diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/stream.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/stream.js
index fe965bcb0..0cb2b228f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/stream.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/stream.js
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export default function getStream(streamingAPIBaseURL, accessToken, stream, { co
     return ws;
   }
 
+  stream = stream.replace(/:/g, '/');
   params.push(`access_token=${accessToken}`);
   const es = new EventSource(`${streamingAPIBaseURL}/api/v1/streaming/${stream}?${params.join('&')}`);
 
diff --git a/streaming/index.js b/streaming/index.js
index 304e7e046..0a19c74a6 100644
--- a/streaming/index.js
+++ b/streaming/index.js
@@ -436,8 +436,11 @@ const startWorker = (workerId) => {
     const accountId = req.accountId || req.remoteAddress;
 
     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/event-stream');
+    res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
     res.setHeader('Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked');
 
+    res.write(':)\n');
+
     const heartbeat = setInterval(() => res.write(':thump\n'), 15000);
 
     req.on('close', () => {