diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/attachments.ts b/src/views/mastodon/attachments.ts
index 9307ea82..9320f604 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/attachments.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/attachments.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function renderAttachment(
   const url = tags.find(([name]) => name === 'url')?.[1];
 
   const m = tags.find(([name]) => name === 'm')?.[1] ?? getUrlMediaType(url!);
-  const alt = tags.find(([name]) => name === 'alt')?.slice(1).join(' ');
+  const alt = tags.find(([name]) => name === 'alt')?.[1];
   const cid = tags.find(([name]) => name === 'cid')?.[1];
   const dim = tags.find(([name]) => name === 'dim')?.[1];
   const blurhash = tags.find(([name]) => name === 'blurhash')?.[1];
diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts b/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
index d1c02f1e..bc42765b 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ async function renderStatus(event: DittoEvent, opts: RenderStatusOpts): Promise<
 
   const imeta: string[][][] = event.tags
     .filter(([name]) => name === 'imeta')
-    .map(([_, ...entries]) => entries.map((entry) => entry.split(' ')));
+    .map(([_, ...entries]) =>
+      entries.map((entry) => {
+        const split = entry.split(' ');
+        return [split[0], split.splice(1).join(' ')];
+      })
+    );
 
   const media = imeta.length ? imeta : getMediaLinks(links);