diff --git a/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx b/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
index 61f856c..5db3ba5 100644
--- a/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ export interface NDKContextType {
   ) => Promise<NDKEvent | null>
   findMetadata: (
     pubkey: string,
-    opts?: NDKSubscriptionOptions,
-    storeProfileEvent?: boolean
+    opts?: NDKSubscriptionOptions
   ) => Promise<NDKUserProfile | null>
   getNDKRelayList: (pubkey: Hexpubkey) => Promise<NDKRelayList>
   publish: (event: NDKEvent, explicitRelayUrls?: string[]) => Promise<string[]>
@@ -205,21 +204,17 @@ export const NDKContextProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
    */
   const findMetadata = async (
     pubkey: string,
-    opts?: NDKSubscriptionOptions,
-    storeProfileEvent?: boolean
+    opts?: NDKSubscriptionOptions
   ): Promise<NDKUserProfile | null> => {
     const npub = hexToNpub(pubkey)
 
     const user = new NDKUser({ npub })
     user.ndk = ndk
 
-    return await user.fetchProfile(
-      {
-        cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.PARALLEL,
-        ...(opts || {})
-      },
-      storeProfileEvent
-    )
+    return await user.fetchProfile({
+      cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.PARALLEL,
+      ...(opts || {})
+    })
   }
 
   const getNDKRelayList = async (pubkey: Hexpubkey) => {
@@ -250,8 +245,7 @@ export const NDKContextProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
       ndkRelaySet = NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(explicitRelayUrls, ndk)
     }
 
-    return event
-      .publish(ndkRelaySet, 10000)
+    return await Promise.race([event.publish(ndkRelaySet), timeout(3000)])
       .then((res) => {
         const relaysPublishedOn = Array.from(res)
         return relaysPublishedOn.map((relay) => relay.url)
diff --git a/src/hooks/useAuth.ts b/src/hooks/useAuth.ts
index ff38a06..a59e4ba 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useAuth.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useAuth.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
   const { getRelayInfo } = useDvm()
   const { findMetadata, getNDKRelayList } = useNDKContext()
 
-  const { auth: authState, relays: relaysState } = useAppSelector(
-    (state) => state
-  )
+  const authState = useAppSelector((state) => state.auth)
+  const relaysState = useAppSelector((state) => state.relays)
 
   const checkSession = useCallback(() => {
     const savedAuthToken = getAuthToken()
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
       const emptyMetadata = getEmptyMetadataEvent()
 
       try {
-        const profile = await findMetadata(pubkey, {}, true)
+        const profile = await findMetadata(pubkey)
 
         if (profile && profile.profileEvent) {
           const event: Event = JSON.parse(profile.profileEvent)
diff --git a/src/layouts/Main.tsx b/src/layouts/Main.tsx
index e4bb7a6..bb58718 100644
--- a/src/layouts/Main.tsx
+++ b/src/layouts/Main.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export const MainLayout = () => {
       if (loggedIn) {
         if (!loginMethod || !usersPubkey) return logout()
 
-        findMetadata(usersPubkey, {}, true).then((profile) => {
+        findMetadata(usersPubkey).then((profile) => {
           if (profile && profile.profileEvent) {
             try {
               const event: Event = JSON.parse(profile.profileEvent)