diff --git a/res/themes/status/css/_fonts.scss b/res/themes/status/css/_fonts.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e53b463839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/themes/status/css/_fonts.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+@font-face {
+  font-family:PostGrotesk-Medium;
+  src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.eot');
+  src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.eot?#iefix') format("embedded-opentype"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.woff') format("woff"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.svg#PostGrotesk-Medium') format("svg");
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: normal;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family:PostGrotesk-Book;
+  src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.eot');
+  src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.eot?#iefix') format("embedded-opentype"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.woff') format("woff"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.svg#PostGrotesk-Book') format("svg");
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: normal;
+}
diff --git a/res/themes/status/css/_status.scss b/res/themes/status/css/_status.scss
index 0b93524843..afca5ac0e8 100644
--- a/res/themes/status/css/_status.scss
+++ b/res/themes/status/css/_status.scss
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-@font-face {
-    font-family:PostGrotesk-Medium;
-    src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.eot');
-    src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.eot?#iefix') format("embedded-opentype"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.woff') format("woff"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Medium.svg#PostGrotesk-Medium') format("svg");
-    font-weight: 400;
-    font-style: normal;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-    font-family:PostGrotesk-Book;
-    src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.eot');
-    src:url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.eot?#iefix') format("embedded-opentype"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.woff') format("woff"),url('https://status.im/fonts/PostGrotesk-Book.svg#PostGrotesk-Book') format("svg");
-    font-weight: 400;
-    font-style: normal;
-}
-
 // We deliberately prioritise Arial over Helvetica here due to diacritic problems (see _base.scss)
 // N.B. that the status.im website uses:
 // font-family:PostGrotesk-Book,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
diff --git a/res/themes/status/css/status.scss b/res/themes/status/css/status.scss
index b4f6590040..52113fe8a6 100644
--- a/res/themes/status/css/status.scss
+++ b/res/themes/status/css/status.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+@import "_fonts.scss";
 @import "../../../../node_modules/matrix-react-sdk/res/themes/light/css/_base.scss";
 @import "_status.scss";
 @import "../../../../node_modules/matrix-react-sdk/res/css/_components.scss";