diff --git a/app/(app)/(profile)/[npub]/_components/MySubscription.tsx b/app/(app)/(profile)/[npub]/_components/MySubscription.tsx
index b8f6d25..2572773 100644
--- a/app/(app)/(profile)/[npub]/_components/MySubscription.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/(profile)/[npub]/_components/MySubscription.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type MySubscription = {
 
 export default function MySubscription({ pubkey }: MySubscription) {
   const { ndk, fetchEvents } = useNDK();
-  const { currentUser, mySubscription, follows } = useCurrentUser();
+  const { currentUser } = useCurrentUser();
   const [subscriptionTiers, setSubscriptionTiers] = useState<NDKEvent[]>([]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ export default function MySubscription({ pubkey }: MySubscription) {
 
   async function handleFetchSubscriptionTiers() {
     try {
-      console.log("FETCHING", pubkey);
+      if (!ndk) {
+        return "NDK MISING";
+      }
       const events = await fetchEvents({
         kinds: [30044 as NDKKind],
         authors: [pubkey],
       });
       console.log("events", events);
-
       setSubscriptionTiers(events);
     } catch (err) {
       console.log("error", err);
diff --git a/app/(app)/(profile)/[npub]/page.tsx b/app/(app)/(profile)/[npub]/page.tsx
index ba1efe2..d41599e 100644
--- a/app/(app)/(profile)/[npub]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/(profile)/[npub]/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 "use client";
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
 import Image from "next/image";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -40,15 +40,27 @@ export default function ProfilePage({
   };
 }) {
   const modal = useModal();
-  const { currentUser, mySubscription, follows } = useCurrentUser();
+  const { currentUser, mySubscription, initSubscriptions } = useCurrentUser();
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState("feed");
+  const [delegate, setDelegate] = useState<string>();
   const { type, data } = nip19.decode(npub);
-  const delegate = getTagValues("delegate", mySubscription?.tags ?? []);
+  const pubkey = data.toString();
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    console.log("In affectr");
+    if (mySubscription) {
+      const _delegate = getTagValues("delegate", mySubscription.tags);
+      console.log("Setting");
+      setDelegate(_delegate);
+    }
+  }, [mySubscription]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    initSubscriptions(pubkey);
+  }, []);
+  console.log("Delegate", delegate);
   if (type !== "npub") {
     throw new Error("Invalid list");
   }
-  const pubkey = data.toString();
   const { profile } = useProfile(pubkey);
 
   return (
diff --git a/app/(app)/_layout/components/AuthActions.tsx b/app/(app)/_layout/components/AuthActions.tsx
index 4c8b26d..b144061 100644
--- a/app/(app)/_layout/components/AuthActions.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/_layout/components/AuthActions.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ import {
   TooltipTrigger,
 } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
 import { useKeyboardShortcut } from "@/lib/hooks/useKeyboardShortcut";
+
+import { db } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-cache-dexie";
+import { useLiveQuery } from "dexie-react-hooks";
+
 const LoginModal = dynamic(() => import("@/components/Modals/Login"), {
   ssr: false,
 });
@@ -40,6 +44,16 @@ export default function AuthActions() {
   const { currentUser, logout, attemptLogin, initSubscriptions } =
     useCurrentUser();
   const { ndk } = useNDK();
+  const friends = useLiveQuery(
+    async () => {
+      console.log("Calling", db);
+      if (!db) return;
+      const friends = await db.users.count();
+      return friends;
+    },
+    // specify vars that affect query:
+    [],
+  );
 
