diff --git a/src/View/Status.elm b/src/View/Status.elm
index caf689e..a34074f 100644
--- a/src/View/Status.elm
+++ b/src/View/Status.elm
@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ statusView context ({ account, content, media_attachments, reblog, mentions, pin
                     [ p [ class "status-info" ]
                         [ Common.icon "fire"
                         , a (accountLinkAttributes ++ [ class "reblogger" ])
-                            [ text <| " " ++ account.display_name ]
+                            [ text <| " " ++ if account.display_name == "" then
+                                                account.username
+                                              else
+                                                account.display_name]
                         , text " boosted"
                         ]
                     , Lazy.lazy2 statusView context reblog