diff --git a/src/layout/index.tsx b/src/layout/index.tsx
index 53a44e6..f936f04 100644
--- a/src/layout/index.tsx
+++ b/src/layout/index.tsx
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ export const Layout = () => {
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch()
   const { ndk, fetchEventFromUserRelays } = useNDKContext()
   const userState = useAppSelector((state) => state.user)
-  const { siteWotStatus, siteWotLevel, userWotLevel } = useAppSelector(
-    (state) => state.wot
-  )
+  const { siteWotStatus } = useAppSelector((state) => state.wot)
 
   // calculate site's wot
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ export const Layout = () => {
           })
       }
     }
-  }, [ndk, siteWotLevel, dispatch])
+  }, [ndk, dispatch])
 
   // calculate user's wot
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ export const Layout = () => {
             toast.error('An error occurred in calculating user web-of-trust!')
           })
     }
-  }, [ndk, userState.user, userWotLevel, dispatch])
+  }, [ndk, userState.user, dispatch])
 
   // get site's wot level
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -72,7 +70,8 @@ export const Layout = () => {
       fetchEventFromUserRelays(
         {
           kinds: [NDKKind.AppSpecificData],
-          '#d': ['degmods']
+          '#d': ['degmods'],
+          authors: [hexPubkey]
         },
         hexPubkey,
         UserRelaysType.Both
@@ -94,7 +93,8 @@ export const Layout = () => {
         fetchEventFromUserRelays(
           {
             kinds: [NDKKind.AppSpecificData],
-            '#d': ['degmods']
+            '#d': ['degmods'],
+            authors: [hexPubkey]
           },
           hexPubkey,
           UserRelaysType.Both