diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 20073eec..87bef328 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { getAuthor, getFollowedPubkeys } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema, fileSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { uploadFile } from '@/utils/upload.ts';
-import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
+import { dedupeEvents, extractBech32, nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { createEvent, paginated, parseBody, updateListEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { lookupAccount } from '@/utils/lookup.ts';
 import { renderAccounts, renderEventAccounts, renderStatuses } from '@/views.ts';
@@ -125,30 +125,33 @@ const accountSearchController: AppController = async (c) => {
 
   const query = decodeURIComponent(q);
   const store = await Storages.search();
+  const bech32 = extractBech32(query);
 
   const [event, events] = await Promise.all([
-    lookupAccount(query),
+    lookupAccount(bech32 ?? query),
     store.query([{ kinds: [0], search: query, limit }], { signal }),
   ]);
 
+  if (event) {
+    events.unshift(event);
+  }
+
   const results = await hydrateEvents({
-    events: event ? [event, ...events] : events,
+    events: dedupeEvents(events),
     store,
     signal,
   });
 
-  if ((results.length < 1) && query.match(/npub1\w+/)) {
-    const possibleNpub = query;
-    try {
-      const npubHex = nip19.decode(possibleNpub);
-      return c.json([await accountFromPubkey(String(npubHex.data))]);
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.log(e);
-      return c.json([]);
-    }
+  const accounts = await Promise.all(
+    results.map((event) => renderAccount(event)),
+  );
+
+  // Render account from pubkey.
+  const pubkey = bech32ToPubkey(result.data.q);
+  if (pubkey && !accounts.find((account) => account.id === pubkey)) {
+    accounts.unshift(await accountFromPubkey(pubkey));
   }
 
-  const accounts = await Promise.all(results.map((event) => renderAccount(event)));
   return c.json(accounts);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/search.ts b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
index 6ae05f1c..3ca2aa3d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/search.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
-import { bech32ToPubkey, dedupeEvents } from '@/utils.ts';
+import { bech32ToPubkey, dedupeEvents, extractBech32 } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { nip05Cache } from '@/utils/nip05.ts';
 import { accountFromPubkey, renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
 import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const searchController: AppController = async (c) => {
   ]);
 
   if (event) {
-    events.push(event);
+    events.unshift(event);
   }
 
   const results = dedupeEvents(events);
@@ -169,30 +169,4 @@ async function getLookupFilters({ q, type, resolve }: SearchQuery, signal: Abort
   return filters;
 }
 
-/** Extract a bech32 ID out of a search query string. */
-function extractBech32(value: string): string | undefined {
-  let bech32: string = value;
-
-  try {
-    const uri = new URL(value);
-    switch (uri.protocol) {
-      // Extract from NIP-19 URI, eg `nostr:npub1q3sle0kvfsehgsuexttt3ugjd8xdklxfwwkh559wxckmzddywnws6cd26p`.
-      case 'nostr:':
-        bech32 = uri.pathname;
-        break;
-      // Extract from URL, eg `https://njump.me/npub1q3sle0kvfsehgsuexttt3ugjd8xdklxfwwkh559wxckmzddywnws6cd26p`.
-      case 'http:':
-      case 'https:':
-        bech32 = uri.pathname.slice(1);
-        break;
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // do nothing
-  }
-
-  if (n.bech32().safeParse(bech32).success) {
-    return bech32;
-  }
-}
-
 export { searchController };
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index e9213ed1..5abc2360 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,32 @@ function bech32ToPubkey(bech32: string): string | undefined {
   }
 }
 
+/** Extract a bech32 ID out of a search query string. */
+function extractBech32(value: string): string | undefined {
+  let bech32: string = value;
+
+  try {
+    const uri = new URL(value);
+    switch (uri.protocol) {
+      // Extract from NIP-19 URI, eg `nostr:npub1q3sle0kvfsehgsuexttt3ugjd8xdklxfwwkh559wxckmzddywnws6cd26p`.
+      case 'nostr:':
+        bech32 = uri.pathname;
+        break;
+      // Extract from URL, eg `https://njump.me/npub1q3sle0kvfsehgsuexttt3ugjd8xdklxfwwkh559wxckmzddywnws6cd26p`.
+      case 'http:':
+      case 'https:':
+        bech32 = uri.pathname.slice(1);
+        break;
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // do nothing
+  }
+
+  if (n.bech32().safeParse(bech32).success) {
+    return bech32;
+  }
+}
+
 interface Nip05 {
   /** Localpart of the nip05, eg `alex` in `alex@alexgleason.me`. */
   local: string | undefined;
@@ -97,6 +123,7 @@ export {
   bech32ToPubkey,
   dedupeEvents,
   eventAge,
+  extractBech32,
   findTag,
   isNostrId,
   isURL,