diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8311065e..8fa1df20e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
 # TODO
 
 - Adding loading state to `useUserMetadata` so views can show loading state
+- Add a debounce to user metadata services so it dose not spam the relay when updating subscription
+- user metadata service: remove author from subscription once metadata is returned
+- create a stats page showing state of local db and info about app
+- create user timeline service that caching events and supports loading older events on request
+
+## Ideas
+
+- come up with a clever name
+- build support for DMs
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4096cd8f8..157f4cc24 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "react-error-boundary": "^3.1.4",
     "react-markdown": "^8.0.4",
     "react-router-dom": "^6.5.0",
+    "react-singleton-hook": "^4.0.1",
     "react-use": "^17.4.0",
     "rxjs": "^7.8.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/components/page.tsx b/src/components/page.tsx
index eee601521..a041346e2 100644
--- a/src/components/page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/page.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { ErrorBoundary } from "./error-boundary";
 import { ConnectedRelays } from "./connected-relays";
 
-export const Page = ({ children }: {children: React.ReactNode}) => {
+export const Page = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
 
   return (
     <Container size="lg" padding={4}>
       <HStack alignItems="flex-start" spacing={4} overflow="hidden">
-        <VStack style={{ width: "20rem" }} alignItems="stretch" flexShrink={0}>
+        <VStack style={{ width: "15rem" }} alignItems="stretch" flexShrink={0}>
           <Button onClick={() => navigate("/")}>Home</Button>
           <Button onClick={() => navigate("/global")}>Global</Button>
           <Button onClick={() => navigate("/settings")}>Settings</Button>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const Page = ({ children }: {children: React.ReactNode}) => {
         <Box flexGrow={1} overflow="auto">
           <ErrorBoundary>{children}</ErrorBoundary>
         </Box>
-        <VStack style={{ width: "20rem" }} alignItems="stretch" flexShrink={0}>
+        <VStack style={{ width: "15rem" }} alignItems="stretch" flexShrink={0}>
           <Button onClick={() => navigate("/")}>Manage Follows</Button>
         </VStack>
       </HStack>
diff --git a/src/components/post.tsx b/src/components/post.tsx
index d4004e20c..495bec17c 100644
--- a/src/components/post.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   Card,
   CardBody,
   CardHeader,
+  Code,
   Flex,
   Heading,
   HStack,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export type PostProps = {
 };
 export const Post = React.memo(({ event }: PostProps) => {
   const { isOpen, onClose, onOpen } = useDisclosure();
-  const metadata = useUserMetadata(event.pubkey);
+  const { metadata } = useUserMetadata(event.pubkey);
 
   const isLong = event.content.length > 800;
   const username = metadata
@@ -34,11 +35,11 @@ export const Post = React.memo(({ event }: PostProps) => {
     : event.pubkey;
 
   return (
-    <Card>
-      <CardHeader>
+    <Card padding="4" variant="outline">
+      <CardHeader padding="0">
         <HStack spacing="4">
-          <Flex flex="1" gap="4" alignItems="center" flexWrap="wrap">
-            <UserAvatarLink pubkey={event.pubkey} />
+          <Flex flex="1" gap="2" alignItems="center" flexWrap="wrap">
+            <UserAvatarLink pubkey={event.pubkey} size="sm" />
 
             <Box>
               <Heading size="sm">
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ export const Post = React.memo(({ event }: PostProps) => {
           </Flex>
         </HStack>
       </CardHeader>
-      <CardBody pt={0}>
+      <CardBody padding="0" pt={0}>
         <VStack alignItems="flex-start" justifyContent="stretch">
           <Box maxHeight="20rem" overflow="hidden" width="100%">
             <ReactMarkdown>
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export const Post = React.memo(({ event }: PostProps) => {
               <PostModal event={event} isOpen={isOpen} onClose={onClose} />
             </>
           )}
+          <Code>{event.id}</Code>
         </VStack>
       </CardBody>
     </Card>
diff --git a/src/components/user-avatar-link.tsx b/src/components/user-avatar-link.tsx
index afec2fa07..9ca0fd0de 100644
--- a/src/components/user-avatar-link.tsx
+++ b/src/components/user-avatar-link.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import { Tooltip } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useUserMetadata } from "../hooks/use-user-metadata";
-import { UserAvatar } from "./user-avatar";
+import { UserAvatar, UserAvatarProps } from "./user-avatar";
 
