diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
index f67fed32..05044ce7 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@ export const nameRequestController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { conf, relay, user } = c.var;
 
   const pubkey = await user!.signer.getPublicKey();
-  const { name, reason } = nameRequestSchema.parse(await c.req.json());
+  const result = nameRequestSchema.safeParse(await c.req.json());
+
+  if (!result.success) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Invalid username', schema: result.error }, 400);
+  }
+
+  const { name, reason } = result.data;
 
   const [existing] = await relay.query([{ kinds: [3036], authors: [pubkey], '#r': [name], limit: 1 }]);
   if (existing) {
diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/error.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/error.ts
index 50962fcc..a00a530b 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/error.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/error.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import { logi } from '@soapbox/logi';
 import { errorJson } from '@/utils/log.ts';
 
 export const errorHandler: ErrorHandler = (err, c) => {
+  const { method } = c.req;
+  const { pathname } = new URL(c.req.url);
+
   c.header('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
 
   if (err instanceof HTTPException) {
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ export const errorHandler: ErrorHandler = (err, c) => {
     return c.json({ error: 'The server was unable to respond in a timely manner' }, 500);
   }
 
-  logi({ level: 'error', ns: 'ditto.http', msg: 'Unhandled error', error: errorJson(err) });
+  logi({ level: 'error', ns: 'ditto.http', msg: 'Unhandled error', method, pathname, error: errorJson(err) });
 
   return c.json({ error: 'Something went wrong' }, 500);
 };
diff --git a/packages/ditto/middleware/logiMiddleware.ts b/packages/ditto/middleware/logiMiddleware.ts
index 26233f27..be17e3bb 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/middleware/logiMiddleware.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/middleware/logiMiddleware.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ export const logiMiddleware: MiddlewareHandler = async (c, next) => {
   await next();
 
   const end = new Date();
-  const delta = (end.getTime() - start.getTime()) / 1000;
+  const duration = (end.getTime() - start.getTime()) / 1000;
   const level = c.res.status >= 500 ? 'error' : 'info';
 
-  logi({ level, ns: 'ditto.http.response', method, pathname, status: c.res.status, delta });
+  logi({ level, ns: 'ditto.http.response', method, pathname, status: c.res.status, duration });
 };
diff --git a/packages/ditto/pipeline.ts b/packages/ditto/pipeline.ts
index 815229a0..2ae55b96 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/pipeline.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ async function updateAuthorData(event: NostrEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise
       if (nip05) {
         const tld = tldts.parse(nip05);
         if (tld.isIcann && !tld.isIp && !tld.isPrivate) {
-          const pointer = await nip05Cache.fetch(nip05.toLowerCase(), { signal });
+          const pointer = await nip05Cache.fetch(nip05, { signal });
           if (pointer.pubkey === event.pubkey) {
             updates.nip05 = nip05;
             updates.nip05_domain = tld.domain;
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/api.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/api.ts
index 591c1852..7605e138 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/utils/api.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/utils/api.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { RelayError } from '@/RelayError.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { parseFormData } from '@/utils/formdata.ts';
+import { errorJson } from '@/utils/log.ts';
 import { purifyEvent } from '@/utils/purify.ts';
 
 /** EventTemplate with defaults. */
@@ -157,9 +158,16 @@ async function updateNames(k: number, d: string, n: Record<string, boolean>, c:
 async function publishEvent(event: NostrEvent, c: AppContext): Promise<NostrEvent> {
   logi({ level: 'info', ns: 'ditto.event', source: 'api', id: event.id, kind: event.kind });
   try {
-    await pipeline.handleEvent(event, { source: 'api', signal: c.req.raw.signal });
-    const client = await Storages.client();
-    await client.event(purifyEvent(event));
+    const promise = pipeline.handleEvent(event, { source: 'api', signal: c.req.raw.signal });
+
+    promise.then(async () => {
+      const client = await Storages.client();
+      await client.event(purifyEvent(event));
+    }).catch((e: unknown) => {
+      logi({ level: 'error', ns: 'ditto.pool', id: event.id, kind: event.kind, error: errorJson(e) });
+    });
+
+    await promise;
   } catch (e) {
     if (e instanceof RelayError) {
       throw new HTTPException(422, {