diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index 524f353b..b5588ea2 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 . "$(dirname -- "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
-npm run lint
-npm run check
+npm run qa:lint
+npm run qa:check
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 669dd01e..3a87a446 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ If you like Coracle and want to support its development, you can donate sats via
   - Put user detail in a modal?
   - ReplaceState for settings modals?
 - [ ] Mentions are sorta weird, usually mention self
-- [ ] Alerts are not showing likes, just generally screwy. Maybe because I threadify before adding to the db?
 - [ ] Change network tab to list relays the user is connected to
 - [ ] Sync mentions box and in-reply mentions
 - [ ] Add petnames for channels
@@ -63,11 +62,17 @@ If you like Coracle and want to support its development, you can donate sats via
 
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.10
+
+- [x] Fixed likes not showing up in alerts
+- [x] Raised threshold for pool to 2 so we don't have such a small amount of results
+- [x] Wait for profile info on login, navigate to network by default
+
 ## 0.2.9
 
-- [x] Fix a bug in pool.subscribe which was causing requests to wait for all connections
-- [x] Add typescript with pre-commit hook
-- [x] Fix layout for chat, person pages
+- [x] Fixed a bug in pool.subscribe which was causing requests to wait for all connections
+- [x] Added typescript with pre-commit hook
+- [x] Fixed layout for chat, person pages
 - [x] Parse relays for kind 3
 
 ## 0.2.8
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c6ffb56a..3e9fd068 100644
Binary files a/package-lock.json and b/package-lock.json differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f5b0f30..5f3bd4b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
     "dev": "vite",
     "build": "vite build",
     "preview": "vite preview",
-    "lint": "eslint src/*/** --quiet",
-    "check": "svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json --threshold error"
+    "qa:lint": "eslint src/*/** --quiet",
+    "qa:check": "svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json --threshold error",
+    "qa:all": "run-p qa:lint qa:check",
+    "watch": "find src -type f | entr -r npm run qa:all"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^1.1.0",
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
     "hurdak": "github:ConsignCloud/hurdak",
     "husky": "^8.0.3",
     "nostr-tools": "^1.2.1",
+    "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "ramda": "^0.28.0",
     "svelte-check": "^3.0.3",
     "svelte-link-preview": "^0.3.3",
diff --git a/src/App.svelte b/src/App.svelte
index e0355f01..bdcae9a8 100644
--- a/src/App.svelte
+++ b/src/App.svelte
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
   import {displayPerson, isLike} from 'src/util/nostr'
   import {timedelta, now} from 'src/util/misc'
   import {keys, user, pool, getRelays} from 'src/agent'
-  import {modal, toast, settings, logUsage, alerts, messages} from "src/app"
+  import {modal, toast, settings, logUsage, alerts, messages, loadAppData} from "src/app"
   import {routes} from "src/app/ui"
   import Anchor from 'src/partials/Anchor.svelte'
+  import Content from 'src/partials/Content.svelte'
   import Spinner from 'src/partials/Spinner.svelte'
   import Modal from 'src/partials/Modal.svelte'
   import SignUp from "src/views/SignUp.svelte"
@@ -74,9 +75,7 @@
 
   onMount(() => {
     if ($user) {
-      alerts.load(getRelays(), $user.pubkey)
-      alerts.listen(getRelays(), $user.pubkey)
-      messages.listen(getRelays(), $user.pubkey)
+      loadAppData($user.pubkey)
     }
 
     const interval = setInterval(() => {
@@ -301,6 +300,13 @@
         <PubKeyLogin />
       {:else if $modal.type === 'person/settings'}
         <PersonSettings />
+      {:else if $modal.type === 'message'}
+        <Content size="lg">
+          <div class="text-center">{$modal.message}</div>
+          {#if $modal.spinner}
+          <Spinner delay={0} />
+          {/if}
+        </Content>
       {/if}
     </Modal>
     {/if}
diff --git a/src/agent/pool.ts b/src/agent/pool.ts
index dfa45b1f..89e1c3e9 100644
--- a/src/agent/pool.ts
+++ b/src/agent/pool.ts
@@ -192,17 +192,15 @@ const request = (relays, filters, {threshold = 2} = {}): Promise<Record<string,
     const eose = []
 
     const attemptToComplete = () => {
-      const done = (
-        eose.length === relays.length
-        || eose.filter(url => relaysWithEvents.has(url)).length >= threshold
-        || (
-          Date.now() - now >= 1000
-          && eose.length > relays.length - Math.round(relays.length / 10)
-        )
-        || Date.now() - now >= 5000
+      const allEose = eose.length === relays.length
+      const atThreshold = eose.filter(url => relaysWithEvents.has(url)).length >= threshold
+      const hardTimeout = Date.now() - now >= 5000
+      const softTimeout = (
+        Date.now() - now >= 1000
+        && eose.length > relays.length - Math.round(relays.length / 10)
       )
 
