diff --git a/packages/app/src/Element/Feed/Timeline.tsx b/packages/app/src/Element/Feed/Timeline.tsx
index c5458942..8ca2fe28 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Element/Feed/Timeline.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Element/Feed/Timeline.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const Timeline = (props: TimelineProps) => {
     };
   }, [props]);
   const feed: TimelineFeed = useTimelineFeed(props.subject, feedOptions);
-  const [displayAs, setDisplayAs] = useState<DisplayAs>("feed");
+  const [displayAs, setDisplayAs] = useState<DisplayAs>(props.displayAs ?? "feed");
 
   const { muted, isEventMuted } = useModeration();
   const filterPosts = useCallback(
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Element/Feed/TimelineFollows.tsx b/packages/app/src/Element/Feed/TimelineFollows.tsx
index 4cf10cde..a8e90cf0 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Element/Feed/TimelineFollows.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Element/Feed/TimelineFollows.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export interface TimelineFollowsProps {
  * A list of notes by "subject"
  */
 const TimelineFollows = (props: TimelineFollowsProps) => {
-  const [displayAs, setDisplayAs] = useState<"feed" | "grid">("feed");
+  const [displayAs, setDisplayAs] = useState<"feed" | "grid">(props.displayAs ?? "feed");
   const [latest, setLatest] = useState(unixNow());
   const feed = useSyncExternalStore(
     cb => FollowsFeed.hook(cb, "*"),