You can do what you need to do. We were literally made aware of this issue today and still need time to investigate. However it's worth noting that things are moving a bit slow right now:
https://tapbots.social/@ivory/115214684887572772
Also, you are missing a bunch of great Mastodon features because that server is not getting updated. Not sure why it hasn't been updated in almost 3 years. If it were me, I'd migrate to a server that is actually maintained.