diff --git a/app/Status.php b/app/Status.php
index 1e729cf35..6736e49b2 100644
--- a/app/Status.php
+++ b/app/Status.php
@@ -3,13 +3,21 @@
 namespace App;
 
 use Auth, Cache, Hashids, Storage;
-use App\Http\Controllers\StatusController;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Pixelfed\Snowflake\HasSnowflakePrimary;
+use App\Http\Controllers\StatusController;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
 class Status extends Model
 {
-    use SoftDeletes;
+    use HasSnowflakePrimary, SoftDeletes;
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates if the IDs are auto-incrementing.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    public $incrementing = false;
 
     /**
      * The attributes that should be mutated to dates.
diff --git a/config/snowflake.php b/config/snowflake.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f7134158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/snowflake.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+return [
+    'epoch' => 1549756800000,
+    'worker_id' => 1,
+    'datacenter_id' => 1,
+];
diff --git a/database/migrations/2019_03_12_043935_add_snowflakeids_to_users_table.php b/database/migrations/2019_03_12_043935_add_snowflakeids_to_users_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5d32f2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2019_03_12_043935_add_snowflakeids_to_users_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class AddSnowflakeidsToUsersTable extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('statuses', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropPrimary('id');
+            $table->bigInteger('id')->unsigned()->primary()->change();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::table('statuses', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            //
+        });
+    }
+}