diff --git a/src/components/Home.tsx b/src/components/Home.tsx
index 8226e47..9856543 100644
--- a/src/components/Home.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Home.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState, useEffect, Activity } from "react";
+import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useGrimoire } from "@/core/state";
 import { useAccountSync } from "@/hooks/useAccountSync";
 import Feed from "./nostr/Feed";
@@ -141,21 +141,16 @@ export default function Home() {
           <UserMenu />
         </header>
         <section className="flex-1 relative overflow-hidden">
-          {Object.values(state.workspaces).map((workspace) => (
-            <Activity
-              key={workspace.id}
-              mode={
-                workspace.id === state.activeWorkspaceId ? "visible" : "hidden"
-              }
-            >
-              {workspace.layout === null ? (
+          {state.workspaces[state.activeWorkspaceId] && (
+            <>
+              {state.workspaces[state.activeWorkspaceId].layout === null ? (
                 <GrimoireWelcome
                   onLaunchCommand={() => setCommandLauncherOpen(true)}
                 />
               ) : (
                 <Mosaic
                   renderTile={renderTile}
-                  value={workspace.layout}
+                  value={state.workspaces[state.activeWorkspaceId].layout}
                   onChange={updateLayout}
                   onRelease={(node) => {
                     // When Mosaic removes a node from the layout, clean up the window
@@ -166,8 +161,8 @@ export default function Home() {
                   className="mosaic-blueprint-theme"
                 />
               )}
-            </Activity>
-          ))}
+            </>
+          )}
         </section>
         <TabBar />
       </main>
diff --git a/src/components/nostr/RichText/Hashtag.tsx b/src/components/nostr/RichText/Hashtag.tsx
index 9580772..a95e679 100644
--- a/src/components/nostr/RichText/Hashtag.tsx
+++ b/src/components/nostr/RichText/Hashtag.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,5 @@ interface HashtagNodeProps {
 }
 
 export function Hashtag({ node }: HashtagNodeProps) {
-  return (
-    <a
-      href={`/t/${node.hashtag}`}
-      className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-primary cursor-crosshair"
-      onClick={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
-    >
-      #{node.hashtag}
-    </a>
-  );
+  return <span className="text-muted-foreground">#{node.hashtag}</span>;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/nostr/RichText/Text.tsx b/src/components/nostr/RichText/Text.tsx
index 13e9801..286ed85 100644
--- a/src/components/nostr/RichText/Text.tsx
+++ b/src/components/nostr/RichText/Text.tsx
@@ -12,23 +12,24 @@ function hasRTLCharacters(text: string): boolean {
 
 export function Text({ node }: TextNodeProps) {
   const text = node.value;
-
+  
   // If no newlines, render as inline span
   if (!text.includes("\n")) {
     const isRTL = hasRTLCharacters(text);
     return <span dir={isRTL ? "rtl" : "auto"}>{text || "\u00A0"}</span>;
   }
-
-  // If has newlines, use divs for proper RTL per line
+  
+  // If has newlines, use spans with <br> tags
   const lines = text.split("\n");
   return (
     <>
       {lines.map((line, idx) => {
         const isRTL = hasRTLCharacters(line);
         return (
-          <div key={idx} dir={isRTL ? "rtl" : "auto"}>
-            {line || "\u00A0"}
-          </div>
+          <span key={idx}>
+            <span dir={isRTL ? "rtl" : "auto"}>{line || "\u00A0"}</span>
+            {idx < lines.length - 1 && <br />}
+          </span>
         );
       })}
     </>
diff --git a/src/components/nostr/kinds/BaseEventRenderer.tsx b/src/components/nostr/kinds/BaseEventRenderer.tsx
index a68e63a..1eeabf7 100644
--- a/src/components/nostr/kinds/BaseEventRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/nostr/kinds/BaseEventRenderer.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export function EventAuthor({ pubkey }: { pubkey: string }) {
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-0">
       <UserName
         pubkey={pubkey}
-        className="text-md cursor-crosshair font-semibold hover:underline hover:decoration-dotted"
+        className="text-md text-accent cursor-crosshair font-semibold hover:underline hover:decoration-dotted"
       />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/hooks/useAccountSync.ts b/src/hooks/useAccountSync.ts
index cc2843e..551bf9c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useAccountSync.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useAccountSync.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect } from "react";
-import { useObservableMemo, useEventStore } from "applesauce-react/hooks";
+import { useEventStore, useObservableMemo } from "applesauce-react/hooks";
 import accounts from "@/services/accounts";
 import { useGrimoire } from "@/core/state";
 import { getInboxes, getOutboxes } from "applesauce-core/helpers";
diff --git a/src/hooks/useProfile.ts b/src/hooks/useProfile.ts
index f382a61..f83785d 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useProfile.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useProfile.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,54 @@
-import { useEffect } from "react";
-import { kinds } from "nostr-tools";
+import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { profileLoader } from "@/services/loaders";
-import { useEventStore, useObservableMemo } from "applesauce-react/hooks";
 import { ProfileContent } from "applesauce-core/helpers";
-import { ProfileModel } from "applesauce-core/models/profile";
+import { kinds } from "nostr-tools";
+import db from "@/services/db";
 
 export function useProfile(pubkey: string): ProfileContent | undefined {
-  const eventStore = useEventStore();
+  const [profile, setProfile] = useState<ProfileContent | undefined>();
 
-  const profile = useObservableMemo(
-    () => eventStore.model(ProfileModel, pubkey),
-    [eventStore, pubkey],
-  );
-
-  // Fetch profile if not in store (only runs once per pubkey)
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (profile) return; // Already have the event
+    let mounted = true;
 
+    // Load from IndexedDB first
+    db.profiles.get(pubkey).then((cachedProfile) => {
+      if (mounted && cachedProfile) {
+        setProfile(cachedProfile);
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Fetch from network
     const sub = profileLoader({ kind: kinds.Metadata, pubkey }).subscribe({
-      next: (fetchedEvent) => {
-        if (fetchedEvent) {
-          eventStore.add(fetchedEvent);
+      next: async (fetchedEvent) => {
+        if (!fetchedEvent || !fetchedEvent.content) return;
+
+        try {
+          const profileData = JSON.parse(fetchedEvent.content) as ProfileContent;
+          
+          // Save to IndexedDB
+          await db.profiles.put({
+            ...profileData,
+            pubkey,
+            created_at: fetchedEvent.created_at,
+          });
+
+          if (mounted) {
+            setProfile(profileData);
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.error("[useProfile] Failed to parse profile:", e);
         }
       },
+      error: (err) => {
+        console.error("[useProfile] Error fetching profile:", err);
+      },
     });
 
-    return () => sub.unsubscribe();
-  }, [pubkey, eventStore]); // Removed event and loading from deps
+    return () => {
+      mounted = false;
+      sub.unsubscribe();
+    };
+  }, [pubkey]);
 
   return profile;
 }
diff --git a/src/services/db.ts b/src/services/db.ts
index 6e465de..498e3b5 100644
--- a/src/services/db.ts
+++ b/src/services/db.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ProfileContent } from "applesauce-core/helpers";
 import { Dexie, Table } from "dexie";
 
 export interface Profile extends ProfileContent {
+  pubkey: string;
   created_at: number;
 }