-export type UserAvatarProps = {
-  pubkey: string;
-};
-export const UserAvatarLink = ({ pubkey }: UserAvatarProps) => {
-  const metadata = useUserMetadata(pubkey);
+export const UserAvatarLink = ({ pubkey, ...props }: UserAvatarProps) => {
+  const { metadata } = useUserMetadata(pubkey);
 
   let label = "Loading...";
   if (metadata?.display_name && metadata?.name) {
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ export const UserAvatarLink = ({ pubkey }: UserAvatarProps) => {
   return (
     <Tooltip label={label}>
       <Link to={`/user/${pubkey}`}>
-        <UserAvatar pubkey={pubkey} />
+        <UserAvatar pubkey={pubkey} {...props} />
       </Link>
     </Tooltip>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/user-avatar.tsx b/src/components/user-avatar.tsx
index 393328dfe..9fab387c0 100644
--- a/src/components/user-avatar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/user-avatar.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useMemo } from "react";
-import { Avatar } from "@chakra-ui/react";
+import { Avatar, AvatarProps } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import Identicon from "identicon.js";
 import { useUserMetadata } from "../hooks/use-user-metadata";
 
@@ -11,18 +11,20 @@ function getIdenticon(pubkey: string) {
   return cache[pubkey];
 }
 
-export type UserAvatarProps = {
+export type UserAvatarProps = Omit<AvatarProps, "src"> & {
   pubkey: string;
 };
-export const UserAvatar = React.memo(({ pubkey }: UserAvatarProps) => {
-  const metadata = useUserMetadata(pubkey);
+export const UserAvatar = React.memo(
+  ({ pubkey, ...props }: UserAvatarProps) => {
+    const { metadata } = useUserMetadata(pubkey);
 
-  const url = useMemo(() => {
-    return (
-      metadata?.picture ??
-      `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${getIdenticon(pubkey).toString()}`
-    );
-  }, [metadata]);
+    const url = useMemo(() => {
+      return (
+        metadata?.picture ??
+        `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${getIdenticon(pubkey).toString()}`
+      );
+    }, [metadata]);
 
-  return <Avatar src={url} />;
-});
+    return <Avatar src={url} {...props} />;
+  }
+);
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-user-metadata.ts b/src/hooks/use-user-metadata.ts
index f4c9c04ba..619399241 100644
--- a/src/hooks/use-user-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/use-user-metadata.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import { useMemo } from "react";
-import { useObservable } from "react-use";
 import userMetadata from "../services/user-metadata";
+import useSubject from "./use-subject";
 
 export function useUserMetadata(pubkey: string) {
   const observable = useMemo(
     () => userMetadata.requestUserMetadata(pubkey),
     [pubkey]
   );
-  return useObservable(observable);
+  const metadata = useSubject(observable) ?? undefined;
+
+  return {
+    loading: !metadata,
+    metadata,
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/services/relays/relay.ts b/src/services/relays/relay.ts
index 983ef04c6..613bf2a27 100644
--- a/src/services/relays/relay.ts
+++ b/src/services/relays/relay.ts
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ export class Relay {
       this.onOpen.next(this);
 
       if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
-        console.info(`Relay ${this.url} opened`);
+        console.info(`Relay: ${this.url} connected`);
       }
     };
     this.ws.onclose = () => {
       this.onClose.next(this);
 
       if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
-        console.info(`Relay ${this.url} closed`);
+        console.info(`Relay: ${this.url} disconnected`);
       }
     };
     this.ws.onmessage = this.handleMessage.bind(this);
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class Relay {
           break;
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      console.log(`Failed to parse event from ${this.url}`);
+      console.log(`Relay: Failed to parse event from ${this.url}`);
       console.log(event.data);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/services/subscriptions.ts b/src/services/subscriptions.ts
index 3e72b2bd5..45d558073 100644
--- a/src/services/subscriptions.ts
+++ b/src/services/subscriptions.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class Subscription {
     }
 
