diff --git a/src/components/postView/view/postDisplayView.tsx b/src/components/postView/view/postDisplayView.tsx
index 24f8b6500..15e08f1e9 100644
--- a/src/components/postView/view/postDisplayView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/postView/view/postDisplayView.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ const PostDisplayView = ({
   const [tags, setTags] = useState([]);
   const [postBodyHeight, setPostBodyHeight] = useState(0);
 
+  const [animate, setAnimate] = useState(true);  //TODO: remove test code
+
   // Component Life Cycles
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isLoggedIn && get(currentAccount, 'name') && !isNewPost) {
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ const PostDisplayView = ({
         pointsTy: PointActivityIds.VIEW_POST,
       });
     }
+
+    setTimeout(()=>{
+      setAnimate(false);
+    }, 500)
   }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -254,7 +260,7 @@ const PostDisplayView = ({
       {parentPost && <ParentPost post={parentPost} />}
 
       <View style={styles.header}>
-        {!post ? (
+        {!post || animate ? ( //TODO: remove test code
           <PostPlaceHolder />
         ) : (
           <View
diff --git a/src/screens/post/screen/postScreen.tsx b/src/screens/post/screen/postScreen.tsx
index be6e71228..e1ad862df 100644
--- a/src/screens/post/screen/postScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/post/screen/postScreen.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const PostScreen = ({ route }) => {
   const [author, setAuthor] = useState(params.content?.author || params.author);
   const [permlink, setPermlink] = useState(params.content?.permlink || params.permlink);
 
-  const getPostQuery = postQueries.useGetPostQuery(author, permlink, params.content);
+  const getPostQuery = postQueries.useGetPostQuery(author, permlink);//, params.content);
   const getParentPostQuery = postQueries.useGetPostQuery();
 
   useEffect(()=>{