diff --git a/Mlem/Models/Trackers/SiteInformationTracker.swift b/Mlem/Models/Trackers/SiteInformationTracker.swift
index 0fd58be25..b15e523af 100644
--- a/Mlem/Models/Trackers/SiteInformationTracker.swift
+++ b/Mlem/Models/Trackers/SiteInformationTracker.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class SiteInformationTracker: ObservableObject {
     @Dependency(\.errorHandler) var errorHandler
     @Dependency(\.accountsTracker) var accountsTracker
     
+    @Published private(set) var instance: InstanceModel?
     @Published private(set) var enableDownvotes = true
     @Published var version: SiteVersion?
     @Published private(set) var allLanguages: [APILanguage] = .init()
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ class SiteInformationTracker: ObservableObject {
         version = account.siteVersion
         Task {
             do {
-            
                 let response = try await apiClient.loadSiteInformation()
+                instance = .init(from: response)
                 enableDownvotes = response.siteView.localSite.enableDownvotes
                 version = SiteVersion(response.version)
                 if version != account.siteVersion {
diff --git a/Mlem/Views/Shared/Instance/InstanceView.swift b/Mlem/Views/Shared/Instance/InstanceView.swift
index 9a4ed5209..5380644c6 100644
--- a/Mlem/Views/Shared/Instance/InstanceView.swift
+++ b/Mlem/Views/Shared/Instance/InstanceView.swift
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ enum InstanceViewTab: String, Identifiable, CaseIterable {
 struct InstanceView: View {
     @Dependency(\.apiClient) var apiClient: APIClient
     @Dependency(\.errorHandler) var errorHandler
+    @Dependency(\.siteInformation) var siteInformation
     
     @Environment(\.navigationPathWithRoutes) private var navigationPath
     @Environment(\.scrollViewProxy) private var scrollViewProxy
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ struct InstanceView: View {
     
     init(domainName: String, instance: InstanceModel? = nil) {
         _domainName = State(wrappedValue: domainName)
+        var instance = instance
+        if domainName == siteInformation.instance?.url.host() {
+            instance = siteInformation.instance ?? instance
+        }
         _instance = State(wrappedValue: instance)
     }