     if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
-      console.info(`Subscription ${this.name || this.id} opened`);
+      console.info(`Subscription: "${this.name || this.id}" opened`);
     }
   }
   close() {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class Subscription {
     }
 
     if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
-      console.info(`Subscription ${this.name || this.id} closed`);
+      console.info(`Subscription: "${this.name || this.id}" closed`);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/user-metadata.ts b/src/services/user-metadata.ts
index 8ba558458..5a3ad429e 100644
--- a/src/services/user-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/services/user-metadata.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ import db from "./db";
 import settings from "./settings";
 import { Subscription } from "./subscriptions";
 
+function debounce<T>(func: T, timeout = 300) {
+  let timer: number | undefined;
+  return (...args: any[]) => {
+    clearTimeout(timer);
+    // @ts-ignore
+    timer = setTimeout(() => func(args), timeout);
+  };
+}
+
 class UserMetadataService {
   requests = new Set<string>();
   subjects = new Map<string, BehaviorSubject<Kind0ParsedContent | null>>();
@@ -23,6 +32,10 @@ class UserMetadataService {
 
         const metadata = JSON.parse(event.content);
         this.getUserSubject(event.pubkey).next(metadata);
+
+        // remove the pubkey from requests since is have the data
+        this.requests.delete(event.pubkey);
+        this.update();
       } catch (e) {}
     });
 
@@ -49,25 +62,27 @@ class UserMetadataService {
     const request = () => {
       if (!this.requests.has(pubkey)) {
         this.requests.add(pubkey);
-        this.updateSubscription();
+        this.update();
       }
     };
-    if (useCache && !subject.getValue()) {
-      db.get("user-metadata", pubkey).then((cachedEvent) => {
-        if (cachedEvent) {
-          try {
-            subject.next(JSON.parse(cachedEvent.content));
-          } catch (e) {
-            request();
-          }
-        } else request();
-      });
+    if (useCache) {
+      if (!subject.getValue()) {
+        db.get("user-metadata", pubkey).then((cachedEvent) => {
+          if (cachedEvent) {
+            try {
+              subject.next(JSON.parse(cachedEvent.content));
+            } catch (e) {
+              request();
+            }
+          } else request();
+        });
+      }
     } else request();
 
     return subject;
   }
 
-  updateSubscription() {
+  private updateSubscription() {
     const pubkeys = Array.from(this.requests.keys());
 
     if (pubkeys.length === 0) {
@@ -79,6 +94,7 @@ class UserMetadataService {
       }
     }
   }
+  update = debounce(this.updateSubscription.bind(this), 500);
 
   pruneRequests() {
     let removed = false;
@@ -91,7 +107,7 @@ class UserMetadataService {
       }
     }
 
-    if (removed) this.updateSubscription();
+    if (removed) this.update();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/views/global/index.tsx b/src/views/global/index.tsx
index d48d93c6e..da95af1a4 100644
--- a/src/views/global/index.tsx
+++ b/src/views/global/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { SkeletonText } from "@chakra-ui/react";
+import { Flex, SkeletonText } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { useSubscription } from "../../hooks/use-subscription";
 import { Post } from "../../components/post";
 import moment from "moment/moment";
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ export const GlobalView = () => {
   if (timeline.length > 20) timeline.length = 20;
 
