diff --git a/app/gabsocial/actions/importer/index.js b/app/gabsocial/actions/importer/index.js
index bf0e6d358..1c82d93b0 100644
--- a/app/gabsocial/actions/importer/index.js
+++ b/app/gabsocial/actions/importer/index.js
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ export function importFetchedStatuses(statuses) {
     const polls = [];
 
     function processStatus(status) {
-      pushUnique(normalStatuses, normalizeStatus(status, getState().getIn(['statuses', status.id])));
+      const normalOldStatus = getState().getIn(['statuses', status.id]);
+      const readingPrefs = getState().getIn(['preferences', 'reading']);
+
+      pushUnique(normalStatuses, normalizeStatus(status, normalOldStatus, readingPrefs));
       pushUnique(accounts, status.account);
 
       if (status.reblog && status.reblog.id) {
diff --git a/app/gabsocial/actions/importer/normalizer.js b/app/gabsocial/actions/importer/normalizer.js
index 5badb0c49..f1f4d7a2f 100644
--- a/app/gabsocial/actions/importer/normalizer.js
+++ b/app/gabsocial/actions/importer/normalizer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import escapeTextContentForBrowser from 'escape-html';
 import emojify from '../../features/emoji/emoji';
 import { unescapeHTML } from '../../utils/html';
-import { expandSpoilers } from '../../initial_state';
 
 const domParser = new DOMParser();
 
@@ -35,8 +34,10 @@ export function normalizeAccount(account) {
   return account;
 }
 
-export function normalizeStatus(status, normalOldStatus) {
+export function normalizeStatus(status, normalOldStatus, readingPrefs) {
   const normalStatus   = { ...status };
+  const expandSpoilers = readingPrefs.getIn(['expand', 'spoilers']);
+
   normalStatus.account = status.account.id;
 
   if (status.reblog && status.reblog.id) {
diff --git a/app/gabsocial/initial_state.js b/app/gabsocial/initial_state.js
index 1b6f0bb5f..e991df8fc 100644
--- a/app/gabsocial/initial_state.js
+++ b/app/gabsocial/initial_state.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const getMeta = (prop) => initialState && initialState.meta && initialState.meta
 export const reduceMotion = getMeta('reduce_motion');
 export const autoPlayGif = getMeta('auto_play_gif');
 export const displayMedia = getMeta('display_media');
-export const expandSpoilers = getMeta('expand_spoilers');
 export const unfollowModal = getMeta('unfollow_modal');
 export const boostModal = getMeta('boost_modal');
 export const deleteModal = getMeta('delete_modal');