diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/card_container.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/card_container.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dec7df522..000000000
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/card_container.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import Card from 'flavours/glitch/features/status/components/card';
-import { fromJS } from 'immutable';
-
-export default class CardContainer extends React.PureComponent {
-
-  static propTypes = {
-    locale: PropTypes.string,
-    card: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
-  };
-
-  render () {
-    const { card, ...props } = this.props;
-    return <Card card={fromJS(card)} {...props} />;
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/cards_container.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/cards_container.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cf980f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/containers/cards_container.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { IntlProvider, addLocaleData } from 'react-intl';
+import { getLocale } from '../locales';
+import Card from 'flavours/glitch/features/status/components/card';
+import ModalRoot from 'flavours/glitch/components/modal_root';
+import MediaModal from 'flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/media_modal';
+import { fromJS } from 'immutable';
+
+const { localeData, messages } = getLocale();
+addLocaleData(localeData);
+
+export default class CardsContainer extends React.PureComponent {
+
+  static propTypes = {
+    locale: PropTypes.string,
+    cards: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+  };
+
+  state = {
+    media: null,
+  };
+
+  handleOpenCard = (media) => {
+    document.body.classList.add('card-standalone__body');
+    this.setState({ media });
+  }
+
+  handleCloseCard = () => {
+    document.body.classList.remove('card-standalone__body');
+    this.setState({ media: null });
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    const { locale, cards } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <IntlProvider locale={locale} messages={messages}>
+        <Fragment>
+          {[].map.call(cards, container => {
+            const { card, ...props } = JSON.parse(container.getAttribute('data-props'));
+
+            return ReactDOM.createPortal(
+              <Card card={fromJS(card)} onOpenMedia={this.handleOpenCard} {...props} />,
+              container,
+            );
+          })}
+          <ModalRoot onClose={this.handleCloseCard}>
+            {this.state.media && (
+              <MediaModal media={this.state.media} index={0} onClose={this.handleCloseCard} />
+            )}
+          </ModalRoot>
+        </Fragment>
+      </IntlProvider>
+    );
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/packs/public.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/packs/public.js
index ed685b6b7..4e621c67f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/packs/public.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/packs/public.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function main() {
   const { getLocale } = require('locales');
   const { localeData } = getLocale();
   const VideoContainer = require('flavours/glitch/containers/video_container').default;
-  const CardContainer = require('flavours/glitch/containers/card_container').default;
   const React = require('react');
   const ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
 
@@ -57,10 +56,16 @@ function main() {
       ReactDOM.render(<VideoContainer locale={locale} {...props} />, content);
     });
 
-    [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('[data-component="Card"]'), (content) => {
-      const props = JSON.parse(content.getAttribute('data-props'));
-      ReactDOM.render(<CardContainer locale={locale} {...props} />, content);
-    });
+    const cards = document.querySelectorAll('[data-component="Card"]');
+
+    if (cards.length > 0) {
+      import(/* webpackChunkName: "containers/cards_container" */ '../mastodon/containers/cards_container').then(({ default: CardsContainer }) => {
+        const content = document.createElement('div');
+
+        ReactDOM.render(<CardsContainer locale={locale} cards={cards} />, content);
+        document.body.appendChild(content);
+      }).catch(error => console.error(error));
+    }
 
     const mediaGalleries = document.querySelectorAll('[data-component="MediaGallery"]');