diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/standalone/hashtag_timeline/index.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/standalone/hashtag_timeline/index.js
index f15fbb2f4..f14be2aaf 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/standalone/hashtag_timeline/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/standalone/hashtag_timeline/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../actions/timelines';
 import Column from '../../../components/column';
 import ColumnHeader from '../../../components/column_header';
+import { connectHashtagStream } from '../../../actions/streaming';
 
 @connect()
 export default class HashtagTimeline extends React.PureComponent {
@@ -29,16 +30,13 @@ export default class HashtagTimeline extends React.PureComponent {
     const { dispatch, hashtag } = this.props;
 
     dispatch(refreshHashtagTimeline(hashtag));
-
-    this.polling = setInterval(() => {
-      dispatch(refreshHashtagTimeline(hashtag));
-    }, 10000);
+    this.disconnect = dispatch(connectHashtagStream(hashtag));
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount () {
-    if (typeof this.polling !== 'undefined') {
-      clearInterval(this.polling);
-      this.polling = null;
+    if (this.disconnect) {
+      this.disconnect();
+      this.disconnect = null;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/standalone/public_timeline/index.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/standalone/public_timeline/index.js
index de4b5320a..5805d1a10 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/standalone/public_timeline/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/standalone/public_timeline/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import Column from '../../../components/column';
 import ColumnHeader from '../../../components/column_header';
 import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
+import { connectPublicStream } from '../../../actions/streaming';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   title: { id: 'standalone.public_title', defaultMessage: 'A look inside...' },
@@ -35,16 +36,13 @@ export default class PublicTimeline extends React.PureComponent {
     const { dispatch } = this.props;
 
     dispatch(refreshPublicTimeline());
-
-    this.polling = setInterval(() => {
-      dispatch(refreshPublicTimeline());
-    }, 3000);
+    this.disconnect = dispatch(connectPublicStream());
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount () {
-    if (typeof this.polling !== 'undefined') {
-      clearInterval(this.polling);
-      this.polling = null;
+    if (this.disconnect) {
+      this.disconnect();
+      this.disconnect = null;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/stream.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/stream.js
index 36c68ffc5..9a6f4f26d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/stream.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/stream.js
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@ export function connectStream(path, pollingRefresh = null, callbacks = () => ({
 
 
 export default function getStream(streamingAPIBaseURL, accessToken, stream, { connected, received, disconnected, reconnected }) {
-  const ws = new WebSocketClient(`${streamingAPIBaseURL}/api/v1/streaming/?access_token=${accessToken}&stream=${stream}`);
+  const params = [ `stream=${stream}` ];
+
+  if (accessToken !== null) {
+    params.push(`access_token=${accessToken}`);
+  }
+
+  const ws = new WebSocketClient(`${streamingAPIBaseURL}/api/v1/streaming/?${params.join('&')}`);
 
   ws.onopen      = connected;
   ws.onmessage   = e => received(JSON.parse(e.data));