diff --git a/src/hooks/useSigitMeta.tsx b/src/hooks/useSigitMeta.tsx
index 5c1159e..2026621 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSigitMeta.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useSigitMeta.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import {
-  CreateSignatureEventContent,
-  DocSignatureEvent,
-  Meta,
-  SignedEventContent,
-  OpenTimestamp
-} from '../types'
+import { DocSignatureEvent, Meta, SignedEventContent, FlatMeta } from '../types'
 import { Mark } from '../types/mark'
 import {
   fromUnixTimestamp,
@@ -17,53 +11,11 @@ import {
 } from '../utils'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 import store from '../store/store'
 import { NostrController } from '../controllers'
 import { MetaParseError } from '../types/errors/MetaParseError'
 import { MARK_TYPE_CONFIG } from '../components/MarkTypeStrategy/MarkStrategy'
 
-/**
- * Flattened interface that combines properties `Meta`, `CreateSignatureEventContent`,
- * and `Event` (event's fields are made optional and pubkey and created_at replaced with our versions)
- */
-export interface FlatMeta
-  extends Meta,
-    CreateSignatureEventContent,
-    Partial<Omit<Event, 'pubkey' | 'created_at'>> {
-  // Remove pubkey and use submittedBy as `npub1${string}`
-  submittedBy?: `npub1${string}`
-
-  // Optional field only present on exported sigits
-  // Exporting adds user's pubkey
-  exportedBy?: `npub1${string}`
-
-  // Remove created_at and replace with createdAt
-  createdAt?: number
-
-  // Validated create signature event
-  isValid: boolean
-
-  // Decryption
-  encryptionKey: string | undefined
-
-  // Parsed Document Signatures
-  parsedSignatureEvents: {
-    [signer: `npub1${string}`]: DocSignatureEvent
-  }
-
-  // Calculated completion time
-  completedAt?: number
-
-  // Calculated status fields
-  signedStatus: SigitStatus
-  signersStatus: {
-    [signer: `npub1${string}`]: SignStatus
-  }
-
-  timestamps?: OpenTimestamp[]
-}
-
 /**
  * Custom use hook for parsing the Sigit Meta
  * @param meta Sigit Meta
@@ -74,8 +26,8 @@ export const useSigitMeta = (meta: Meta): FlatMeta => {
   const [kind, setKind] = useState<number>()
   const [tags, setTags] = useState<string[][]>()
   const [createdAt, setCreatedAt] = useState<number>()
-  const [submittedBy, setSubmittedBy] = useState<`npub1${string}`>() // submittedBy, pubkey from nostr event
-  const [exportedBy, setExportedBy] = useState<`npub1${string}`>() // pubkey from export signature nostr event
+  const [submittedBy, setSubmittedBy] = useState<string>() // submittedBy, pubkey from nostr event (hex)
+  const [exportedBy, setExportedBy] = useState<string>() // pubkey from export signature nostr event (hex)
   const [id, setId] = useState<string>()
   const [sig, setSig] = useState<string>()
 
@@ -108,18 +60,16 @@ export const useSigitMeta = (meta: Meta): FlatMeta => {
     ;(async function () {
       try {
         if (meta.exportSignature) {
-          const exportSignatureEvent = await parseNostrEvent(
-            meta.exportSignature
-          )
+          const exportSignatureEvent = parseNostrEvent(meta.exportSignature)
           if (
             verifyEvent(exportSignatureEvent) &&
             exportSignatureEvent.pubkey
           ) {
-            setExportedBy(exportSignatureEvent.pubkey as `npub1${string}`)
+            setExportedBy(exportSignatureEvent.pubkey)
           }
         }
 
-        const createSignatureEvent = await parseNostrEvent(meta.createSignature)
+        const createSignatureEvent = parseNostrEvent(meta.createSignature)
 
         const { kind, tags, created_at, pubkey, id, sig, content } =
           createSignatureEvent
@@ -129,12 +79,12 @@ export const useSigitMeta = (meta: Meta): FlatMeta => {
         setTags(tags)
         // created_at in nostr events are stored in seconds
         setCreatedAt(fromUnixTimestamp(created_at))
-        setSubmittedBy(pubkey as `npub1${string}`)
+        setSubmittedBy(pubkey)
         setId(id)
         setSig(sig)
 
         const { title, signers, viewers, fileHashes, markConfig, zipUrl } =
-          await parseCreateSignatureEventContent(content)
+          parseCreateSignatureEventContent(content)
 
         setTitle(title)
         setSigners(signers)
diff --git a/src/types/core.ts b/src/types/core.ts
index f07dbf7..932ebf5 100644
--- a/src/types/core.ts
+++ b/src/types/core.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Mark } from './mark'
 import { Keys } from '../store/auth/types'
 import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { SigitStatus, SignStatus } from '../utils'
 
 export enum UserRole {
   signer = 'Signer',
@@ -35,11 +36,6 @@ export interface SignedEventContent {
   marks: Mark[]
 }
 
