diff --git a/src/modules/api.js b/src/modules/api.js
index e9bf8c46..0521db5d 100644
--- a/src/modules/api.js
+++ b/src/modules/api.js
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ const api = {
                 dispatch('startFetchingTimeline', { timeline: 'friends' })
                 dispatch('startFetchingNotifications')
                 dispatch('startFetchingChats')
+                dispatch('startFetchingAnnouncements')
                 dispatch('pushGlobalNotice', {
                   level: 'error',
                   messageKey: 'timeline.socket_broke',
@@ -261,6 +262,18 @@ const api = {
       store.commit('removeFetcher', { fetcherName: 'lists', fetcher })
     },
 
+    // Lists
+    startFetchingAnnouncements (store) {
+      if (store.state.fetchers['announcements']) return
+      const fetcher = store.state.backendInteractor.startFetchingAnnouncements({ store })
+      store.commit('addFetcher', { fetcherName: 'announcements', fetcher })
+    },
+    stopFetchingAnnouncements (store) {
+      const fetcher = store.state.fetchers.announcements
+      if (!fetcher) return
+      store.commit('removeFetcher', { fetcherName: 'announcements', fetcher })
+    },
+
     // Pleroma websocket
     setWsToken (store, token) {
       store.commit('setWsToken', token)
diff --git a/src/services/announcements_fetcher/announcements_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/announcements_fetcher/announcements_fetcher.service.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6701e25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/announcements_fetcher/announcements_fetcher.service.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import apiService from '../api/api.service.js'
+import { promiseInterval } from '../promise_interval/promise_interval.js'
+
+const fetchAndUpdate = ({ store, credentials }) => {
+  return apiService.fetchAnnouncements({ credentials })
+    .then(announcements => {
+      store.commit('setAnnouncements', announcements)
+    }, () => {})
+    .catch(() => {})
+}
+
+const startFetching = ({ credentials, store }) => {
+  const boundFetchAndUpdate = () => fetchAndUpdate({ credentials, store })
+  boundFetchAndUpdate()
+  return promiseInterval(boundFetchAndUpdate, 60000)
+}
+
+const announcementsFetcher = {
+  startFetching
+}
+
+export default announcementsFetcher
diff --git a/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js b/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
index 62ee8549..41fa34fc 100644
--- a/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
+++ b/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import timelineFetcher from '../timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js'
 import notificationsFetcher from '../notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js'
 import followRequestFetcher from '../../services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service'
 import listsFetcher from '../../services/lists_fetcher/lists_fetcher.service.js'
+import announcementsFetcher from '../../services/announcements_fetcher/announcements_fetcher.service.js'
 
 const backendInteractorService = credentials => ({
   startFetchingTimeline ({ timeline, store, userId = false, listId = false, tag }) {
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ const backendInteractorService = credentials => ({
     return listsFetcher.startFetching({ store, credentials })
   },
 
+  startFetchingAnnouncements ({ store }) {
+    return announcementsFetcher.startFetching({ store, credentials })
+  },
+
   startUserSocket ({ store }) {
     const serv = store.rootState.instance.server.replace('http', 'ws')
     const url = serv + getMastodonSocketURI({ credentials, stream: 'user' })