diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4eb571bfc..d4c516365 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "match-sorter": "^6.3.1",
     "nanoid": "^5.0.4",
     "ngeohash": "^0.6.3",
-    "nostr-idb": "^1.1.1",
+    "nostr-idb": "^2.0.0",
     "nostr-tools": "^2.1.3",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-chartjs-2": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/src/classes/timeline-loader.ts b/src/classes/timeline-loader.ts
index b04d6afe1..bfeae84a7 100644
--- a/src/classes/timeline-loader.ts
+++ b/src/classes/timeline-loader.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import {
   stringifyFilter,
 } from "../helpers/nostr/filter";
 import { localCacheRelay } from "../services/local-cache-relay";
-import { SimpleSubscription } from "nostr-idb";
 import { relayRequest } from "../helpers/relay";
+import { Subscription } from "nostr-idb";
 
 const BLOCK_SIZE = 100;
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export default class TimelineLoader {
   name: string;
   private log: Debugger;
   private subscription: NostrMultiSubscription;
-  private cacheSubscription?: SimpleSubscription;
+  private cacheSubscription?: Subscription;
 
   private blockLoaders = new Map<string, RelayBlockLoader>();
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/debug.ts b/src/helpers/debug.ts
index afad22867..7fcc3c725 100644
--- a/src/helpers/debug.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/debug.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 import debug from "debug";
-
 export const logger = debug("noStrudel");
-
-debug.enable("noStrudel:*");
diff --git a/src/helpers/relay.ts b/src/helpers/relay.ts
index c639f7c9e..487e0b04f 100644
--- a/src/helpers/relay.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/relay.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SimpleRelay, SimpleSubscription, SimpleSubscriptionOptions } from "nostr-idb";
+import { SimpleRelay, SubscriptionOptions } from "nostr-idb";
 import { Filter } from "nostr-tools";
 
 import { RelayConfig } from "../classes/relay";
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ export function splitQueryByPubkeys(query: NostrQuery, relayPubkeyMap: Record<st
   return filtersByRelay;
 }
 
-export function relayRequest(relay: SimpleRelay, filters: Filter[], opts: SimpleSubscriptionOptions = {}) {
+export function relayRequest(relay: SimpleRelay, filters: Filter[], opts: SubscriptionOptions = {}) {
   return new Promise<NostrEvent[]>((res) => {
     const events: NostrEvent[] = [];
-    const sub: SimpleSubscription = relay.subscribe(filters, {
+    const sub = relay.subscribe(filters, {
       ...opts,
       onevent: (e) => events.push(e),
       oneose: () => {
diff --git a/src/services/db/index.ts b/src/services/db/index.ts
index eae02a1ba..cf9930bcb 100644
--- a/src/services/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/db/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { openDB, deleteDB, IDBPDatabase, IDBPTransaction } from "idb";
-import { clearDB } from "nostr-idb";
+import { clearDB, deleteDB as nostrIDBDelete } from "nostr-idb";
 
 import { SchemaV1, SchemaV2, SchemaV3, SchemaV4, SchemaV5, SchemaV6, SchemaV7, SchemaV8 } from "./schema";
 import { logger } from "../../helpers/debug";
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export async function deleteDatabase() {
   db.close();
   log("Deleting");
   await deleteDB(dbName);
-  await deleteDB("events");
+  await nostrIDBDelete();
   window.location.reload();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/local-cache-relay.ts b/src/services/local-cache-relay.ts
index c58cba6a8..09dacc3a3 100644
--- a/src/services/local-cache-relay.ts
+++ b/src/services/local-cache-relay.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CacheRelay, openDB } from "nostr-idb";
+import { CacheRelay, openDB, pruneLastUsed } from "nostr-idb";
 import { Relay } from "nostr-tools";
 import { logger } from "../helpers/debug";
 import _throttle from "lodash.throttle";
@@ -35,9 +35,16 @@ function createRelay() {
 
 export const localCacheRelay = createRelay();
 
+function pruneLocalDatabase() {
+  if (localCacheRelay instanceof CacheRelay) {
+    pruneLastUsed(localCacheRelay.db, 20_000);
+  }
+}
 // connect without waiting
 localCacheRelay.connect().then(() => {
   log("Connected");
+
+  pruneLocalDatabase();
 });
 
 // keep the relay connection alive
@@ -45,6 +52,10 @@ setInterval(() => {
   if (!localCacheRelay.connected) localCacheRelay.connect().then(() => log("Reconnected"));
 }, 1000 * 5);
 
+setInterval(() => {
+  pruneLocalDatabase();
+}, 1000 * 60);
+
 if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
   //@ts-ignore
   window.localCacheRelay = localCacheRelay;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 56b5e00a1..1bb36e8a4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5261,11 +5261,12 @@ normalize-package-data@^2.5.0:
     semver "2 || 3 || 4 || 5"
     validate-npm-package-license "^3.0.1"
 
-nostr-idb@^1.1.1:
-  version "1.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nostr-idb/-/nostr-idb-1.1.1.tgz#4ce758965d2fddba62ae17765be2c83aef037c0f"
-  integrity sha512-t1jDehxfwjygOpLBoXHRoX4O5C4O/8gHP5YfUr68O6+3Ho1bCLDPbWe5L5Vo4qQEsYWOh97bgvkDrq6BJjhvHw==
+nostr-idb@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nostr-idb/-/nostr-idb-2.0.0.tgz#0fdce309613ffb19d12de64d3ffb050e0c7df208"
+  integrity sha512-qLflqSVaK02ClRXMUdNMOd6DRJZALgoHx+Y8Y+TOnnBc4utq8akPrsdjkCit2+N02PklcJh2kCIZSP9fl7cHJw==
   dependencies:
+    debug "^4.3.4"
     idb "^8.0.0"
     nostr-tools "^2.1.3"