diff --git a/src/controllers/AuthController.ts b/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
index 74dbbd8..b68db03 100644
--- a/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/AuthController.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class AuthController {
     const { hostname } = window.location
 
     const authEvent: EventTemplate = {
-      kind: 1,
+      kind: 27235,
       tags: [],
       content: `${hostname}-${timestamp}`,
       created_at: timestamp
diff --git a/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts b/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
index 360acc6..95b70c1 100644
--- a/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
@@ -204,15 +204,15 @@ export class MetadataController {
 
     if (userRelays.length === 0) return null
 
-    // filter for finding user's first kind 1 event
+    // filter for finding user's first kind 0 event
     const eventFilter: Filter = {
-      kinds: [kinds.ShortTextNote],
+      kinds: [kinds.Metadata],
       authors: [hexKey]
     }
 
     const pool = new SimplePool()
 
-    // find user's kind 1 events published on user's relays
+    // find user's kind 0 events published on user's relays
     const events = await pool.querySync(userRelays, eventFilter)
     if (events && events.length) {
       // sort events by created_at time in ascending order
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.ts b/src/utils/misc.ts
index 56ba1e6..03b2fa6 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.ts
+++ b/src/utils/misc.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export const signEventForMetaFile = async (
 ) => {
   // Construct the event metadata for the meta file
   const event: EventTemplate = {
-    kind: 1, // Event type for meta file
+    kind: 27235, // Event type for meta file
     content: content, // content for event
     created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000), // Current timestamp
     tags: []