diff --git a/bin/mastodon-data.js b/bin/mastodon-data.js
index 24b1459..11b6802 100644
--- a/bin/mastodon-data.js
+++ b/bin/mastodon-data.js
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ export const actions = times(30, i => ({
       text: 'hello world'
     }
   },
+  {
+    user: 'admin',
+    post: {
+      text: '@foobar hello foobar',
+      privacy: 'unlisted'
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    user: 'foobar',
+    post: {
+      text: '@admin hello admin',
+      privacy: 'unlisted'
+    }
+  },
   {
     user: 'foobar',
     post: {
@@ -87,8 +101,8 @@ export const actions = times(30, i => ({
   {
     user: 'admin',
     post: {
-      text: '@foobar hello foobar',
-      privacy: 'unlisted'
+      text: '@foobar direct',
+      privacy: 'direct'
     }
   },
   {
@@ -150,6 +164,10 @@ export const actions = times(30, i => ({
     user: 'admin',
     boost: 1
   },
+  {
+    user: 'admin',
+    boost: 2
+  },
   {
     user: 'admin',
     favorite: 2
@@ -159,7 +177,7 @@ export const actions = times(30, i => ({
     post: {
       internalId: 5,
       text: 'pinned toot 1',
-      privacy: 'private'
+      privacy: 'unlisted'
     }
   },
   {
@@ -167,7 +185,7 @@ export const actions = times(30, i => ({
     post: {
       internalId: 6,
       text: 'pinned toot 2',
-      privacy: 'private'
+      privacy: 'unlisted'
     }
   }
 ]).concat(times(25, i => ({
@@ -175,7 +193,7 @@ export const actions = times(30, i => ({
   post: {
     internalId: 100 + i,
     text: 'unlisted thread ' + (i + 1),
-    privacy: 'private',
+    privacy: 'unlisted',
     inReplyTo: i > 0 && (100 + i)
   }
 }))).concat([
@@ -187,6 +205,10 @@ export const actions = times(30, i => ({
     user: 'quux',
     pin: 6
   },
+  {
+    user: 'admin',
+    boost: 5
+  },
   {
     user: 'admin',
     favorite: 5
@@ -203,21 +225,21 @@ export const actions = times(30, i => ({
     user: 'ExternalLinks',
     post: {
       text: 'here are some hashtags: #kitten #kitties',
-      privacy: 'private'
+      privacy: 'unlisted'
     }
   },
   {
     user: 'ExternalLinks',
     post: {
       text: 'here are some external links: https://joinmastodon.org https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon',
-      privacy: 'private'
+      privacy: 'unlisted'
     }
   },
   {
     user: 'ExternalLinks',
     post: {
       text: 'here are some users: @admin @quux',
-      privacy: 'private'
+      privacy: 'unlisted'
     }
   }
 ])
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diff --git a/bin/restore-mastodon-data.js b/bin/restore-mastodon-data.js
index 3874e0b..ff7fea5 100644
--- a/bin/restore-mastodon-data.js
+++ b/bin/restore-mastodon-data.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export async function restoreMastodonData () {
     } else if (action.boost) {
       await reblogStatus('localhost:3000', accessToken, internalIdsToIds[action.boost])
     }
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000))
   }
   console.log('Restored mastodon data')
 }
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diff --git a/bin/run-mastodon.js b/bin/run-mastodon.js
index 09e0c1a..df9d86c 100644
--- a/bin/run-mastodon.js
+++ b/bin/run-mastodon.js
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ async function main () {
   await setupMastodonDatabase()
   await runMastodon()
   await waitForMastodonApiToStart()
-  await waitForMastodonUiToStart()
   await restoreMastodonData()
+  await waitForMastodonUiToStart()
 }
 
 process.on('SIGINT', function () {