diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 39dbfbbb..ec391bf6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .env
 *.cpuprofile
 *.swp
-deno-test.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+deno-test.xml
+*.db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/queries.ts b/src/queries.ts
index 745429d6..04f0bf5f 100644
--- a/src/queries.ts
+++ b/src/queries.ts
@@ -38,14 +38,31 @@ const getEvent = async (
     .then(([event]) => event);
 };
 
+const queryAndUnwrapEvt = (store: NStore, filter: NostrFilter, signal = AbortSignal.timeout(5000), limit = 1) =>
+  store.query([filter], { limit, signal } as any)
+    .then((events) => hydrateEvents({ events, store, signal }))
+    .then(([event]) => event);
+
 /** Get a Nostr `set_medatadata` event for a user's pubkey. */
 const getAuthor = async (pubkey: string, opts: GetEventOpts = {}): Promise<NostrEvent | undefined> => {
   const store = await Storages.db();
   const { signal = AbortSignal.timeout(1000) } = opts;
+  return await queryAndUnwrapEvt(store, { authors: [pubkey], kinds: [0], limit: 1 }, signal);
+};
 
-  return await store.query([{ authors: [pubkey], kinds: [0], limit: 1 }], { limit: 1, signal })
-    .then((events) => hydrateEvents({ events, store, signal }))
-    .then(([event]) => event);
+const getAuthorFallback = async (pubkey: string, opts: GetEventOpts = {}): Promise<NostrEvent | undefined> => {
+  const author = await getAuthor(pubkey, opts);
+  if (author) return author;
+
+  const pool = await Storages.kind0Finder();
+  const res = await queryAndUnwrapEvt(pool, { authors: [pubkey], kinds: [0], limit: 1 }, opts.signal);
+
+  if (res) {
+    const store = await Storages.db();
+    store.event(res);
+  }
+
+  return res;
 };
 
 /** Get users the given pubkey follows. */
@@ -113,6 +130,7 @@ async function isLocallyFollowed(pubkey: string): Promise<boolean> {
 export {
   getAncestors,
   getAuthor,
+  getAuthorFallback,
   getDescendants,
   getEvent,
   getFeedPubkeys,
diff --git a/src/storages.ts b/src/storages.ts
index 4aaca1c2..1188a912 100644
--- a/src/storages.ts
+++ b/src/storages.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export class Storages {
   private static _client: Promise<PoolStore> | undefined;
   private static _pubsub: Promise<InternalRelay> | undefined;
   private static _search: Promise<SearchStore> | undefined;
+  private static _kind0Finder: PoolStore | undefined;
 
   /** SQLite database to store events this Ditto server cares about. */
   public static async db(): Promise<EventsDB> {
@@ -43,6 +44,31 @@ export class Storages {
     return this._pubsub;
   }
 
+  public static async kind0Finder(): Promise<PoolStore> {
+    if (this._kind0Finder) return this._kind0Finder;
+    const worker = new Worker('https://unpkg.com/nostr-relaypool2@0.6.34/lib/nostr-relaypool.worker.js', {
+      type: 'module',
+    });
+
+    const DEFAULT_RELAYS = [
+      'wss://nos.lol',
+      'wss://relay.damus.io',
+      'wss://purplepag.es',
+      'wss://nostr.mom',
+      'wss://relay.snort.social',
+      'wss://relay.primal.net',
+    ];
+
+    // @ts-ignore Wrong types.
+    const pool = new RelayPoolWorker(worker, DEFAULT_RELAYS, {
+      autoReconnect: true,
+      skipVerification: false,
+      logErrorsAndNotices: false,
+    });
+
+    return this._kind0Finder = new PoolStore({ pool, relays: DEFAULT_RELAYS });
+  }
+
   /** Relay pool storage. */
   public static async client(): Promise<PoolStore> {
     if (!this._client) {
diff --git a/src/utils/lookup.ts b/src/utils/lookup.ts
index 90b30c2b..0f163172 100644
--- a/src/utils/lookup.ts
+++ b/src/utils/lookup.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { NIP05, NostrEvent, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 
-import { getAuthor } from '@/queries.ts';
+import { getAuthorFallback } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { bech32ToPubkey } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { nip05Cache } from '@/utils/nip05.ts';
 import { Stickynotes } from '@soapbox/stickynotes';
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@ export async function lookupAccount(
   const pubkey = await lookupPubkey(value, signal);
 
   if (pubkey) {
-    return getAuthor(pubkey);
+    return getAuthorFallback(pubkey);
   }
 }
 
 /** Resolve a bech32 or NIP-05 identifier to a pubkey. */
-export async function lookupPubkey(value: string, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<string | undefined> {
+export async function lookupPubkey(identifier: string, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<string | undefined> {
   const console = new Stickynotes('ditto:lookup');
 
-  if (n.bech32().safeParse(value).success) {
-    return bech32ToPubkey(value);
+  if (n.bech32().safeParse(identifier).success) {
+    return bech32ToPubkey(identifier);
   }
 
-  if (NIP05.regex().test(value)) {
+  if (NIP05.regex().test(identifier)) {
     try {
-      const { pubkey } = await nip05Cache.fetch(value, { signal });
+      const { pubkey } = await nip05Cache.fetch(identifier, { signal });
       return pubkey;
     } catch (e) {
       console.debug(e);