diff --git a/src/service/presence/mod.rs b/src/service/presence/mod.rs
index 3b0bdd159..a6eb1bcd8 100644
--- a/src/service/presence/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/presence/mod.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,44 @@ impl Service {
 		self.db.remove_presence(user_id).await;
 	}
 
+	// Unset online/unavailable presence to offline on startup
+	pub async fn unset_all_presence(&self) -> Result<()> {
+		for user_id in &self
+			.services
+			.users
+			.list_local_users()
+			.map(UserId::to_owned)
+			.collect::<Vec<_>>()
+			.await
+		{
+			let presence = self.db.get_presence(user_id).await;
+
+			let presence = match presence {
+				| Ok((_, ref presence)) => &presence.content,
+				| _ => return Ok(()),
+			};
+
+			let need_reset = match presence.presence {
+				| PresenceState::Unavailable | PresenceState::Online => true,
+				| _ => false,
+			};
+
+			if !need_reset {
+				return Ok(());
+			}
+
+			self.set_presence(
+				user_id,
+				&PresenceState::Offline,
+				Some(false),
+				presence.last_active_ago,
+				presence.status_msg.clone(),
+			)
+			.await?;
+		}
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
 	/// Returns the most recent presence updates that happened after the event
 	/// with id `since`.
 	pub fn presence_since(
diff --git a/src/service/services.rs b/src/service/services.rs
index 9f9d10f54..241519479 100644
--- a/src/service/services.rs
+++ b/src/service/services.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ impl Services {
 			.start()
 			.await?;
 
+		// clear online statuses
+		if self.server.config.allow_local_presence {
+			_ = self.presence.unset_all_presence().await;
+		}
+
 		// set the server user as online
 		if self.server.config.allow_local_presence {
 			_ = self