diff --git a/thread/index.html b/thread/index.html
index 50215ac..0b2f8f3 100644
--- a/thread/index.html
+++ b/thread/index.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" />
 </head>
 
-<body>
+<body onload="threadUnroll.initPage()">
   <div id="topBarBox">
     <a id="topbarMainPageButton" href="../">
       <img id="topBarImage" src="../img/logo.svg"
diff --git a/thread/js/main.js b/thread/js/main.js
index 90c6ae2..8e31a6a 100644
--- a/thread/js/main.js
+++ b/thread/js/main.js
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ const threadUnroll = {
             }
         }
     },
+    initPageAsApi: function (instanceUri, statusID, callback) {
+        if (instanceUri && statusID && callback) {
+            threadUnroll.initApi(instanceUri);
+            threadUnroll.getAllStatuses(statusID, [], callback, true, statusID);
+        }
+    },
     initApi: function (instanceUri) {
         threadUnroll.api = new MastodonAPI({
             instance: instanceUri,
@@ -230,6 +236,4 @@ const threadUnroll = {
         }
 
     }
-};
-
-threadUnroll.initPage();
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+};
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