diff --git a/packages/app/src/Cache/ProfileWorkeCache.ts b/packages/app/src/Cache/ProfileWorkeCache.ts
index f3ae4ad8..7d4ec5c3 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Cache/ProfileWorkeCache.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Cache/ProfileWorkeCache.ts
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ export class ProfileCacheRelayWorker extends EventEmitter<CacheEvents> implement
     this.emit("change", mapped);
   }
 
-  async update<TWithCreated extends CachedMetadata & { created: number; loaded: number }>(
-    m: TWithCreated,
-  ): Promise<"new" | "refresh" | "updated" | "no_change"> {
+  async update(): Promise<"new" | "refresh" | "updated" | "no_change"> {
     // do nothing
     return "refresh";
   }
diff --git a/packages/worker-relay/src/relay.ts b/packages/worker-relay/src/relay.ts
index a5729167..b443aa50 100644
--- a/packages/worker-relay/src/relay.ts
+++ b/packages/worker-relay/src/relay.ts
@@ -157,11 +157,13 @@ export class WorkerRelay extends EventEmitter<WorkerRelayEvents> {
     });
     let eventInserted = (this.#db?.changes() as number) > 0;
     if (eventInserted) {
-      for (const t of ev.tags.filter(a => a[0].length === 1)) {
-        db.exec("insert into tags(event_id, key, value) values(?, ?, ?)", {
-          bind: [ev.id, t[0], t[1]],
-        });
-      }
+      db.transaction(db => {
+        for (const t of ev.tags.filter(a => a[0].length === 1)) {
+          db.exec("insert into tags(event_id, key, value) values(?, ?, ?)", {
+            bind: [ev.id, t[0], t[1]],
+          });
+        }
+      });
     }
     this.#seenInserts.add(ev.id);
     return eventInserted;