diff --git a/packages/app/src/index.tsx b/packages/app/src/index.tsx
index bc97ad06..183244b7 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/index.tsx
@@ -52,14 +52,9 @@ async function initSite() {
     await initRelayWorker();
   }
   const login = LoginStore.takeSnapshot();
-  db.ready = await db.isAvailable();
-  if (db.ready) {
-    preload(login.follows.item);
-  }
-
   updateRelayConnections(System, login.relays.item).catch(console.error);
-
   setupWebLNWalletConfig(Wallets);
+
   Relay.query([
     "REQ",
     "preload-social-graph",
@@ -76,6 +71,11 @@ async function initSite() {
     }
   });
 
+  db.ready = await db.isAvailable();
+  if (db.ready) {
+    await preload(login.follows.item);
+  }
+
   queueMicrotask(() => {
     for (const ev of UserCache.snapshot()) {
       try {