diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/new_status/index.js b/app/soapbox/features/new_status/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db53bb4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/new_status/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { Redirect } from 'react-router-dom';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { openModal } from '../../actions/modal';
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
+
+  onLoad: (text) => {
+    dispatch(openModal('COMPOSE'));
+  },
+
+});
+
+export default @connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)
+class NewStatus extends React.Component {
+
+  static propTypes = {
+    onLoad: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  };
+
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.props.onLoad();
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Redirect to='/' />
+    );
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/share/index.js b/app/soapbox/features/share/index.js
index f52904b87..7649f5540 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/share/index.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/share/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { Redirect } from 'react-router-dom';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { openComposeWithText } from '../../actions/compose';
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
 });
 
 export default @connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)
-class Share extends ImmutablePureComponent {
+class Share extends React.Component {
 
   static propTypes = {
     onShare: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/ui/index.js b/app/soapbox/features/ui/index.js
index 66274d002..134501bbe 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/ui/index.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/ui/index.js
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ import {
   ProfileHoverCard,
   RegisterInvite,
   Share,
+  NewStatus,
 } from './util/async-components';
 
 // Dummy import, to make sure that <Status /> ends up in the application bundle.
@@ -239,7 +240,6 @@ class SwitchingColumnsArea extends React.PureComponent {
         <Redirect from='/web/:path1/:path2/:path3' to='/:path1/:path2/:path3' />
         <Redirect from='/web/:path1/:path2' to='/:path1/:path2' />
         <Redirect from='/web/:path' to='/:path' />
-        <Redirect from='/statuses/new' to='/' />
         <Redirect from='/timelines/home' to='/' />
         <Redirect from='/timelines/public/local' to='/timeline/local' />
         <Redirect from='/timelines/public' to='/timeline/fediverse' />
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ class SwitchingColumnsArea extends React.PureComponent {
         <WrappedRoute path='/@:username/posts/:statusId/reactions/:reaction?' page={DefaultPage} component={Reactions} content={children} />
         <Redirect from='/@:username/:statusId' to='/@:username/posts/:statusId' />
 
+        <WrappedRoute path='/statuses/new' page={DefaultPage} component={NewStatus} content={children} exact />
         <WrappedRoute path='/statuses/:statusId' exact component={Status} content={children} componentParams={{ shouldUpdateScroll: this.shouldUpdateScroll }} />
         <WrappedRoute path='/scheduled_statuses' page={DefaultPage} component={ScheduledStatuses} content={children} />
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/ui/util/async-components.js b/app/soapbox/features/ui/util/async-components.js
index 5a73fdfda..5ec26591f 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/ui/util/async-components.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/ui/util/async-components.js
@@ -413,3 +413,7 @@ export function RegisterInvite() {
 export function Share() {
   return import(/* webpackChunkName: "features/share" */'../../share');
 }
+
+export function NewStatus() {
+  return import(/* webpackChunkName: "features/new_status" */'../../new_status');
+}