diff --git a/src/utils/nostr.ts b/src/utils/nostr.ts
index f4ea9a3..70220b3 100644
--- a/src/utils/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/utils/nostr.ts
@@ -341,12 +341,6 @@ export const createWrap = (unsignedEvent: UnsignedEvent, receiver: string) => {
     // Check if the leading zero bits meet the required difficulty
     if (leadingZeroes >= difficulty) {
       // Finalize the event (sign it) and return the result
-      console.log(
-        'event OUT: ',
-        unsignedEvent,
-        ' for this user ',
-        hexToNpub(receiver)
-      )
       return finalizeEvent(event, randomKey)
     }
 
@@ -532,18 +526,13 @@ export const updateUsersAppData = async (meta: Meta) => {
     if (existingMeta.modifiedAt < meta.modifiedAt) {
       sigits[id] = meta
       isUpdated = true
-    } else {
-      console.log('event NEWER EXISTS', existingMeta, meta)
     }
   } else {
     sigits[id] = meta
     isUpdated = true
   }
 
-  if (!isUpdated) {
-    console.log('event NOT UPDATED', sigits[id], meta)
-    return null
-  }
+  if (!isUpdated) return null
 
   const blossomUrls = [...appData.blossomUrls]
 
@@ -870,9 +859,16 @@ export const subscribeForSigits = async (pubkey: string) => {
     '#p': [pubkey]
   }
 
-  relayController.subscribeForEvents(filter, relaySet.read, (event) => {
-    processReceivedEvent(event) // Process the received event
-  })
+  // Process the received event synchronously
+  const events = await relayController.fetchEvents(filter, relaySet.read)
+  for (const e of events) {
+    await processReceivedEvent(e)
+  }
+
+  // Async processing of the events has a race condition
+  // relayController.subscribeForEvents(filter, relaySet.read, (event) => {
+  //   processReceivedEvent(event)
+  // })
 }
 
 const processReceivedEvent = async (event: Event, difficulty: number = 5) => {
@@ -880,13 +876,13 @@ const processReceivedEvent = async (event: Event, difficulty: number = 5) => {
     .processedGiftWraps
   if (processedEvents.includes(event.id)) return
 
+  // Consider the gift wrap as processed immediately
+  store.dispatch(updateProcessedGiftWraps([...processedEvents, event.id]))
+
   // validate PoW
   // Count the number of leading zero bits in the hash
   const leadingZeroes = countLeadingZeroes(event.id)
-  if (leadingZeroes < difficulty) {
-    console.log('processReceivedEvent leading zeroes error')
-    return
-  }
+  if (leadingZeroes < difficulty) return
 
   // decrypt the content of gift wrap event
   const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
@@ -904,21 +900,8 @@ const processReceivedEvent = async (event: Event, difficulty: number = 5) => {
     }
   )
 
-  if (!internalUnsignedEvent || internalUnsignedEvent.kind !== 938) {
-    console.log(
-      'processReceivedEvent missing internal unsigned event, or internal event not sigit kind'
-    )
-    return
-  }
+  if (!internalUnsignedEvent || internalUnsignedEvent.kind !== 938) return
 
-  console.log(
-    'event IN: ',
-    new Date(internalUnsignedEvent.created_at * 1000),
-    internalUnsignedEvent.kind,
-    internalUnsignedEvent.pubkey,
-    hexToNpub(internalUnsignedEvent.pubkey),
-    internalUnsignedEvent.content
-  )
   const meta = await parseJson<Meta>(internalUnsignedEvent.content).catch(
     (err) => {
       console.log(
@@ -932,7 +915,6 @@ const processReceivedEvent = async (event: Event, difficulty: number = 5) => {
   if (!meta) return
 
   await updateUsersAppData(meta)
-  store.dispatch(updateProcessedGiftWraps([...processedEvents, event.id]))
 }
 
 /**