diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/status_container.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/status_container.js
index 5d9398909..1f4b982ad 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/status_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/status_container.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch, { intl, contextType }) => ({
     dispatch(openModal({
       modalType: 'EMBED',
       modalProps: {
-        url: status.get('url'),
+        id: status.get('id'),
         onError: error => dispatch(showAlertForError(error)),
       },
     }));
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/containers/detailed_status_container.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/containers/detailed_status_container.js
index 96d9090da..da0d35cba 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/containers/detailed_status_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/containers/detailed_status_container.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch, { intl }) => ({
     dispatch(openModal({
       modalType: 'EMBED',
       modalProps: {
-        url: status.get('url'),
+        id: status.get('id'),
         onError: error => dispatch(showAlertForError(error)),
       },
     }));
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.jsx
index 0c2536f2a..a65cf31c7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.jsx
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   handleEmbed = (status) => {
     this.props.dispatch(openModal({
       modalType: 'EMBED',
-      modalProps: { url: status.get('url') },
+      modalProps: { id: status.get('id') },
     }));
   };
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/embed_modal.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/embed_modal.jsx
index dffa36142..52659b611 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/embed_modal.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/embed_modal.jsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
 class EmbedModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
   static propTypes = {
-    url: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    id: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     onClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     onError: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ class EmbedModal extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   };
 
   componentDidMount () {
-    const { url } = this.props;
+    const { id } = this.props;
 
     this.setState({ loading: true });
 
-    api().post('/api/web/embed', { url }).then(res => {
+    api().get(`/api/web/embeds/${id}`).then(res => {
       this.setState({ loading: false, oembed: res.data });
 
       const iframeDocument = this.iframe.contentWindow.document;