diff --git a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
index 751bfd5a0..49d6fd60a 100644
--- a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
+++ b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const UserProfile = {
       return this.isUs || !this.user.hide_followers
     },
     favoritesTabVisible () {
-      return this.isUs || !this.user.hide_favorites
+      return this.isUs || (this.$store.state.instance.pleromaPublicFavouritesAvailable && !this.user.hide_favorites)
     },
     formattedBirthday () {
       const browserLocale = localeService.internalToBrowserLocale(this.$i18n.locale)
diff --git a/src/modules/instance.js b/src/modules/instance.js
index 83671a881..5074165f9 100644
--- a/src/modules/instance.js
+++ b/src/modules/instance.js
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   pleromaChatMessagesAvailable: false,
   pleromaCustomEmojiReactionsAvailable: false,
   pleromaBookmarkFoldersAvailable: false,
+  pleromaPublicFavouritesAvailable: true,
   gopherAvailable: false,
   mediaProxyAvailable: false,
   suggestionsEnabled: false,
diff --git a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
index d85fc7305..fdf235af7 100644
--- a/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ const fetchAndUpdate = ({
   return apiService.fetchTimeline(args)
     .then(response => {
       if (response.errors) {
+        if (timeline === 'favorites') {
+          rootState.instance.pleromaPublicFavouritesAvailable = false
+          return
+        }
         throw new Error(`${response.status} ${response.statusText}`)
       }