-export interface Sigit {
-  fileUrl: string
-  meta: Meta
-}
-
 export interface OpenTimestamp {
   nostrId: string
   value: string
@@ -92,3 +88,43 @@ export interface SigitNotification {
 export function isSigitNotification(obj: unknown): obj is SigitNotification {
   return typeof (obj as SigitNotification).metaUrl === 'string'
 }
+
+/**
+ * Flattened interface that combines properties `Meta`, `CreateSignatureEventContent`,
+ * and `Event` (event's fields are made optional and pubkey and created_at replaced with our versions)
+ */
+export interface FlatMeta
+  extends Meta,
+    CreateSignatureEventContent,
+    Partial<Omit<Event, 'pubkey' | 'created_at'>> {
+  submittedBy?: string
+
+  // Optional field only present on exported sigits
+  // Exporting adds user's pubkey
+  exportedBy?: string
+
+  // Remove created_at and replace with createdAt
+  createdAt?: number
+
+  // Validated create signature event
+  isValid: boolean
+
+  // Decryption
+  encryptionKey: string | undefined
+
+  // Parsed Document Signatures
+  parsedSignatureEvents: {
+    [signer: `npub1${string}`]: DocSignatureEvent
+  }
+
+  // Calculated completion time
+  completedAt?: number
+
+  // Calculated status fields
+  signedStatus: SigitStatus
+  signersStatus: {
+    [signer: `npub1${string}`]: SignStatus
+  }
+
+  timestamps?: OpenTimestamp[]
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/meta.ts b/src/utils/meta.ts
index 8052abf..75e1654 100644
--- a/src/utils/meta.ts
+++ b/src/utils/meta.ts
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ export interface SigitCardDisplayInfo {
  * @param raw Raw string for parsing
  * @returns parsed Event
  */
-export const parseNostrEvent = async (raw: string): Promise<Event> => {
+export const parseNostrEvent = (raw: string): Event => {
   try {
-    const event = await parseJson<Event>(raw)
+    const event = JSON.parse(raw) as Event
     return event
   } catch (error) {
     throw new MetaParseError(MetaParseErrorType.PARSE_ERROR_EVENT, {
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ export const parseNostrEvent = async (raw: string): Promise<Event> => {
  * @param raw Raw string for parsing
  * @returns parsed CreateSignatureEventContent
  */
-export const parseCreateSignatureEventContent = async (
+export const parseCreateSignatureEventContent = (
   raw: string
-): Promise<CreateSignatureEventContent> => {
+): CreateSignatureEventContent => {
   try {
-    const createSignatureEventContent =
-      await parseJson<CreateSignatureEventContent>(raw)
+    const createSignatureEventContent = JSON.parse(
+      raw
+    ) as CreateSignatureEventContent
     return createSignatureEventContent
   } catch (error) {
     throw new MetaParseError(
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export const parseCreateSignatureEventContent = async (
  * @param meta Sigit metadata
  * @returns SigitCardDisplayInfo
  */
-export const extractSigitCardDisplayInfo = async (meta: Meta) => {
+export const extractSigitCardDisplayInfo = (meta: Meta) => {
   if (!meta?.createSignature) return
 
   const sigitInfo: SigitCardDisplayInfo = {
@@ -100,14 +101,14 @@ export const extractSigitCardDisplayInfo = async (meta: Meta) => {
   }
 
   try {
-    const createSignatureEvent = await parseNostrEvent(meta.createSignature)
+    const createSignatureEvent = parseNostrEvent(meta.createSignature)
 
     sigitInfo.isValid = verifyEvent(createSignatureEvent)
 
     // created_at in nostr events are stored in seconds
     sigitInfo.createdAt = fromUnixTimestamp(createSignatureEvent.created_at)
 
-    const createSignatureContent = await parseCreateSignatureEventContent(
+    const createSignatureContent = parseCreateSignatureEventContent(
       createSignatureEvent.content
     )