diff --git a/src/boot/routes.js b/src/boot/routes.js
index 1371b14da..5897fad92 100644
--- a/src/boot/routes.js
+++ b/src/boot/routes.js
@@ -251,9 +251,10 @@ export default (store) => {
     routes = routes.concat([
       {
         name: 'chat',
-        path: '/users/:username/chats/:recipient_id',
+        path: '/users/:username/chats/:chatUserId',
         component: () => import('src/components/chat_view/chat_view.vue'),
         meta: { dontScroll: false },
+        props: true,
         beforeEnter: validateAuthenticatedRoute,
       },
       {
diff --git a/src/components/chat_view/chat_view.js b/src/components/chat_view/chat_view.js
index f2b5618ed..07866ad2e 100644
--- a/src/components/chat_view/chat_view.js
+++ b/src/components/chat_view/chat_view.js
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@ const Chat = {
     PostStatusForm,
   },
   props: {
-    statusId: String,
+    statusId: {
+      type: String,
+      default: null,
+    },
+    chatUserId: {
+      type: String,
+      default: null,
+    },
     testMode: Boolean,
   },
   data() {
@@ -348,17 +355,21 @@ const Chat = {
       // full height of the scrollable container.
       // If this is the case, we want to fetch the messages until the scrollable container
       // is fully populated so that the user has the ability to scroll up and load the history.
-      if (!isScrollable() && messages.length > 0) {
+      //
+      // Conversation fetching doesn't support pagination and spews out everything at once
+      // so we both can't and don't need to fetch previous posts
+      if (!this.isConversation && !isScrollable() && messages.length > 0) {
         this.fetchChat({
           maxId: this.minId,
         })
       }
     },
     async startFetching() {
+      console.log(this.statusId, this.chatUserId)
       if (!this.isConversation) {
         try {
           const { data } = await getOrCreateChat({
-            accountId: this.recipientId,
+            accountId: this.chatUserId,
             credentials: useOAuthStore().token,
           })
           this.$store.commit('addNewUsers', [data.account])
diff --git a/src/components/chat_view/chat_view.vue b/src/components/chat_view/chat_view.vue
index 5ea2fd2b5..f0a40ebc6 100644
--- a/src/components/chat_view/chat_view.vue
+++ b/src/components/chat_view/chat_view.vue
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@
               </div>
             </span>
           </div>
-          <div class="auto-reply-to-section">
+          <div
+            v-if="isConversation"
+            class="auto-reply-to-section"
+          >
             <div class="reply-to-text">
               {{ explicitReplyStatus ? $t('status.reply_to_selected') : $t('status.reply_to_last') }}
               <button