-      if (done) {
+      if (allEose || atThreshold || hardTimeout || softTimeout) {
         agg.unsub()
         resolve(events)
       }
diff --git a/src/app/alerts.js b/src/app/alerts.js
index fe98c6fd..9c1d32d7 100644
--- a/src/app/alerts.js
+++ b/src/app/alerts.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import {get} from 'svelte/store'
-import {synced, batch, now} from 'src/util/misc'
-import {isAlert} from 'src/util/nostr'
-import {load as _load, listen as _listen, getMuffle, db} from 'src/agent'
+import {groupBy, pluck, partition, propEq} from 'ramda'
+import {synced, timedelta, batch, now} from 'src/util/misc'
+import {isAlert, findReplyId} from 'src/util/nostr'
+import {load as _load, listen as _listen, db} from 'src/agent'
 import loaders from 'src/app/loaders'
-import {threadify} from 'src/app'
+import {annotate} from 'src/app'
 
 let listener
 
@@ -14,21 +15,29 @@ const onChunk = async (relays, pubkey, events) => {
   events = events.filter(e => isAlert(e, pubkey))
 
   if (events.length > 0) {
-    const context = await loaders.loadContext(relays, events, {threshold: 2})
-    const notes = threadify(events, context, {muffle: getMuffle()})
+    const context = await loaders.loadContext(relays, events)
+    const [likes, notes] = partition(propEq('kind', 7), events)
+    const annotatedNotes = notes.map(n => annotate(n, context))
+    const likesByParent = groupBy(findReplyId, likes)
+    const likedNotes = context
+      .filter(e => likesByParent[e.id])
+      .map(e => annotate({...e, likedBy: pluck('pubkey', likesByParent[e.id])}, context))
 
-    await db.table('alerts').bulkPut(notes)
+    await db.table('alerts').bulkPut(annotatedNotes.concat(likedNotes))
 
     mostRecentAlert.update($t => events.reduce((t, e) => Math.max(t, e.created_at), $t))
   }
 }
 
 const load = async (relays, pubkey) => {
-  const since = get(mostRecentAlert)
+  // Include an offset so we don't miss alerts on one relay but not another
+  const since = get(mostRecentAlert) - timedelta(30, 'days')
+
+  // Crank the threshold up since we can afford for this to be slow
   const events = await _load(
     relays,
-    {kinds: [1, 7], '#p': [pubkey], since, limit: 100},
-    {threshold: 2}
+    {kinds: [1, 7], '#p': [pubkey], since, limit: 1000},
+    {threshold: 10}
   )
 
   onChunk(relays, pubkey, events)
diff --git a/src/app/index.ts b/src/app/index.ts
index b07798de..55707c18 100644
--- a/src/app/index.ts
+++ b/src/app/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ import loaders from 'src/app/loaders'
 
 export {toast, modal, settings, alerts, messages, logUsage}
 
+export const loadAppData = pubkey => {
+  return Promise.all([
+    loaders.loadNetwork(getRelays(), pubkey),
+    alerts.load(getRelays(), pubkey),
+    alerts.listen(getRelays(), pubkey),
+    messages.listen(getRelays(), pubkey),
+  ])
+}
+
 export const login = async ({privkey, pubkey}: {privkey?: string, pubkey?: string}, usingExtension = false) => {
   if (privkey) {
     keys.setPrivateKey(privkey)
@@ -21,16 +30,18 @@ export const login = async ({privkey, pubkey}: {privkey?: string, pubkey?: strin
     keys.setPublicKey(pubkey)
   }
 
