diff --git a/src/app/shared/PersonSearch.svelte b/src/app/shared/PersonSearch.svelte
index 264f12a8..27158596 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/PersonSearch.svelte
+++ b/src/app/shared/PersonSearch.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script>
   import {nth} from "ramda"
+  import {debounce} from "throttle-debounce"
   import Input from "src/partials/Input.svelte"
   import Spinner from "src/partials/Spinner.svelte"
   import PersonInfo from "src/app/shared/PersonInfo.svelte"
@@ -12,6 +13,19 @@
 
   let q
 
+  const {petnames} = user
+
+  const loadPeople = debounce(500, search => {
+    if (q.length > 2) {
+      network.load({
+        relays: getUserReadRelays(),
+        filter: [{kinds: [0], search, limit: 10}],
+      })
+    }
+  })
+
+  $: loadPeople(q)
+
   $: results = $searchPeople(q)
     .filter(person => {
       if (person.pubkey === user.getPubkey()) {
@@ -25,14 +39,6 @@
       return true
     })
     .slice(0, 50)
-
-  const {petnames} = user
-
-  // Prime our database, in case we don't have any people stored yet
-  network.load({
-    relays: getUserReadRelays(),
-    filter: {kinds: [0], limit: 10},
-  })
 </script>
 
 <Input bind:value={q} placeholder="Search for people">
diff --git a/src/app/views/Search.svelte b/src/app/views/Search.svelte
index 1ecda4c9..ffb9f8ba 100644
--- a/src/app/views/Search.svelte
+++ b/src/app/views/Search.svelte
@@ -15,7 +15,21 @@
 
   let q
 
-  $: searchPeople(q)
+  const openTopic = topic => {
+    modal.push({type: "topic/feed", topic})
+  }
+
+  const loadPeople = debounce(500, search => {
+    if (q.length > 2) {
+      network.load({
+        relays: getUserReadRelays(),
+        filter: [{kinds: [0], search, limit: 10}],
+      })
+    }
+  })
+
+  $: loadPeople(q)
+
   $: search = watch(["people", "topics"], (p, t) => {
     const topics = t
       .all()
@@ -33,19 +47,6 @@
     return fuzzy(sortBy(prop("id"), topics.concat(people)), {keys: ["text"]})
   })
 
-  const openTopic = topic => {
-    modal.push({type: "topic/feed", topic})
-  }
-
-  const searchPeople = debounce(500, search => {
-    if (q.length > 2) {
-      network.load({
-        relays: getUserReadRelays(),
-        filter: [{kinds: [0], search, limit: 10}],
-      })
-    }
-  })
-
   document.title = "Search"
 </script>