diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/scheduled_statuses/builder.js b/app/soapbox/features/scheduled_statuses/builder.js
index 2849f5539..6b3d1a4f8 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/scheduled_statuses/builder.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/scheduled_statuses/builder.js
@@ -13,31 +13,13 @@ export const buildStatus = (state, scheduledStatus) => {
 
   const status = {
     account,
-    application: null,
-    bookmarked: false,
-    card: null,
     content: params.get('text', '').replace(new RegExp('\n', 'g'), '<br>'), /* eslint-disable-line no-control-regex */
     created_at: params.get('scheduled_at'),
-    emojis: [],
-    favourited: false,
-    favourites_count: 0,
     id: scheduledStatus.get('id'),
-    in_reply_to_account_id: null,
     in_reply_to_id: params.get('in_reply_to_id'),
-    language: null,
     media_attachments: scheduledStatus.get('media_attachments'),
-    mentions: [],
-    muted: false,
-    pinned: false,
     poll: params.get('poll'),
-    reblog: null,
-    reblogged: false,
-    reblogs_count: 0,
-    replies_count: 0,
     sensitive: params.get('sensitive'),
-    spoiler_text: '',
-    tags: [],
-    text: null,
     uri: `/scheduled_statuses/${scheduledStatus.get('id')}`,
     url: `/scheduled_statuses/${scheduledStatus.get('id')}`,
     visibility: params.get('visibility'),
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/ui/util/pending_status_builder.js b/app/soapbox/features/ui/util/pending_status_builder.js
index 433436d56..293aabfb5 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/ui/util/pending_status_builder.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/ui/util/pending_status_builder.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { fromJS } from 'immutable';
-import { OrderedSet as ImmutableOrderedSet, Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
+import {
+  OrderedSet as ImmutableOrderedSet,
+  Map as ImmutableMap,
+  List as ImmutableList,
+} from 'immutable';
 
 import { normalizeStatus } from 'soapbox/normalizers/status';
 import { calculateStatus } from 'soapbox/reducers/statuses';
@@ -30,34 +34,14 @@ export const buildStatus = (state, pendingStatus, idempotencyKey) => {
 
   const status = {
     account,
-    application: null,
-    bookmarked: false,
-    card: null,
     content: pendingStatus.get('status', '').replace(new RegExp('\n', 'g'), '<br>'), /* eslint-disable-line no-control-regex */
-    created_at: new Date(),
-    emojis: [],
-    favourited: false,
-    favourites_count: 0,
     id: `末pending-${idempotencyKey}`,
-    in_reply_to_account_id: null,
     in_reply_to_id: pendingStatus.get('in_reply_to_id'),
-    language: null,
-    media_attachments: pendingStatus.get('media_ids').map(id => (ImmutableMap({ id }))),
+    media_attachments: pendingStatus.get('media_ids', ImmutableList()).map(id => ImmutableMap({ id })),
     mentions,
-    muted: false,
-    pinned: false,
     poll: pendingStatus.get('poll', null),
     quote: pendingStatus.get('quote_id', null),
-    reblog: null,
-    reblogged: false,
-    reblogs_count: 0,
-    replies_count: 0,
     sensitive: pendingStatus.get('sensitive', false),
-    spoiler_text: '',
-    tags: [],
-    text: null,
-    uri: '',
-    url: '',
     visibility: pendingStatus.get('visibility', 'public'),
   };
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.js b/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.js
index f6f8fccb3..288a07498 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/status.js
@@ -4,9 +4,28 @@ import { accountToMention } from 'soapbox/utils/accounts';
 
 // Some backends can return null, or omit these required fields
 const baseStatus = ImmutableMap({
+  application: null,
+  bookmarked: false,
+  card: null,
+  created_at: new Date(),
   emojis: ImmutableList(),
-  spoiler_text: '',
+  favourited: false,
+  favourites_count: 0,
+  in_reply_to_account_id: null,
+  in_reply_to_id: null,
+  language: null,
   mentions: ImmutableList(),
+  muted: false,
+  pinned: false,
+  reblog: null,
+  reblogged: false,
+  reblogs_count: 0,
+  replies_count: 0,
+  spoiler_text: '',
+  tags: ImmutableList(),
+  uri: '',
+  url: '',
+  visibility: 'public',
 });
 
 const mergeDefined = (oldVal, newVal) => oldVal === undefined ? newVal : oldVal;