diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 83d29eb6..3bdad007 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 - [ ] Collapse relaycard and relaycardsimple?
 
+- [ ] Review sampleRelays, seems like we shouldn't be shuffling
 - [ ] Go over onboarding process, suggest some good relays for newcomers
 - [ ] Submit blog post with new onboarding process built in
 - [ ] Fix hover on notes in modal
diff --git a/src/agent/network.ts b/src/agent/network.ts
index 129aa2f3..21f0c614 100644
--- a/src/agent/network.ts
+++ b/src/agent/network.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ const getStalePubkeys = pubkeys => {
   })
 }
 
-const listen = ({relays, filter, onChunk = null, shouldProcess = true}) => {
+const listen = ({relays, filter, onChunk = null, shouldProcess = true, delay = 500}) => {
   return pool.subscribe({
     filter,
     relays,
-    onEvent: batch(300, chunk => {
+    onEvent: batch(delay, chunk => {
       if (shouldProcess) {
         sync.processEvents(chunk)
       }
diff --git a/src/agent/sync.ts b/src/agent/sync.ts
index b5c43535..ac0acc2a 100644
--- a/src/agent/sync.ts
+++ b/src/agent/sync.ts
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ const processProfileEvents = async events => {
         0: () => tryJson(() => {
           const kind0 = JSON.parse(e.content)
 
-          if (e.created_at > (person.kind0_updated_at || 0)) {
+          if (e.created_at >= (person.kind0_updated_at || 0)) {
             if (kind0.nip05) {
               verifyNip05(e.pubkey, kind0.nip05)
             }
 
-            if (kind0.lud16 || kind0.lud06) {
-              verifyZapper(e.pubkey, kind0.lud16 || kind0.lud06)
+            const address = kind0.lud16 || kind0.lud06
+
+            if (address) {
+              verifyZapper(e.pubkey, address)
             }
 
             return {
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ const verifyZapper = async (pubkey, address) => {
   let url
 
   // Try to parse it as a lud06 LNURL or as a lud16 address
-  if (address.startsWith('lnurl1')) {
+  if (address.toLowerCase().startsWith('lnurl1')) {
     url = lnurlDecode(address)
   } else if (address.includes('@')) {
     const [name, domain] = address.split('@')
diff --git a/src/agent/user.ts b/src/agent/user.ts
index 38566f22..45ad55c5 100644
--- a/src/agent/user.ts
+++ b/src/agent/user.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ const user = {
   canPublish,
   getProfile: () => profileCopy,
   getPubkey: () => profileCopy?.pubkey,
-  canZap: () => profileCopy?.zapper,
   muffle: events => {
     const muffle = user.getMuffle()
 
diff --git a/src/app/alerts.ts b/src/app/alerts.ts
index ff2d4844..702e08f9 100644
--- a/src/app/alerts.ts
+++ b/src/app/alerts.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ const listen = async pubkey => {
   }
 
   listener = await network.listen({
+    delay: 10000,
     relays: getUserReadRelays(),
     filter: [
       {kinds: personKinds, authors: [pubkey], since},
diff --git a/src/app/index.ts b/src/app/index.ts
index 7223ff4b..5de713ff 100644
--- a/src/app/index.ts
+++ b/src/app/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type {DisplayEvent} from 'src/util/types'
 import {omit, sortBy} from 'ramda'
 import {createMap, ellipsize} from 'hurdak/lib/hurdak'
 import {renderContent} from 'src/util/html'
-import {sleep} from 'src/util/misc'
 import {displayPerson, findReplyId} from 'src/util/nostr'
 import {getUserFollows} from 'src/agent/social'
 import {getUserReadRelays} from 'src/agent/relays'
@@ -14,13 +13,11 @@ import {routes, modal, toast} from 'src/app/ui'
 
 export const loadAppData = async pubkey => {
   if (getUserReadRelays().length > 0) {
-    // Delay since this gets in the way of quickly loading feeds very often
-    await sleep(5000)
+    // Start our listener, but don't wait for it
+    alerts.listen(pubkey)
 
-    await Promise.all([
-      alerts.listen(pubkey),
-      network.loadPeople(getUserFollows()),
-    ])
+    // Make sure the user's network is loaded
+    await network.loadPeople(getUserFollows())
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/views/notes/Note.svelte b/src/views/notes/Note.svelte
index 0dee3ede..17193f7e 100644
--- a/src/views/notes/Note.svelte
+++ b/src/views/notes/Note.svelte
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   $: $zapsTotal = sum(zaps.map(zap => zap.invoiceAmount)) / 1000
   $: $repliesCount = note.replies.length
   $: visibleNotes = note.replies.filter(r => showContext ? true : !r.isContext)
-  $: canZap = $person?.zapper && user.canZap()
+  $: canZap = $person?.zapper
 
   const onClick = e => {
     const target = e.target as HTMLElement
@@ -405,8 +405,11 @@
               <i class={cx('fa fa-heart cursor-pointer', {'fa-beat fa-beat-custom': like})} />
               {$likesCount}
             </button>
-            <button class="w-20 text-left" class:text-accent={zapped} on:click|stopPropagation={startZap}>
-              <i class={cx("fa fa-bolt cursor-pointer", {'pointer-events-none opacity-50': !canZap})} />
+            <button
+              class={cx("w-20 text-left", {'pointer-events-none opacity-50': !canZap})}
+              class:text-accent={zapped}
+              on:click|stopPropagation={startZap}>
+              <i class="fa fa-bolt cursor-pointer" />
               {formatSats($zapsTotal)}
             </button>
             <button class="w-16 text-left"  on:click|stopPropagation={() => react("-")}>