusURL(url);
+  if (statusURL) {
+    window.location.hash = statusURL + '?view=full';
+    return null;
+  }
+  return (
+    <div class="ui-state" tabIndex="-1">
+      <h2>Unable to process URL</h2>
+      <p>
+        <a href={url} target="_blank">
+          {url}
+        </a>
+      </p>
+      <hr />
+      <p>
+        <Link to="/">Go home</Link>
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 export { App };
diff --git a/src/pages/status.jsx b/src/pages/status.jsx
index 314fc3ff..9c0f3922 100644
--- a/src/pages/status.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/status.jsx
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import { getCurrentAccount } from '../utils/store-utils';
 import useScroll from '../utils/useScroll';
 import useTitle from '../utils/useTitle';
 
+import getInstanceStatusURL from './../utils/get-instance-status-url';
+
 const LIMIT = 40;
 const THREAD_LIMIT = 20;
 
@@ -1091,19 +1093,4 @@ function SubComments({
   );
 }
 
-const statusRegex = /\/@([^@\/]+)@?([^\/]+)?\/([^\/]+)\/?$/i;
-const statusNoteRegex = /\/notes\/([^\/]+)\/?$/i;
-function getInstanceStatusURL(url) {
-  // Regex /:username/:id, where username = @username or @username@domain, id = anything
-  const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(url);
-  const [, username, domain, id] = pathname.match(statusRegex) || [];
-  if (id) {
-    return `/${hostname}/s/${id}`;
-  }
-  const [, noteId] = pathname.match(statusNoteRegex) || [];
-  if (noteId) {
-    return `/${hostname}/s/${noteId}`;
-  }
-}
-
 export default StatusPage;
diff --git a/src/utils/get-instance-status-url.js b/src/utils/get-instance-status-url.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28c810ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/get-instance-status-url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export const statusRegex = /\/@([^@\/]+)@?([^\/]+)?\/([^\/]+)\/?$/i;
+export const statusNoteRegex = /\/notes\/([^\/]+)\/?$/i;
+function getInstanceStatusURL(url) {
+  // Regex /:username/:id, where username = @username or @username@domain, id = anything
+  const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(url);
+  const [, username, domain, id] = pathname.match(statusRegex) || [];
+
+  if (id) {
+    return `/${hostname}/s/${id}`;
+  }
+
+  const [, noteId] = pathname.match(statusNoteRegex) || [];
+
+  if (noteId) {
+    return `/${hostname}/s/${noteId}`;
+  }
+}
+
+export default getInstanceStatusURL;