+  modal.set({type: 'message', message: "Loading your profile data...", spinner: true})
+
   // Load network and start listening, but don't wait for it
-  loaders.loadNetwork(getRelays(), pubkey),
-  alerts.load(getRelays(), pubkey),
-  alerts.listen(getRelays(), pubkey),
-  messages.listen(getRelays(), pubkey)
+  loadAppData(pubkey)
+
+  // Load our user so we can populate network and show profile info
+  await loaders.loadPeople(getRelays(), [pubkey])
 
   // Not ideal, but the network tab depends on the user's social network being
   // loaded, so put them on global when they first log in so we're not slowing
   // down users' first run experience too much
-  navigate('/notes/global')
+  navigate('/notes/network')
 }
 
 export const addRelay = async relay => {
@@ -46,12 +57,8 @@ export const addRelay = async relay => {
     // Publish to the new set of relays
     await cmd.setRelays(relays, relays)
 
-    await Promise.all([
-      loaders.loadNetwork(relays, person.pubkey),
-      alerts.load(relays, person.pubkey),
-      alerts.listen(relays, person.pubkey),
-      messages.listen(getRelays(), person.pubkey)
-    ])
+    // Reload alerts, messages, etc
+    await loadAppData(person.pubkey)
   }
 }
 
@@ -126,6 +133,7 @@ export const annotate = (note, context) => {
 
 export const threadify = (events, context, {muffle = [], showReplies = true} = {}) => {
   const contextById = createMap('id', events.concat(context))
+
   // Show parents when possible. For reactions, if there's no parent,
   // throw it away. Sort by created date descending
   const notes = sortBy(
diff --git a/src/app/loaders.ts b/src/app/loaders.ts
index 7a98dcbb..bbcc811b 100644
--- a/src/app/loaders.ts
+++ b/src/app/loaders.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import {uniqBy, prop, uniq, flatten, pluck, identity} from 'ramda'
 import {ensurePlural, createMap, chunk} from 'hurdak/lib/hurdak'
 import {findReply, personKinds, Tags} from 'src/util/nostr'
 import {now, timedelta} from 'src/util/misc'
-import {load, getPerson} from 'src/agent'
-import defaults from 'src/agent/defaults'
+import {load, getPerson, getFollows} from 'src/agent'
 
 const getStalePubkeys = pubkeys => {
   // If we're not reloading, only get pubkeys we don't already know about
@@ -28,17 +27,7 @@ const loadPeople = (relays, pubkeys, {kinds = personKinds, force = false, ...opt
 }
 
 const loadNetwork = async (relays, pubkey) => {
-  // Get this user's profile to start with. This may update what relays
-  // are available, so don't assign relays to a variable here.
-  const events = pubkey ? await loadPeople(relays, [pubkey], {force: true}) : []
-  let petnames = Tags.from(events.filter(e => e.kind === 3)).type("p").all()
-
-  // Default to some cool guys we know
-  if (petnames.length === 0) {
-    petnames = defaults.petnames
-  }
-
-  const tags = Tags.wrap(petnames)
+  const tags = Tags.wrap(getFollows(pubkey))
 
   // Use nip-2 recommended relays to load our user's second-order follows
   await loadPeople(tags.relays(), tags.values().all())
diff --git a/src/partials/Compose.svelte b/src/partials/Compose.svelte
index 3c0a28be..a7a78f0b 100644
--- a/src/partials/Compose.svelte
+++ b/src/partials/Compose.svelte
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 </div>
 
 {#if suggestions.length > 0}
-<div class="rounded border border-solid border-medium mt-2" in:fly={{y: 20}}>
+<div class="rounded border border-solid border-medium mt-2 flex flex-col" in:fly={{y: 20}}>
   {#each suggestions as person, i (person.pubkey)}
   <button
     class="py-2 px-4 cursor-pointer"
diff --git a/src/partials/Like.svelte b/src/partials/Like.svelte
index 7b65b374..323a97a6 100644
--- a/src/partials/Like.svelte
+++ b/src/partials/Like.svelte
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <script>
   import {fly} from 'svelte/transition'
-  import {uniqBy, prop} from 'ramda'
+  import {uniq} from 'ramda'
   import {ellipsize, quantify} from 'hurdak/lib/hurdak'
   import Badge from "src/partials/Badge.svelte"
   import {formatTimestamp} from 'src/util/misc'
   import {killEvent} from 'src/util/html'
+  import {getPerson} from 'src/agent'
   import {modal} from 'src/app'
 
