diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index f1875701..1c7a891d 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ import { Debug, LNURL, type NostrEvent } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
 import { isEphemeralKind } from '@/kinds.ts';
 import { DVM } from '@/pipeline/DVM.ts';
-import { getAuthor } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { updateStats } from '@/stats.ts';
-import { purifyEvent } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
+import { hydrateEvents, purifyEvent } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
 import { cache, client, eventsDB, reqmeister } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { Sub } from '@/subs.ts';
 import { getTagSet } from '@/tags.ts';
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ async function handleEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void
   if (!(await verifyEventWorker(event))) return;
   if (await encounterEvent(event, signal)) return;
   debug(`NostrEvent<${event.kind}> ${event.id}`);
-  await hydrateEvent(event);
+  await hydrateEvent(event, signal);
 
   await Promise.all([
     storeEvent(event, signal),
@@ -57,12 +56,8 @@ async function encounterEvent(event: NostrEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<b
 }
 
 /** Hydrate the event with the user, if applicable. */
-async function hydrateEvent(event: DittoEvent): Promise<void> {
-  const [user] = await eventsDB.query([{ kinds: [30361], authors: [Conf.pubkey], '#d': [event.pubkey], limit: 1 }]);
-  event.user = user;
-
-  const author = await getAuthor(event.pubkey);
-  event.author = author;
+async function hydrateEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
+  await hydrateEvents({ events: [event], relations: ['author', 'user'], storage: eventsDB, signal });
 
   const domain = await db
     .selectFrom('pubkey_domains')
diff --git a/src/storages/hydrate.ts b/src/storages/hydrate.ts
index 6a92d807..e56ebe6f 100644
--- a/src/storages/hydrate.ts
+++ b/src/storages/hydrate.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { db } from '@/db.ts';
 import { type NostrEvent, type NStore } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { type DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ async function hydrateEvents(opts: HydrateEventOpts): Promise<DittoEvent[]> {
       case 'event_stats':
         await hydrateEventStats(events);
         break;
+      case 'user':
+        await hydrateUsers({ events, storage, signal });
+        break;
     }
   }
 
@@ -48,6 +52,23 @@ async function hydrateAuthors(opts: Omit<HydrateEventOpts, 'relations'>): Promis
   return events;
 }
 
+async function hydrateUsers(opts: Omit<HydrateEventOpts, 'relations'>): Promise<DittoEvent[]> {
+  const { events, storage, signal } = opts;
+
+  const pubkeys = new Set([...events].map((event) => event.pubkey));
+
+  const users = await storage.query(
+    [{ kinds: [30361], authors: [Conf.pubkey], '#d': [...pubkeys], limit: pubkeys.size }],
+    { signal },
+  );
+
+  for (const event of events) {
+    event.user = users.find((user) => user.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'd')?.[1] === event.pubkey);
+  }
+
+  return events;
+}
+
 async function hydrateAuthorStats(events: DittoEvent[]): Promise<DittoEvent[]> {
   const results = await db
     .selectFrom('author_stats')
diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts b/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
index 3fc8181b..7f25e5ee 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { findUser } from '@/db/users.ts';
 import { lodash, nip19, type UnsignedEvent } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { type DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
 import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
@@ -30,11 +29,8 @@ async function renderAccount(
   } = jsonMetaContentSchema.parse(event.content);
 
   const npub = nip19.npubEncode(pubkey);
-
-  const [user, parsed05] = await Promise.all([
-    findUser({ pubkey }),
-    parseAndVerifyNip05(nip05, pubkey),
-  ]);
+  const parsed05 = await parseAndVerifyNip05(nip05, pubkey);
+  const role = event.user?.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'role')?.[1] ?? 'user';
 
   return {
     id: pubkey,
@@ -42,7 +38,7 @@ async function renderAccount(
     avatar: picture,
     avatar_static: picture,
     bot: false,
-    created_at: user ? user.inserted_at.toISOString() : nostrDate(event.created_at).toISOString(),
+    created_at: nostrDate(event.user?.created_at ?? event.created_at).toISOString(),
     discoverable: true,
     display_name: name,
     emojis: renderEmojis(event),
@@ -75,11 +71,11 @@ async function renderAccount(
     username: parsed05?.nickname || npub.substring(0, 8),
     ditto: {
       accepts_zaps: Boolean(getLnurl({ lud06, lud16 })),
-      is_registered: Boolean(user),
+      is_registered: Boolean(event.user),
     },
     pleroma: {
-      is_admin: user?.admin || false,
-      is_moderator: user?.admin || false,
+      is_admin: role === 'admin',
+      is_moderator: ['admin', 'moderator'].includes(role),
     },
     nostr: {
       pubkey,