diff --git a/src/pages/blog/loader.ts b/src/pages/blog/loader.ts
index 0b06b50..f0fc114 100644
--- a/src/pages/blog/loader.ts
+++ b/src/pages/blog/loader.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from 'types'
 import {
   DEFAULT_FILTER_OPTIONS,
+  getFallbackPubkey,
   getLocalStorageItem,
   log,
   LogType
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ export const blogRouteLoader =
     }
 
     const userState = store.getState().user
-    const loggedInUserPubkey = userState?.user?.pubkey as string | undefined
+    const loggedInUserPubkey =
+      (userState?.user?.pubkey as string | undefined) || getFallbackPubkey()
 
     // Check if editing and the user is the original author
     // Redirect if NOT
diff --git a/src/pages/mod/loader.ts b/src/pages/mod/loader.ts
index 032d697..3c7ebc2 100644
--- a/src/pages/mod/loader.ts
+++ b/src/pages/mod/loader.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_FILTER_OPTIONS,
   extractBlogCardDetails,
   extractModData,
+  getFallbackPubkey,
   getLocalStorageItem,
   getReportingSet,
   log,
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ export const modRouteLoader =
     }
 
     const userState = store.getState().user
-    const loggedInUserPubkey = userState?.user?.pubkey as string | undefined
+    const loggedInUserPubkey =
+      (userState?.user?.pubkey as string | undefined) || getFallbackPubkey()
 
     try {
       // Set up the filters
diff --git a/src/pages/mods/loader.ts b/src/pages/mods/loader.ts
index 24fc3a4..e7a05ba 100644
--- a/src/pages/mods/loader.ts
+++ b/src/pages/mods/loader.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { NDKContextType } from 'contexts/NDKContext'
 import { store } from 'store'
 import { MuteLists } from 'types'
-import { getReportingSet, CurationSetIdentifiers, log, LogType } from 'utils'
+import {
+  getReportingSet,
+  CurationSetIdentifiers,
+  log,
+  LogType,
+  getFallbackPubkey
+} from 'utils'
 
 export interface ModsPageLoaderResult {
   muteLists: {
@@ -31,15 +37,11 @@ export const modsRouteLoader = (ndkContext: NDKContextType) => async () => {
 
   // Get the current state
   const userState = store.getState().user
-
-  // Check if current user is logged in
-  let userPubkey: string | undefined
-  if (userState.auth && userState.user?.pubkey) {
-    userPubkey = userState.user.pubkey as string
-  }
+  const loggedInUserPubkey =
+    (userState?.user?.pubkey as string | undefined) || getFallbackPubkey()
 
   const settled = await Promise.allSettled([
-    ndkContext.getMuteLists(userPubkey),
+    ndkContext.getMuteLists(loggedInUserPubkey),
     getReportingSet(CurationSetIdentifiers.NSFW, ndkContext),
     getReportingSet(CurationSetIdentifiers.Repost, ndkContext)
   ])
diff --git a/src/pages/profile/loader.ts b/src/pages/profile/loader.ts
index f5bc1b6..13eef6c 100644
--- a/src/pages/profile/loader.ts
+++ b/src/pages/profile/loader.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { store } from 'store'
 import { MuteLists, UserProfile } from 'types'
 import {
   CurationSetIdentifiers,
+  getFallbackPubkey,
   getReportingSet,
   log,
   LogType,
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ export interface ProfilePageLoaderResult {
   profilePubkey: string
   profile: UserProfile
   isBlocked: boolean
-  isOwnProfile: boolean
   muteLists: {
     admin: MuteLists
     user: MuteLists
@@ -58,21 +58,17 @@ export const profileRouteLoader =
 
     // Get the current state
     const userState = store.getState().user
-
-    // Check if current user is logged in
-    let userPubkey: string | undefined
-    if (userState.auth && userState.user?.pubkey) {
-      userPubkey = userState.user.pubkey as string
-    }
+    const loggedInUserPubkey =
+      (userState?.user?.pubkey as string | undefined) || getFallbackPubkey()
 
     // Redirect if profile naddr is missing
     // - home if user is not logged
     let profileRoute = appRoutes.home
-    if (!profilePubkey && userPubkey) {
+    if (!profilePubkey && loggedInUserPubkey) {
       // - own profile
       profileRoute = getProfilePageRoute(
         nip19.nprofileEncode({
-          pubkey: userPubkey
+          pubkey: loggedInUserPubkey
         })
       )
     }
@@ -83,7 +79,6 @@ export const profileRouteLoader =
       profilePubkey: profilePubkey,
       profile: {},
       isBlocked: false,
-      isOwnProfile: false,
       muteLists: {
         admin: {
           authors: [],
@@ -98,14 +93,9 @@ export const profileRouteLoader =
       repostList: []
     }
 
-    // Check if user the user is logged in
-    if (userState.auth && userState.user?.pubkey) {
-      result.isOwnProfile = userState.user.pubkey === profilePubkey
-    }
-
     const settled = await Promise.allSettled([
       ndkContext.findMetadata(profilePubkey),
-      ndkContext.getMuteLists(userPubkey),
+      ndkContext.getMuteLists(loggedInUserPubkey),
       getReportingSet(CurationSetIdentifiers.NSFW, ndkContext),
       getReportingSet(CurationSetIdentifiers.Repost, ndkContext)
     ])
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
index bb740e5..e28027d 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -160,3 +160,23 @@ export const parseFormData = <T>(formData: FormData) => {
 export const capitalizeEachWord = (str: string): string => {
   return str.replace(/\b\w/g, (char) => char.toUpperCase())
 }
+
+/**
+ * nostr-login - helper function
+ * should only be used as the fallback
+ * user state is not updated before `onAuth` triggers but loaders are faster
+ */
+export const getFallbackPubkey = () => {
+  try {
+    // read nostr-login conf from localStorage
+    const stored = window.localStorage.getItem('__nostrlogin_nip46')
+    if (!stored) return
+
+    const info = JSON.parse(stored)
+    if (info && !info.pubkey) return
+
+    return info.pubkey as string
+  } catch {
+    // Silently ignore
+  }
+}