diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/column_collapsable.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/column_collapsable.jsx
index abd65d6337031..8d74fd8a7a5f6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/column_collapsable.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/column_collapsable.jsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const ColumnCollapsable = React.createClass({
       <div style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
         <div style={{...iconStyle, color: collapsed ? '#9baec8' : '#fff', background: collapsed ? '#2f3441' : '#373b4a' }} onClick={this.handleToggleCollapsed}><i className={`fa fa-${icon}`} /></div>
 
-        <Motion defaultStyle={{ opacity: 0, height: 0 }} style={{ opacity: spring(collapsed ? 0 : 100), height: spring(collapsed ? 0 : fullHeight) }}>
+        <Motion defaultStyle={{ opacity: 0, height: 0 }} style={{ opacity: spring(collapsed ? 0 : 100), height: spring(collapsed ? 0 : fullHeight, { stiffness: 150, damping: 9 }) }}>
           {({ opacity, height }) =>
             <div style={{ overflow: 'hidden', height: `${height}px`, opacity: opacity / 100 }}>
               {children}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/icon_button.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/icon_button.jsx
index e9a7228e4d715..f9b6192c04ad4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/icon_button.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/icon_button.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
+import { Motion, spring } from 'react-motion';
 
 const IconButton = React.createClass({
 
@@ -10,14 +11,16 @@ const IconButton = React.createClass({
     active: React.PropTypes.bool,
     style: React.PropTypes.object,
     activeStyle: React.PropTypes.object,
-    disabled: React.PropTypes.bool
+    disabled: React.PropTypes.bool,
+    animate: React.PropTypes.bool
   },
 
   getDefaultProps () {
     return {
       size: 18,
       active: false,
-      disabled: false
+      disabled: false,
+      animate: false
     };
   },
 
@@ -49,9 +52,18 @@ const IconButton = React.createClass({
     }
 
     return (
-      <button aria-label={this.props.title} title={this.props.title} className={`icon-button ${this.props.active ? 'active' : ''} ${this.props.disabled ? 'disabled' : ''}`} onClick={this.handleClick} style={style}>
-        <i className={`fa fa-fw fa-${this.props.icon}`} aria-hidden='true' />
-      </button>
+      <Motion defaultStyle={{ rotate: this.props.active ? -360 : 0 }} style={{ rotate: this.props.animate ? spring(this.props.active ? -360 : 0, { stiffness: 120, damping: 7 }) : 0 }}>
+        {({ rotate }) =>
+          <button
+            aria-label={this.props.title}
+            title={this.props.title}
+            className={`icon-button ${this.props.active ? 'active' : ''} ${this.props.disabled ? 'disabled' : ''}`}
+            onClick={this.handleClick}
+            style={style}>
+            <i style={{ transform: `rotate(${rotate}deg)` }} className={`fa fa-fw fa-${this.props.icon}`} aria-hidden='true' />
+          </button>
+        }
+      </Motion>
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status_action_bar.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status_action_bar.jsx
index 6ada59c0d1b6a..f2cc1fb120071 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status_action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/components/status_action_bar.jsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const StatusActionBar = React.createClass({
       <div style={{ marginTop: '10px', overflow: 'hidden' }}>
         <div style={{ float: 'left', marginRight: '18px'}}><IconButton title={intl.formatMessage(messages.reply)} icon='reply' onClick={this.handleReplyClick} /></div>
         <div style={{ float: 'left', marginRight: '18px'}}><IconButton disabled={status.get('visibility') === 'private'} active={status.get('reblogged')} title={intl.formatMessage(messages.reblog)} icon={status.get('visibility') === 'private' ? 'lock' : 'retweet'} onClick={this.handleReblogClick} /></div>
-        <div style={{ float: 'left', marginRight: '18px'}}><IconButton active={status.get('favourited')} title={intl.formatMessage(messages.favourite)} icon='star' onClick={this.handleFavouriteClick} activeStyle={{ color: '#ca8f04' }} /></div>
+        <div style={{ float: 'left', marginRight: '18px'}}><IconButton animate={true} active={status.get('favourited')} title={intl.formatMessage(messages.favourite)} icon='star' onClick={this.handleFavouriteClick} activeStyle={{ color: '#ca8f04' }} /></div>
 
         <div style={{ width: '18px', height: '18px', float: 'left' }}>
           <DropdownMenu items={menu} icon='ellipsis-h' size={18} direction="right" />
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
index d989a1693f4e2..3f8a0457dbebc 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/features/status/components/action_bar.jsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const ActionBar = React.createClass({
       <div style={{ background: '#2f3441', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', borderTop: '1px solid #363c4b', borderBottom: '1px solid #363c4b', padding: '10px 0' }}>
         <div style={{ flex: '1 1 auto', textAlign: 'center' }}><IconButton title={intl.formatMessage(messages.reply)} icon='reply' onClick={this.handleReplyClick} /></div>
         <div style={{ flex: '1 1 auto', textAlign: 'center' }}><IconButton disabled={status.get('visibility') === 'private'} active={status.get('reblogged')} title={intl.formatMessage(messages.reblog)} icon={status.get('visibility') === 'private' ? 'lock' : 'retweet'} onClick={this.handleReblogClick} /></div>
-        <div style={{ flex: '1 1 auto', textAlign: 'center' }}><IconButton active={status.get('favourited')} title={intl.formatMessage(messages.favourite)} icon='star' onClick={this.handleFavouriteClick} activeStyle={{ color: '#ca8f04' }} /></div>
+        <div style={{ flex: '1 1 auto', textAlign: 'center' }}><IconButton animate={true} active={status.get('favourited')} title={intl.formatMessage(messages.favourite)} icon='star' onClick={this.handleFavouriteClick} activeStyle={{ color: '#ca8f04' }} /></div>
         <div style={{ flex: '1 1 auto', textAlign: 'center' }}><DropdownMenu size={18} icon='ellipsis-h' items={menu} direction="left" /></div>
       </div>
     );