diff --git a/src/pages/settings/preference.tsx b/src/pages/settings/preference.tsx
index 82c84ee..cb41186 100644
--- a/src/pages/settings/preference.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/settings/preference.tsx
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ export const PreferencesSetting = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (user?.pubkey) {
+      const hexPubkey = user.pubkey as string
       fetchEventFromUserRelays(
         {
           kinds: [NDKKind.AppSpecificData],
-          '#d': ['degmods']
+          '#d': ['degmods'],
+          authors: [hexPubkey]
         },
-        user.pubkey as string,
+        hexPubkey,
         UserRelaysType.Both
       ).then((event) => {
         if (event) {
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ export const PreferencesSetting = () => {
                   className='CheckboxMain'
                   name='notificationsSettings'
                   checked
+                  readOnly
                 />
               </div>
               <div className='inputLabelWrapperMain inputLabelWrapperMainAlt inputLabelWrapperMainAltStylized'>
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ export const PreferencesSetting = () => {
                   className='CheckboxMain'
                   name='notificationsSettings'
                   checked
+                  readOnly
                 />
               </div>
               <div className='inputLabelWrapperMain inputLabelWrapperMainAlt inputLabelWrapperMainAltStylized'>
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ export const PreferencesSetting = () => {
                   className='CheckboxMain'
                   name='notificationsSettings'
                   checked
+                  readOnly
                 />
               </div>
               <div className='inputLabelWrapperMain inputLabelWrapperMainAlt inputLabelWrapperMainAltStylized'>
@@ -152,6 +157,7 @@ export const PreferencesSetting = () => {
                   className='CheckboxMain'
                   name='notificationsSettings'
                   checked
+                  readOnly
                 />
               </div>
               <div className='inputLabelWrapperMain inputLabelWrapperMainAlt inputLabelWrapperMainAltStylized'>
@@ -163,6 +169,7 @@ export const PreferencesSetting = () => {
                   className='CheckboxMain'
                   name='notificationsSettings'
                   checked
+                  readOnly
                 />
               </div>
             </div>
@@ -212,6 +219,7 @@ export const PreferencesSetting = () => {
                   className='CheckboxMain'
                   name='WoTZap'
                   checked
+                  readOnly
                 />
               </div>
             </div>