   useKeyboardShortcut(["shift", "ctrl", "u"], () => {
     if (currentUser) {
@@ -64,6 +78,7 @@ export default function AuthActions() {
         <Notifications user={currentUser} />
         <Relays />
         <UserMenu user={currentUser} logout={logout} />
+        {friends}
       </>
     );
   }
diff --git a/app/(app)/sub/[naddr]/_components/Header.tsx b/app/(app)/sub/[naddr]/_components/Header.tsx
index 66425d9..d699f82 100644
--- a/app/(app)/sub/[naddr]/_components/Header.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/sub/[naddr]/_components/Header.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { btcToSats, formatNumber } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { formatDate } from "@/lib/utils/dates";
 import { follow } from "@/lib/actions/create";
 import { log } from "@/lib/utils";
+
 const CreateEventModal = dynamic(() => import("@/components/Modals/NewEvent"), {
   ssr: false,
 });
diff --git a/app/_providers/ndk/context/instance.ts b/app/_providers/ndk/context/instance.ts
index 84f1660..7847f57 100644
--- a/app/_providers/ndk/context/instance.ts
+++ b/app/_providers/ndk/context/instance.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import NDK, {
   NDKNip07Signer,
   NDKNip46Signer,
   NDKPrivateKeySigner,
+  type NDKCacheAdapter,
 } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";
+import NDKCacheAdapterDexie from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-cache-dexie";
+import { db } from "@/lib/ndk/db";
 
 export default function NDKInstance(explicitRelayUrls: string[]) {
   const loaded = useRef(false);
@@ -16,21 +19,62 @@ export default function NDKInstance(explicitRelayUrls: string[]) {
     NDKPrivateKeySigner | NDKNip46Signer | NDKNip07Signer | undefined
   >(undefined);
 
+  // TODO: fully support NIP-11
+  async function getExplicitRelays() {
+    try {
+      // get relays
+      const relays = explicitRelayUrls;
+      const onlineRelays = new Set(relays);
+
+      for (const relay of relays) {
+        try {
+          const url = new URL(relay);
+          const res = await fetch(`https://${url.hostname}`, {
+            method: "GET",
+            headers: {
+              Accept: "application/nostr+json",
+            },
+          });
+
+          if (!res.ok) {
+            console.info(`${relay} is not working, skipping...`);
+            onlineRelays.delete(relay);
+          }
+        } catch {
+          console.warn(`${relay} is not working, skipping...`);
+          onlineRelays.delete(relay);
+        }
+      }
+
+      // return all online relays
+      return [...onlineRelays];
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   useEffect(() => {
     async function load() {
       if (ndk === undefined && loaded.current === false) {
         loaded.current = true;
-        await loadNdk(explicitRelayUrls);
+        await loadNdk();
       }
     }
     load();
   }, []);
 
   async function loadNdk(
-    explicitRelayUrls: string[],
     signer?: NDKPrivateKeySigner | NDKNip46Signer | NDKNip07Signer,
   ) {
-    const ndkInstance = new NDK({ explicitRelayUrls, signer });
+    const explicitRelayUrls = await getExplicitRelays();
+    const dexieAdapter = new NDKCacheAdapterDexie({
+      dbName: "ndkcache",
+    });
+    const ndkInstance = new NDK({
+      explicitRelayUrls,
+      signer,
+      cacheAdapter: dexieAdapter as unknown as NDKCacheAdapter,
+    });
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
       ndkInstance.pool.on("connect", () => console.log("✅ connected"));
       ndkInstance.pool.on("disconnect", () => console.log("❌ disconnected"));
@@ -42,6 +86,7 @@ export default function NDKInstance(explicitRelayUrls: string[]) {
 
     try {
       await ndkInstance.connect();
+      ndkInstance.signer = signer;
       _setNDK(ndkInstance);
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("ERROR loading NDK NDKInstance", error);
@@ -51,7 +96,7 @@ export default function NDKInstance(explicitRelayUrls: string[]) {
   async function setSigner(
     signer: NDKPrivateKeySigner | NDKNip46Signer | NDKNip07Signer,
   ) {
-    loadNdk(explicitRelayUrls, signer);
+    loadNdk(signer);
   }
 
   async function fetchEvents(filter: NDKFilter): Promise<NDKEvent[]> {
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index d56a77b..e4f644c 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/lib/hooks/useCurrentUser.ts b/lib/hooks/useCurrentUser.ts
index dc78a95..c4e4bf2 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/useCurrentUser.ts
+++ b/lib/hooks/useCurrentUser.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { useNDK } from "@/app/_providers/ndk";
 import { nip19 } from "nostr-tools";
 import useLists from "./useLists";
 import useSubscriptions from "./useSubscriptions";
+import { db } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-cache-dexie";
+import { unixTimeNowInSeconds } from "../nostr/dates";
 
