diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/InternalApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/InternalApiController.php
index 1a0af7d1a..6766d9445 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/InternalApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/InternalApiController.php
@@ -132,13 +132,15 @@ class InternalApiController extends Controller
 
     public function statusReplies(Request $request, int $id)
     {
+        $this->validate($request, [
+            'limit' => 'nullable|int|min:1|max:6'
+        ]);
         $parent = Status::whereScope('public')->findOrFail($id);
-
+        $limit = $request->input('limit') ?? 3;
         $children = Status::whereInReplyToId($parent->id)
             ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
-            ->take(3)
+            ->take($limit)
             ->get();
-
         $resource = new Fractal\Resource\Collection($children, new StatusTransformer());
         $res = $this->fractal->createData($resource)->toArray();
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/PublicApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/PublicApiController.php
index 1402940ef..c1e8ef9f0 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PublicApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PublicApiController.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class PublicApiController extends Controller
                 ->whereNull('reblog_of_id')
                 ->whereIn('scope', $scope)
                 ->whereNotIn('profile_id', $filtered)
-                ->select('id', 'caption', 'is_nsfw', 'rendered', 'profile_id', 'in_reply_to_id', 'type', 'reply_count', 'created_at')
+                ->select('id', 'caption', 'local', 'is_nsfw', 'rendered', 'profile_id', 'in_reply_to_id', 'type', 'reply_count', 'created_at')
                 ->where('id', '>=', $request->min_id)
                 ->orderBy('id', 'desc')
                 ->paginate($limit);
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class PublicApiController extends Controller
                 ->whereNull('reblog_of_id')
                 ->whereIn('scope', $scope)
                 ->whereNotIn('profile_id', $filtered)
-                ->select('id', 'caption', 'is_nsfw', 'rendered', 'profile_id', 'in_reply_to_id', 'type', 'reply_count', 'created_at')
+                ->select('id', 'caption', 'local', 'is_nsfw', 'rendered', 'profile_id', 'in_reply_to_id', 'type', 'reply_count', 'created_at')
                 ->where('id', '<=', $request->max_id)
                 ->orderBy('id', 'desc')
                 ->paginate($limit);
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class PublicApiController extends Controller
             ->whereNull('reblog_of_id')
             ->whereIn('scope', $scope)
             ->whereNotIn('profile_id', $filtered)
-            ->select('id', 'caption', 'is_nsfw', 'rendered', 'profile_id', 'in_reply_to_id', 'type', 'reply_count', 'created_at')
+            ->select('id', 'caption', 'local', 'is_nsfw', 'rendered', 'profile_id', 'in_reply_to_id', 'type', 'reply_count', 'created_at')
             ->orderBy('id', 'desc')
             ->paginate($limit);
         }