diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
index c03c3017e35..169cd3963a7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
         mediaIcon = 'video-camera';
       } else {  //  Media type is 'image' or 'gifv'
         media = (
-          <Bundle fetchComponent={MediaGallery} loading={this.renderLoadingMediaGallery} >
+          <Bundle fetchComponent={MediaGallery} loading={this.renderLoadingMediaGallery}>
             {Component => (
               <Component
                 media={attachments}
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/timeline_container.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/timeline_container.js
index 56669a49aad..5a1f41f7a8e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/timeline_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/timeline_container.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import configureStore from 'flavours/glitch/store/configureStore';
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import { getLocale } from 'mastodon/locales';
 import PublicTimeline from 'flavours/glitch/features/standalone/public_timeline';
 import CommunityTimeline from 'flavours/glitch/features/standalone/community_timeline';
 import HashtagTimeline from 'flavours/glitch/features/standalone/hashtag_timeline';
+import ModalContainer from 'flavours/glitch/features/ui/containers/modal_container';
 import initialState from 'flavours/glitch/util/initial_state';
 
 const { localeData, messages } = getLocale();
@@ -47,7 +49,13 @@ export default class TimelineContainer extends React.PureComponent {
     return (
       <IntlProvider locale={locale} messages={messages}>
         <Provider store={store}>
-          {timeline}
+          <Fragment>
+            {timeline}
+            {ReactDOM.createPortal(
+              <ModalContainer />,
+              document.getElementById('modal-container'),
+            )}
+          </Fragment>
         </Provider>
       </IntlProvider>
     );
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/modal_root.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/modal_root.js
index 7e9980ef78b..86e1f869569 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/modal_root.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/modal_root.js
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ export default class ModalRoot extends React.PureComponent {
     onClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   };
 
+  getSnapshotBeforeUpdate () {
+    const visible = !!this.props.type;
+    return {
+      overflowY: visible ? 'hidden' : null,
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentDidUpdate (prevProps, prevState, { overflowY }) {
+    document.body.style.overflowY = overflowY;
+  }
+
   renderLoading = modalId => () => {
     return ['MEDIA', 'VIDEO', 'BOOST', 'FAVOURITE', 'DOODLE', 'CONFIRM', 'ACTIONS'].indexOf(modalId) === -1 ? <ModalLoading /> : null;
   }