 export default function useCurrentUser() {
   const {
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ export default function useCurrentUser() {
   const { loginWithNip07, getProfile, ndk, fetchEvents } = useNDK();
   const { init } = useLists();
   const { init: initSubscriptions, mySubscription } = useSubscriptions();
+
   async function attemptLogin() {
     try {
       const shouldReconnect = localStorage.getItem("shouldReconnect");
@@ -67,6 +70,12 @@ export default function useCurrentUser() {
     const user = ndk.getUser({ hexpubkey: pubkey });
     console.log("user", user);
     await user.fetchProfile();
+
+    // await db.users.add({
+    //   profile: user.profile!,
+    //   pubkey: pubkey,
+    //   createdAt: unixTimeNowInSeconds(),
+    // });
     setCurrentUser(user);
     void init(user.pubkey);
   }
@@ -76,6 +85,7 @@ export default function useCurrentUser() {
     console.log("fetching follows");
     (async () => {
       const following = await currentUser.follows();
+      console.log("Follows", following);
       setFollows(following);
     })();
   }, [currentUser]);
diff --git a/lib/hooks/useSubscriptions.ts b/lib/hooks/useSubscriptions.ts
index 5d6b24a..30660f1 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/useSubscriptions.ts
+++ b/lib/hooks/useSubscriptions.ts
@@ -10,17 +10,21 @@ export default function useSubscriptions() {
   const { mySubscription, setMySubscription } = subscriptionsStore();
   const { fetchEvents, ndk } = useNDK();
   async function init(pubkey: string) {
+    if (!ndk) {
+      return "NDK MISING";
+    }
     setIsLoading(true);
     try {
       const subscriptionLists = await fetchEvents({
         kinds: [30044 as NDKKind],
         authors: [pubkey],
       });
+      console.log("Found subscriptionLists", subscriptionLists);
       if (subscriptionLists[0]) {
         setMySubscription(new NDKList(ndk, subscriptionLists[0].rawEvent()));
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      console.log("error in init", err);
+      console.log("error in subscriptionLists", err);
     } finally {
       setIsLoading(false);
     }
diff --git a/lib/ndk/db.ts b/lib/ndk/db.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0649689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ndk/db.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Dexie from "dexie";
+
+export class MySubClassedDexie extends Dexie {
+  constructor() {
+    super("myDatabase");
+    this.version(1).stores({});
+  }
+}
+
+export const db = new MySubClassedDexie();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4763c22..7d2cda3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "@hookform/resolvers": "^3.3.2",
     "@noble/hashes": "^1.3.2",
     "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk": "^2.0.0",
+    "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-cache-dexie": "^2.0.3",
     "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-react": "^0.1.1",
     "@radix-ui/react-aspect-ratio": "^1.0.3",
     "@radix-ui/react-avatar": "^1.0.4",
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@
     "crypto": "^1.0.1",
     "crypto-js": "^4.1.1",
     "dayjs": "^1.11.10",
+    "dexie": "^3.2.4",
+    "dexie-react-hooks": "^1.1.6",
     "focus-trap-react": "^10.2.3",
     "framer-motion": "^10.16.4",
     "jotai": "^2.4.3",
diff --git a/types/index.ts b/types/index.ts
index 6889a58..0905922 100644
--- a/types/index.ts
+++ b/types/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
+import { type NDKUserProfile } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";
 
 type User = {
   npub: string;
@@ -37,6 +38,15 @@ const EventSchema = z.object({
   sig: z.string(),
 });
 
+type Account = NDKUserProfile & {
+  id: string;
+  pubkey: string;
+  follows: null | string[];
+  circles: null | string[];
+  is_active: number;
+  last_login_at: number;
+};
+
 export { UserSchema, EventSchema };
 
-export type { User };
+export type { User, Account };