diff --git a/.changeset/itchy-onions-confess.md b/.changeset/itchy-onions-confess.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..119cd5e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/itchy-onions-confess.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"nostrudel": patch
+---
+
+Fix user app settings being cached
diff --git a/src/services/app-settings.ts b/src/services/app-settings.ts
index f3b143e74..0c59f62f7 100644
--- a/src/services/app-settings.ts
+++ b/src/services/app-settings.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function loadSettings() {
       appSettings.next(account.localSettings);
     }
   } else {
-    const subject = userAppSettings.requestAppSettings(account.pubkey, clientRelaysService.getReadUrls());
+    const subject = userAppSettings.requestAppSettings(account.pubkey, clientRelaysService.getReadUrls(), true);
     appSettings.connect(subject);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/user-app-settings.ts b/src/services/user-app-settings.ts
index bd932acf1..f179bae01 100644
--- a/src/services/user-app-settings.ts
+++ b/src/services/user-app-settings.ts
@@ -63,15 +63,8 @@ class UserAppSettings {
   requester: CachedPubkeyEventRequester;
   constructor() {
     this.requester = new CachedPubkeyEventRequester(30078, "user-app-data", DTAG);
-    this.requester.readCache = this.readCache;
-    this.requester.writeCache = this.writeCache;
-  }
-
-  readCache(pubkey: string) {
-    return db.get("settings", pubkey);
-  }
-  writeCache(pubkey: string, event: NostrEvent) {
-    return db.put("settings", event);
+    this.requester.readCache = (pubkey) => db.get("settings", pubkey);
+    this.requester.writeCache = (pubkey, event) => db.put("settings", event);
   }
 
   private parsedSubjects = new SuperMap<string, PersistentSubject<AppSettings>>(