diff --git a/src/app/chat/index.tsx b/src/app/chat/index.tsx
index 0c36e1ea..7036bc37 100644
--- a/src/app/chat/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/chat/index.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { ChatSidebar } from '@app/chat/components/sidebar';
 import { useNDK } from '@libs/ndk/provider';
 import { createChat, getChatMessages } from '@libs/storage';
 
+import { useStronghold } from '@stores/stronghold';
+
 import { useAccount } from '@utils/hooks/useAccount';
 
 export function ChatScreen() {
@@ -30,13 +32,15 @@ export function ChatScreen() {
     }
   );
 
+  const userPrivkey = useStronghold((state) => state.privkey);
+
   const itemContent: any = useCallback(
     (index: string | number) => {
       return (
         <ChatMessageItem
           data={data[index]}
           userPubkey={account.pubkey}
-          userPrivkey={account.privkey}
+          userPrivkey={userPrivkey}
         />
       );
     },
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ export function ChatScreen() {
               <ChatMessageForm
                 receiverPubkey={pubkey}
                 userPubkey={account.pubkey}
-                userPrivkey={account.privkey}
+                userPrivkey={userPrivkey}
               />
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/app/settings/account.tsx b/src/app/settings/account.tsx
index c06663a5..a2b82b63 100644
--- a/src/app/settings/account.tsx
+++ b/src/app/settings/account.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ import { useState } from 'react';
 
 import { EyeOffIcon, EyeOnIcon } from '@shared/icons';
 
+import { useStronghold } from '@stores/stronghold';
+
 import { useAccount } from '@utils/hooks/useAccount';
 
 export function AccountSettingsScreen() {
   const { status, account } = useAccount();
   const [type, setType] = useState('password');
 
+  const privkey = useStronghold((state) => state.privkey);
+
   const showPrivateKey = () => {
     if (type === 'password') {
       setType('text');
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ export function AccountSettingsScreen() {
                   <input
                     readOnly
                     type={type}
-                    value={account.privkey}
+                    value={privkey}
                     className="relative w-full rounded-lg bg-zinc-800 py-3 pl-3.5 pr-11 text-zinc-100 !outline-none placeholder:text-zinc-400"
                   />
                   <button
diff --git a/src/app/space/components/addImage.tsx b/src/app/space/components/addImage.tsx
index 4f701b6f..476b7b08 100644
--- a/src/app/space/components/addImage.tsx
+++ b/src/app/space/components/addImage.tsx
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import { ADD_IMAGEBLOCK_SHORTCUT } from '@stores/shortcuts';
 import { createBlobFromFile } from '@utils/createBlobFromFile';
 import { dateToUnix } from '@utils/date';
 import { useAccount } from '@utils/hooks/useAccount';
+import { usePublish } from '@utils/hooks/usePublish';
 
 export function AddImageBlock() {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const publish = usePublish();
 
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
@@ -107,22 +109,11 @@ export function AddImageBlock() {
     },
   });
 
-  const onSubmit = (data: any) => {
+  const onSubmit = async (data: any) => {
     setLoading(true);
 
-    const signer = new NDKPrivateKeySigner(account.privkey);
-    ndk.signer = signer;
-
-    const event = new NDKEvent(ndk);
-    // build event
-    event.content = data.title;
-    event.kind = 1063;
-    event.created_at = dateToUnix();
-    event.pubkey = account.pubkey;
-    event.tags = tags.current;
-
-    // publish event
-    event.publish();
+    // publish file metedata
+    await publish({ content: data.title, kind: 1063, tags: tags.current });
 
     // mutate
     block.mutate({ kind: 0, title: data.title, content: data.content });
diff --git a/src/utils/hooks/usePublish.tsx b/src/utils/hooks/usePublish.tsx
index be47632e..c37d20e2 100644
--- a/src/utils/hooks/usePublish.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/hooks/usePublish.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function usePublish() {
   const { account } = useAccount();
   const { load } = useSecureStorage();
 
-  const privkey = useStronghold((state) => state.privkey);
+  const cachePrivkey = useStronghold((state) => state.privkey);
 
   const publish = async ({
     content,
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ export function usePublish() {
     tags,
   }: {
     content: string;
-    kind: NDKKind;
+    kind: NDKKind | number;
     tags: string[][];
   }): Promise<NDKEvent> => {
-    const securePrivkey = await load(account.pubkey);
+    let privkey: string;
+    if (cachePrivkey) {
+      privkey = cachePrivkey;
+    } else {
+      privkey = await load(account.pubkey);
+    }
 
     const event = new NDKEvent(ndk);
-    const signer = new NDKPrivateKeySigner(privkey ? privkey : securePrivkey);
+    const signer = new NDKPrivateKeySigner(privkey);
 
     event.content = content;
     event.kind = kind;