diff --git a/packages/app/src/Cache/ProfileWorkeCache.ts b/packages/app/src/Cache/ProfileWorkeCache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3ae4ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/Cache/ProfileWorkeCache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { CachedTable, CacheEvents, removeUndefined } from "@snort/shared";
+import { CachedMetadata, mapEventToProfile, NostrEvent } from "@snort/system";
+import { WorkerRelayInterface } from "@snort/worker-relay";
+import EventEmitter from "eventemitter3";
+
+export class ProfileCacheRelayWorker extends EventEmitter<CacheEvents> implements CachedTable<CachedMetadata> {
+  #relay: WorkerRelayInterface;
+  #keys = new Set<string>();
+  #cache = new Map<string, CachedMetadata>();
+
+  constructor(relay: WorkerRelayInterface) {
+    super();
+    this.#relay = relay;
+  }
+
+  async preload() {
+    const ids = await this.#relay.sql("select distinct(pubkey) from events where kind = ?", [0]);
+    this.#keys = new Set<string>(ids.map(a => a[0] as string));
+  }
+
+  keysOnTable(): string[] {
+    return [...this.#keys];
+  }
+
+  getFromCache(key?: string | undefined) {
+    if (key) {
+      return this.#cache.get(key);
+    }
+  }
+
+  discover(ev: NostrEvent) {
+    if (ev.kind === 0) {
+      this.#keys.add(ev.pubkey);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async get(key?: string | undefined) {
+    if (key) {
+      const cached = this.getFromCache(key);
+      if (cached) {
+        return cached;
+      }
+      const res = await this.bulkGet([key]);
+      if (res.length > 0) {
+        return res[0];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  async bulkGet(keys: string[]) {
+    if (keys.length === 0) return [];
+
+    const results = await this.#relay.req({
+      id: "ProfileCacheRelayWorker.bulkGet",
+      filters: [
+        {
+          authors: keys,
+          kinds: [0],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    const mapped = removeUndefined(results.result.map(a => mapEventToProfile(a)));
+    for (const pf of mapped) {
+      this.#cache.set(this.key(pf), pf);
+    }
+    this.emit(
+      "change",
+      mapped.map(a => this.key(a)),
+    );
+    console.debug("ProfileCacheRelayWorker", keys, results);
+    return mapped;
+  }
+
+  async set(obj: CachedMetadata) {
+    this.#keys.add(this.key(obj));
+  }
+
+  async bulkSet(obj: CachedMetadata[] | readonly CachedMetadata[]) {
+    const mapped = obj.map(a => this.key(a));
+    mapped.forEach(a => this.#keys.add(a));
+    this.emit("change", mapped);
+  }
+
+  async update<TWithCreated extends CachedMetadata & { created: number; loaded: number }>(
+    m: TWithCreated,
+  ): Promise<"new" | "refresh" | "updated" | "no_change"> {
+    // do nothing
+    return "refresh";
+  }
+
+  async buffer(keys: string[]) {
+    const missing = keys.filter(a => !this.#cache.has(a));
+    const res = await this.bulkGet(missing);
+    return missing.filter(a => !res.some(b => this.key(b) === a));
+  }
+
+  key(of: CachedMetadata) {
+    return of.pubkey;
+  }
+
+  snapshot() {
+    return [...this.#cache.values()];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Cache/index.ts b/packages/app/src/Cache/index.ts
index faebdea5..be0f9888 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Cache/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/Cache/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { RelayMetricCache, UserProfileCache, UserRelaysCache } from "@snort/system";
+import { RelayMetricCache, UserRelaysCache } from "@snort/system";
 import { SnortSystemDb } from "@snort/system-web";
 import { WorkerRelayInterface } from "@snort/worker-relay";
 import WorkerRelayPath from "@snort/worker-relay/dist/worker?worker&url";
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import WorkerRelayPath from "@snort/worker-relay/dist/worker?worker&url";
 import { ChatCache } from "./ChatCache";
 import { EventCacheWorker } from "./EventCacheWorker";
 import { GiftWrapCache } from "./GiftWrapCache";
+import { ProfileCacheRelayWorker } from "./ProfileWorkeCache";
 
 export const Relay = new WorkerRelayInterface(WorkerRelayPath);
 export async function initRelayWorker() {
@@ -21,9 +22,10 @@ export async function initRelayWorker() {
 }
 
 export const SystemDb = new SnortSystemDb();
-export const UserCache = new UserProfileCache(SystemDb.users);
 export const UserRelays = new UserRelaysCache(SystemDb.userRelays);
 export const RelayMetrics = new RelayMetricCache(SystemDb.relayMetrics);
+
+export const UserCache = new ProfileCacheRelayWorker(Relay);
 export const EventsCache = new EventCacheWorker(Relay);
 
 export const Chats = new ChatCache();
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ export const GiftsCache = new GiftWrapCache();
 
 export async function preload(follows?: Array<string>) {
   const preloads = [
-    UserCache.preload(follows),
+    UserCache.preload(),
     Chats.preload(),
     RelayMetrics.preload(),
     GiftsCache.preload(),
diff --git a/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/Cache.tsx b/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/Cache.tsx
index 0e972a98..acaa83f3 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/Cache.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/Pages/settings/Cache.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { FeedCache } from "@snort/shared";
 import { ReactNode, useEffect, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import { FormattedMessage, FormattedNumber } from "react-intl";
 
-import { Chats, GiftsCache, Relay, RelayMetrics, UserCache } from "@/Cache";
+import { Chats, GiftsCache, Relay, RelayMetrics } from "@/Cache";
 import AsyncButton from "@/Components/Button/AsyncButton";
 
 export function CacheSettings() {
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export function CacheSettings() {
         <FormattedMessage defaultMessage="Cache" id="DBiVK1" />
       </h3>
       <RelayCacheStats />
-      <CacheDetails cache={UserCache} name={<FormattedMessage defaultMessage="Profiles" id="2zJXeA" />} />
       <CacheDetails cache={Chats} name={<FormattedMessage defaultMessage="Chats" id="ABAQyo" />} />
       <CacheDetails cache={RelayMetrics} name={<FormattedMessage defaultMessage="Relay Metrics" id="tjpYlr" />} />
       <CacheDetails cache={GiftsCache} name={<FormattedMessage defaultMessage="Gift Wraps" id="fjAcWo" />} />
diff --git a/packages/app/src/system.ts b/packages/app/src/system.ts
index fdc98568..2c12f8fb 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/system.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/system.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ System.on("auth", async (c, r, cb) => {
 System.on("event", (_, ev) => {
   Relay.event(ev);
   EventsCache.discover(ev);
+  UserCache.discover(ev);
 });
 
 /**