diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/instance.ts b/app/soapbox/actions/instance.ts
index 1c826e3d2..0d6d6c2e4 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/instance.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/instance.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,19 @@
+import { createAsyncThunk } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 
 import KVStore from 'soapbox/storage/kv_store';
-import { AppDispatch, RootState } from 'soapbox/store';
+import { RootState } from 'soapbox/store';
 import { getAuthUserUrl } from 'soapbox/utils/auth';
 import { parseVersion } from 'soapbox/utils/features';
 
 import api from '../api';
 
-export const INSTANCE_FETCH_REQUEST = 'INSTANCE_FETCH_REQUEST';
-export const INSTANCE_FETCH_SUCCESS = 'INSTANCE_FETCH_SUCCESS';
-export const INSTANCE_FETCH_FAIL    = 'INSTANCE_FETCH_FAIL';
-
-export const INSTANCE_REMEMBER_REQUEST = 'INSTANCE_REMEMBER_REQUEST';
-export const INSTANCE_REMEMBER_SUCCESS = 'INSTANCE_REMEMBER_SUCCESS';
-export const INSTANCE_REMEMBER_FAIL    = 'INSTANCE_REMEMBER_FAIL';
-
-export const NODEINFO_FETCH_REQUEST = 'NODEINFO_FETCH_REQUEST';
-export const NODEINFO_FETCH_SUCCESS = 'NODEINFO_FETCH_SUCCESS';
-export const NODEINFO_FETCH_FAIL    = 'NODEINFO_FETCH_FAIL';
-
 const getMeUrl = (state: RootState) => {
   const me = state.me;
   return state.accounts.getIn([me, 'url']);
 };
 
-// Figure out the appropriate instance to fetch depending on the state
+/** Figure out the appropriate instance to fetch depending on the state */
 export const getHost = (state: RootState) => {
   const accountUrl = getMeUrl(state) || getAuthUserUrl(state);
 
@@ -35,60 +24,45 @@ export const getHost = (state: RootState) => {
   }
 };
 
-export function rememberInstance(host: string) {
-  return (dispatch: AppDispatch, _getState: () => RootState) => {
-    dispatch({ type: INSTANCE_REMEMBER_REQUEST, host });
-    return KVStore.getItemOrError(`instance:${host}`).then((instance: Record<string, any>) => {
-      dispatch({ type: INSTANCE_REMEMBER_SUCCESS, host, instance });
-      return instance;
-    }).catch((error: Error) => {
-      dispatch({ type: INSTANCE_REMEMBER_FAIL, host, error, skipAlert: true });
-    });
-  };
-}
+export const rememberInstance = createAsyncThunk(
+  'instance/remember',
+  async(host: string) => {
+    return await KVStore.getItemOrError(`instance:${host}`);
+  },
+);
 
-// We may need to fetch nodeinfo on Pleroma < 2.1
+/** We may need to fetch nodeinfo on Pleroma < 2.1 */
 const needsNodeinfo = (instance: Record<string, any>): boolean => {
   const v = parseVersion(get(instance, 'version'));
   return v.software === 'Pleroma' && !get(instance, ['pleroma', 'metadata']);
 };
 
-export function fetchInstance() {
-  return (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
-    dispatch({ type: INSTANCE_FETCH_REQUEST });
-    return api(getState).get('/api/v1/instance').then(({ data: instance }: { data: Record<string, any> }) => {
-      dispatch({ type: INSTANCE_FETCH_SUCCESS, instance });
-      if (needsNodeinfo(instance)) {
-        // @ts-ignore: ???
-        dispatch(fetchNodeinfo()); // Pleroma < 2.1 backwards compatibility
-      }
-    }).catch(error => {
-      console.error(error);
-      dispatch({ type: INSTANCE_FETCH_FAIL, error, skipAlert: true });
-    });
-  };
-}
+export const fetchInstance = createAsyncThunk<void, void, { state: RootState }>(
+  'instance/fetch',
+  async(_arg, { dispatch, getState }) => {
+    const { data: instance } = await api(getState).get('/api/v1/instance');
+    if (needsNodeinfo(instance)) {
+      dispatch(fetchNodeinfo());
+    }
+    return instance;
+  },
+);
 