   export let note
@@ -26,11 +27,11 @@
 
 <button
   class="py-2 px-3 flex flex-col gap-2 text-white cursor-pointer transition-all
-         border border-solid border-black hover:border-medium hover:bg-dark"
+         border border-solid border-black hover:border-medium hover:bg-dark text-left"
   on:click={() => modal.set({type: 'note/detail', note})}>
   <div class="flex gap-2 items-center justify-between relative">
     <button class="cursor-pointer" on:click={openPopover}>
-      {quantify(note.people.length, 'person', 'people')} liked your note.
+      {quantify(note.likedBy.length, 'person', 'people')} liked your note.
     </button>
     {#if isOpen}
     <button in:fly={{y: 20}} class="fixed inset-0 z-10" on:click={closePopover} />
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@
       in:fly={{y: 20}}
       class="absolute top-0 mt-8 py-2 px-4 rounded border border-solid border-medium
              bg-dark grid grid-cols-3 gap-y-2 gap-x-4 z-20">
-      {#each uniqBy(prop('pubkey'), note.people) as person (person.pubkey)}
-        <Badge {person} />
+      {#each uniq(note.likedBy) as pubkey}
+      <Badge person={getPerson(pubkey)} />
       {/each}
     </button>
     {/if}
diff --git a/src/partials/Spinner.svelte b/src/partials/Spinner.svelte
index 8c2017b9..c3386213 100644
--- a/src/partials/Spinner.svelte
+++ b/src/partials/Spinner.svelte
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <script>
   import {fade} from 'svelte/transition'
   import {Circle2} from 'svelte-loading-spinners'
+
+  export let delay = 1000
 </script>
 
-<div class="py-20 flex flex-col gap-4 items-center justify-center" in:fade={{delay: 1000}}>
+<div class="py-20 flex flex-col gap-4 items-center justify-center" in:fade={{delay}}>
   <slot />
   <Circle2 colorOuter="#CCC5B9" colorInner="#403D39" colorCenter="#EB5E28" />
 </div>
diff --git a/src/routes/Alerts.svelte b/src/routes/Alerts.svelte
index bc0b6fe4..618daa1a 100644
--- a/src/routes/Alerts.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/Alerts.svelte
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
   import {onMount} from 'svelte'
   import {fly} from 'svelte/transition'
   import {now, createScroller} from 'src/util/misc'
-  import {user, db} from 'src/agent'
+  import {db} from 'src/agent'
   import {alerts} from 'src/app'
   import Note from 'src/partials/Note.svelte'
   import Content from 'src/partials/Content.svelte'
   import Like from 'src/partials/Like.svelte'
 
   let limit = 0
-  let annotatedNotes = []
+  let notes = []
 
   onMount(async () => {
     alerts.lastCheckedAlerts.set(now())
@@ -19,37 +19,24 @@
       limit += 10
 
       const events = await db.table('alerts').toArray()
-      const notes = events.filter(e => e.kind === 1)
-      const likes = events.filter(e => e.kind === 7)
 
-      // Combine likes of a single note. Remove grandchild likes
-      const likesById = {}
-      for (const like of likes.filter(e => e.parent?.pubkey === $user.pubkey)) {
-        if (!likesById[like.parent.id]) {
-          likesById[like.parent.id] = {...like.parent, people: []}
-        }
-
-        likesById[like.parent.id].people.push(like.person)
-      }
-
-      annotatedNotes = sortBy(
-        e => -e.created_at,
-        notes
-          .filter(e => e && e.pubkey !== $user.pubkey)
-          .concat(Object.values(likesById))
-      ).slice(0, limit)
+      notes = sortBy(e => -e.created_at, events).slice(0, limit)
     })
   })
 </script>
 
 <Content>
-  {#each annotatedNotes as e (e.id)}
+  {#each notes as e (e.id)}
   <div in:fly={{y: 20}}>
-    {#if e.people}
+    {#if e.likedBy}
     <Like note={e} />
     {:else}
     <Note note={e} />
     {/if}
   </div>
+  {:else}
+  <Content size="lg" class="text-center">
+    No alerts found - check back later!
+  </Content>
   {/each}
 </Content>