   return (
-    <>
+    <Flex direction="column" gap="2">
       {timeline.map((event) => (
         <Post key={event.id} event={event} />
       ))}
-    </>
+    </Flex>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/views/home.tsx b/src/views/home.tsx
index 85b838b8d..8f70058e6 100644
--- a/src/views/home.tsx
+++ b/src/views/home.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export const HomeView = () => {
         <UserAvatarLink pubkey="e33fe65f1fde44c6dc17eeb38fdad0fceaf1cae8722084332ed1e32496291d42" />
         <UserAvatarLink pubkey="c5cfda98d01f152b3493d995eed4cdb4d9e55a973925f6f9ea24769a5a21e778" />
         <UserAvatarLink pubkey="3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d" />
+        <UserAvatarLink pubkey="04c915daefee38317fa734444acee390a8269fe5810b2241e5e6dd343dfbecc9" />
         <UserAvatarLink pubkey="266815e0c9210dfa324c6cba3573b14bee49da4209a9456f9484e5106cd408a5" />
       </HStack>
     </>
diff --git a/src/views/user/index.tsx b/src/views/user/index.tsx
index 833e9a95c..9276706ef 100644
--- a/src/views/user/index.tsx
+++ b/src/views/user/index.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 import {
-  Box,
+  Flex,
   Heading,
-  HStack,
   SkeletonText,
   Tab,
   TabList,
   TabPanel,
   TabPanels,
   Tabs,
+  Text,
   VStack,
 } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { UserPostsTab } from "./posts";
 import { useUserMetadata } from "../../hooks/use-user-metadata";
-import ReactMarkdown from "react-markdown";
 import { UserAvatar } from "../../components/user-avatar";
 import { getUserFullName } from "../../helpers/user-metadata";
 
@@ -24,24 +23,19 @@ export const UserView = () => {
     throw new Error("No pubkey");
   }
 
-  const metadata = useUserMetadata(pubkey);
+  const { metadata, loading: loadingMetadata } = useUserMetadata(pubkey);
   const label = metadata ? getUserFullName(metadata) || pubkey : pubkey;
 
   return (
     <VStack alignItems="stretch" spacing={4}>
       {" "}
-      <HStack spacing={4}>
-        <UserAvatar pubkey={pubkey} />
-        <Box>
+      <Flex gap="4">
+        <UserAvatar pubkey={pubkey} size="xl" />
+        <Flex direction="column" gap="2">
           <Heading>{label}</Heading>
-          {/* <Text>{metadata?.name}</Text> */}
-        </Box>
-      </HStack>
-      {metadata?.about ? (
-        <ReactMarkdown>{metadata.about}</ReactMarkdown>
-      ) : (
-        <SkeletonText />
-      )}
+          {loadingMetadata ? <SkeletonText /> : <Text>{metadata?.about}</Text>}
+        </Flex>
+      </Flex>
       <Tabs>
         <TabList>
           <Tab>Posts</Tab>
diff --git a/src/views/user/posts.tsx b/src/views/user/posts.tsx
index 8a2616b4a..4a1d11283 100644
--- a/src/views/user/posts.tsx
+++ b/src/views/user/posts.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { SkeletonText } from "@chakra-ui/react";
+import { Flex, SkeletonText } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { useSubscription } from "../../hooks/use-subscription";
 import { Post } from "../../components/post";
 import { NostrEvent } from "../../types/nostr-event";
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ export const UserPostsTab = ({ pubkey }: { pubkey: string }) => {
   if (timeline.length > 20) timeline.length = 20;
 
   return (
-    <>
+    <Flex direction="column" gap="2">
       {timeline.map((event) => (
         <Post key={event.id} event={event} />
       ))}
-    </>
+    </Flex>
   );
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e0f81f581..110a4a4b5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4756,6 +4756,11 @@ react-router@6.5.0:
   dependencies:
     "@remix-run/router" "1.1.0"
 
+react-singleton-hook@^4.0.1:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-singleton-hook/-/react-singleton-hook-4.0.1.tgz#98082b37be06b22845ced85eb11e02bacc3b2580"
+  integrity sha512-fWuk8VxcZPChrkQasDLM8pgd/7kyi+Cr/5FfCiD99FicjEru+JmtEZNnN4lJ8Z7KbqAST5CYPlpz6lmNsZFGNw==
+
 react-style-singleton@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-style-singleton/-/react-style-singleton-2.2.1.tgz#f99e420492b2d8f34d38308ff660b60d0b1205b4"