-// Tries to remember the instance from browser storage before fetching it
-export function loadInstance() {
-  return (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
+/** Tries to remember the instance from browser storage before fetching it */
+export const loadInstance = createAsyncThunk<void, void, { state: RootState }>(
+  'instance/load',
+  async(_arg, { dispatch, getState }) => {
     const host = getHost(getState());
+    await Promise.all([
+      dispatch(rememberInstance(host || '')),
+      dispatch(fetchInstance()),
+    ]);
+  },
+);
 
-    // @ts-ignore: ???
-    return dispatch(rememberInstance(host)).finally(() => {
-      // @ts-ignore: ???
-      return dispatch(fetchInstance());
-    });
-  };
-}
-
-export function fetchNodeinfo() {
-  return (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
-    dispatch({ type: NODEINFO_FETCH_REQUEST });
-    return api(getState).get('/nodeinfo/2.1.json').then(({ data: nodeinfo }) => {
-      return dispatch({ type: NODEINFO_FETCH_SUCCESS, nodeinfo });
-    }).catch((error: Error) => {
-      return dispatch({ type: NODEINFO_FETCH_FAIL, error, skipAlert: true });
-    });
-  };
-}
+export const fetchNodeinfo = createAsyncThunk<void, void, { state: RootState }>(
+  'nodeinfo/fetch',
+  async(_arg, { getState }) => {
+    return await api(getState).get('/nodeinfo/2.1.json');
+  },
+);
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/instance.ts b/app/soapbox/reducers/instance.ts
index 7c832c200..16523d474 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/instance.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/instance.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import KVStore from 'soapbox/storage/kv_store';
 import { ConfigDB } from 'soapbox/utils/config_db';
 
 import {
-  INSTANCE_REMEMBER_SUCCESS,
-  INSTANCE_FETCH_SUCCESS,
-  INSTANCE_FETCH_FAIL,
-  NODEINFO_FETCH_SUCCESS,
+  rememberInstance,
+  fetchInstance,
+  fetchNodeinfo,
 } from '../actions/instance';
 
 const initialState = normalizeInstance(ImmutableMap());
@@ -115,15 +114,15 @@ export default function instance(state = initialState, action: AnyAction) {
   switch(action.type) {
   case PLEROMA_PRELOAD_IMPORT:
     return preloadImport(state, action, '/api/v1/instance');
-  case INSTANCE_REMEMBER_SUCCESS:
-    return importInstance(state, ImmutableMap(fromJS(action.instance)));
-  case INSTANCE_FETCH_SUCCESS:
-    persistInstance(action.instance);
-    return importInstance(state, ImmutableMap(fromJS(action.instance)));
-  case INSTANCE_FETCH_FAIL:
+  case rememberInstance.fulfilled.toString():
+    return importInstance(state, ImmutableMap(fromJS(action.payload)));
+  case fetchInstance.fulfilled.toString():
+    persistInstance(action.payload);
+    return importInstance(state, ImmutableMap(fromJS(action.payload)));
+  case fetchInstance.rejected.toString():
     return handleInstanceFetchFail(state, action.error);
-  case NODEINFO_FETCH_SUCCESS:
-    return importNodeinfo(state, ImmutableMap(fromJS(action.nodeinfo)));
+  case fetchNodeinfo.fulfilled.toString():
+    return importNodeinfo(state, ImmutableMap(fromJS(action.payload)));
   case ADMIN_CONFIG_UPDATE_REQUEST:
   case ADMIN_CONFIG_UPDATE_SUCCESS:
     return importConfigs(state, ImmutableList(fromJS(action.configs)));
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/meta.ts b/app/soapbox/reducers/meta.ts
index cdcdaf580..026b050b3 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/meta.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/meta.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { Record as ImmutableRecord } from 'immutable';
 
-import { INSTANCE_FETCH_FAIL } from 'soapbox/actions/instance';
+import { fetchInstance } from 'soapbox/actions/instance';
 
 import type { AnyAction } from 'redux';
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const ReducerRecord = ImmutableRecord({
 
 export default function meta(state = ReducerRecord(), action: AnyAction) {
   switch(action.type) {
-  case INSTANCE_FETCH_FAIL:
+  case fetchInstance.rejected.toString():
     return state.set('instance_fetch_failed', true);
   default:
     return state;