diff --git a/scripts/db-populate-nip05.ts b/scripts/db-populate-nip05.ts
index b2b05651..aaa97e46 100644
--- a/scripts/db-populate-nip05.ts
+++ b/scripts/db-populate-nip05.ts
@@ -5,40 +5,35 @@ import { faviconCache } from '@/utils/favicon.ts';
 import { nip05Cache } from '@/utils/nip05.ts';
 
 const store = await Storages.db();
-const kysely = await Storages.kysely();
-const statsQuery = kysely.selectFrom('author_stats').select('pubkey');
 
-for await (const { pubkey } of statsQuery.stream(10)) {
-  const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(30_000); // generous timeout
+for await (const msg of store.req([{ kinds: [0] }])) {
+  if (msg[0] === 'EVENT') {
+    const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(30_000); // generous timeout
+    const event = msg[2];
 
-  try {
-    const [author] = await store.query([{ kinds: [0], authors: [pubkey], limit: 1 }]);
+    try {
+      // Parse metadata.
+      const metadata = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).safeParse(event.content);
+      if (!metadata.success) continue;
 
-    if (!author) {
+      // Update nip05.
+      const { nip05 } = metadata.data;
+      if (nip05) {
+        try {
+          await nip05Cache.fetch(nip05, { signal });
+        } catch {
+          // Ignore.
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Update favicon.
+      const domain = nip05?.split('@')[1].toLowerCase();
+      if (domain) {
+        await faviconCache.fetch(domain, { signal });
+      }
+    } catch {
       continue;
     }
-
-    // Parse metadata.
-    const metadata = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).safeParse(author.content);
-    if (!metadata.success) continue;
-
-    // Update nip05.
-    const { nip05 } = metadata.data;
-    if (nip05) {
-      try {
-        await nip05Cache.fetch(nip05, { signal });
-      } catch {
-        // Ignore.
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Update favicon.
-    const domain = nip05?.split('@')[1].toLowerCase();
-    if (domain) {
-      await faviconCache.fetch(domain, { signal });
-    }
-  } catch {
-    continue;
   }
 }