diff --git a/src/components/profile-hover-card.tsx b/src/components/profile-hover-card.tsx
index f7517430e..ddb89e11e 100644
--- a/src/components/profile-hover-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/profile-hover-card.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const handleMouseLeave = (dispatch: AppDispatch): React.MouseEventHandler => {
 };
 
 interface IProfileHoverCard {
-  visible: boolean;
+  visible?: boolean;
 }
 
 /** Popup profile preview that appears when hovering avatars and display names. */
diff --git a/src/components/status-hover-card.tsx b/src/components/status-hover-card.tsx
index 5c31f9b4d..08359c61a 100644
--- a/src/components/status-hover-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/status-hover-card.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { showStatusHoverCard } from './hover-status-wrapper';
 import { Card, CardBody } from './ui';
 
 interface IStatusHoverCard {
-  visible: boolean;
+  visible?: boolean;
 }
 
 /** Popup status preview that appears when hovering reply to */