diff --git a/app/javascript/gabsocial/components/sidebar_panel_group.js b/app/javascript/gabsocial/components/sidebar_panel_group.js
index 42360fd2..822cdbb4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/gabsocial/components/sidebar_panel_group.js
+++ b/app/javascript/gabsocial/components/sidebar_panel_group.js
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ class SidebarPanelGroup extends React.PureComponent {
       promotions,
     } = this.props
 
-    if (!!promotions && promotions.count() > 0 && Array.isArray(layout) && !!me) {
+    if (Array.isArray(promotions) && Array.isArray(layout) && !!me) {
       const sidebarPromotionPageId = `${page}.sidebar`
-      const promotion = promotions.find((p) => p.get('timeline_id') === sidebarPromotionPageId)
+      const promotion = promotions.find((promotion) => promotion.timeline_id === sidebarPromotionPageId)
 
       if (!!promotion) {
-        const correctedPosition = promotion.get('position') - 1 > layout.length ? layout.length - 1 : promotion.get('position')
+        const correctedPosition = promotion.position - 1 > layout.length ? layout.length - 1 : promotion.position
         if (!layout.find(p => p.key === 'status-promotion-panel')) {
-          layout.splice(correctedPosition, 0, <WrappedBundle key='status-promotion-panel' component={StatusPromotionPanel} componentParams={{ statusId: promotion.get('status_id') }} />)
+          layout.splice(correctedPosition, 0, <WrappedBundle key='status-promotion-panel' component={StatusPromotionPanel} componentParams={{ statusId: promotion.status_id }} />)
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/app/javascript/gabsocial/components/status_list.js b/app/javascript/gabsocial/components/status_list.js
index b208c5e2..cb49b8d9 100644
--- a/app/javascript/gabsocial/components/status_list.js
+++ b/app/javascript/gabsocial/components/status_list.js
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ class StatusList extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       promotions,
     } = this.props
   
-    if (!!promotions && promotions.count() > 0) {
+    if (Array.isArray(promotions)) {
       promotions.forEach((promotion) => {
         
-        if (promotion.get('timeline_id') === timelineId &&
-            statusIds.count() >= promotion.get('position') &&
-            !promotedStatuses[promotion.get('status_id')]) {
-          onFetchStatus(promotion.get('status_id'))
+        if (promotion.timeline_id === timelineId &&
+            statusIds.count() >= promotion.position &&
+            !promotedStatuses[promotion.status_id]) {
+          onFetchStatus(promotion.status_id)
         }
 
       })
@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@ class StatusList extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             />
           )
         } else {
-          if (!!promotions && promotions.count() > 0) {
-            const promotion = promotions.find((p) => (p.get('position') === i && p.get('timeline_id') === timelineId))
+          if (Array.isArray(promotions)) {
+            const promotion = promotions.find((promotion) => (promotion.position === i && promotion.timeline_id === timelineId))
             if (promotion) {
               scrollableContent.push(
                 <StatusContainer
-                  key={`promotion-${i}-${promotion.get('status_id')}`}
-                  id={promotion.get('status_id')}
+                  key={`promotion-${i}-${promotion.status_id}`}
+                  id={promotion.status_id}
                   onMoveUp={this.handleMoveUp}
                   onMoveDown={this.handleMoveDown}
                   contextType={timelineId}
@@ -350,10 +350,10 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state, { timelineId }) => {
     id: timelineId
   })
 
-  const promotedStatuses = (!!promotions && promotions.count() > 0) ?
+  const promotedStatuses = Array.isArray(promotions) ?
     promotions.map((promotion) => {
       const s = {}
-      s[promotion.get('status_id')] = state.getIn(['statuses', promotion.get('status_id')])
+      s[promotion.status_id] = state.getIn(['statuses', promotion.status_id])
       return s
     }) : []
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/gabsocial/reducers/promotions.js b/app/javascript/gabsocial/reducers/promotions.js
index ada579a0..3a372108 100644
--- a/app/javascript/gabsocial/reducers/promotions.js
+++ b/app/javascript/gabsocial/reducers/promotions.js
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-import {
-  List as ImmutableList,
-  fromJS,
-}from 'immutable'
 import {
   PROMOTIONS_FETCH_REQUEST,
   PROMOTIONS_FETCH_SUCCESS,
   PROMOTIONS_FETCH_FAIL,
 } from '../actions/promotions'
 
-const initialState = ImmutableList()
+const initialState = []
 
 export default function promotions(state = initialState, action) {
   switch (action.type) {
@@ -16,7 +12,7 @@ export default function promotions(state = initialState, action) {
   case PROMOTIONS_FETCH_FAIL:
     return initialState
   case PROMOTIONS_FETCH_SUCCESS:
-    return fromJS(action.items)
+    return action.items
   default:
     return state
   }