diff --git a/packages/ditto/app.ts b/packages/ditto/app.ts
index 931b3825..af0f9cfb 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/app.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/app.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ const pgstore = new DittoPgStore({
 });
 
 const pool = new DittoPool({ conf, relay: pgstore });
-const relay = new DittoRelayStore({ db, conf, relay: pgstore });
+const relay = new DittoRelayStore({ db, conf, pool, relay: pgstore });
 
 await seedZapSplits({ conf, relay });
 
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.test.ts b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.test.ts
index 9940ba05..689ddab4 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.test.ts
@@ -134,9 +134,29 @@ Deno.test('Admin revokes nip05 grant and nip05 column gets null', async () => {
   assertEquals(nullRow?.nip05_hostname, null);
 });
 
+Deno.test('fetchRelated', async () => {
+  await using test = setupTest();
+  const { pool, store } = test;
+
+  const post = genEvent({ kind: 1, content: 'hi' });
+  const reply = genEvent({ kind: 1, content: 'wussup?', tags: [['e', post.id], ['p', post.pubkey]] });
+
+  await pool.event(post);
+  await pool.event(reply);
+
+  await store.event(reply);
+
+  await waitFor(async () => {
+    const { count } = await test.store.count([{ ids: [post.id] }]);
+    return count > 0;
+  }, 3000);
+});
+
 function setupTest(cb?: (req: Request) => Response | Promise<Response>) {
   const conf = new DittoConf(Deno.env);
   const db = new DittoPolyPg(conf.databaseUrl);
+
+  const pool = new MockRelay();
   const relay = new MockRelay();
 
   const mockFetch: typeof fetch = async (input, init) => {
@@ -148,12 +168,13 @@ function setupTest(cb?: (req: Request) => Response | Promise<Response>) {
     }
   };
 
-  const store = new DittoRelayStore({ conf, db, relay, fetch: mockFetch });
+  const store = new DittoRelayStore({ conf, db, pool, relay, fetch: mockFetch });
 
   return {
     db,
-    store,
     conf,
+    pool,
+    store,
     [Symbol.asyncDispose]: async () => {
       await store[Symbol.asyncDispose]();
       await db[Symbol.asyncDispose]();
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts
index 2f5a1fb7..7ff0b07f 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import { renderWebPushNotification } from '@/views/mastodon/push.ts';
 interface DittoRelayStoreOpts {
   db: DittoDB;
   conf: DittoConf;
+  pool: NRelay;
   relay: NRelay;
   fetch?: typeof fetch;
 }
@@ -193,7 +194,12 @@ export class DittoRelayStore implements NRelay {
         this.prewarmLinkPreview(event, signal),
         this.generateSetEvents(event),
       ])
-        .then(() => this.webPush(event))
+        .then(() =>
+          Promise.allSettled([
+            this.webPush(event),
+            this.fetchRelated(event),
+          ])
+        )
         .catch(() => {});
     }
   }
@@ -375,6 +381,39 @@ export class DittoRelayStore implements NRelay {
     }
   }
 
+  private async fetchRelated(event: NostrEvent): Promise<void> {
+    const ids = new Set<string>();
+
+    for (const tag of event.tags) {
+      const [name, value] = tag;
+
+      if ((name === 'e' || name === 'q') && isNostrId(value) && !this.encounters.has(value)) {
+        ids.add(value);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const { db, pool } = this.opts;
+
+    if (ids.size) {
+      const query = db.kysely
+        .selectFrom('nostr_events')
+        .select('id')
+        .where('id', 'in', [...ids]);
+
+      for (const row of await query.execute().catch(() => [])) {
+        ids.delete(row.id);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (ids.size) {
+      const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(1000);
+
+      for (const event of await pool.query([{ ids: [...ids] }], { signal }).catch(() => [])) {
+        await this.event(event).catch(() => {});
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private async prewarmLinkPreview(event: NostrEvent, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
     const { firstUrl } = parseNoteContent(stripimeta(event.content, event.tags), [], this.opts);
 
diff --git a/scripts/db-populate-nip05.ts b/scripts/db-populate-nip05.ts
index 49866579..f282b674 100644
--- a/scripts/db-populate-nip05.ts
+++ b/scripts/db-populate-nip05.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Semaphore } from '@core/asyncutil';
 import { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { MockRelay } from '@nostrify/nostrify/test';
 
 import { DittoConf } from '@ditto/conf';
 import { DittoPolyPg } from '@ditto/db';
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ const conf = new DittoConf(Deno.env);
 const db = new DittoPolyPg(conf.databaseUrl);
 
 const pgstore = new DittoPgStore({ db, conf });
-const relaystore = new DittoRelayStore({ conf, db, relay: pgstore });
+const relaystore = new DittoRelayStore({ conf, db, pool: new MockRelay(), relay: pgstore });
 
 const sem = new Semaphore(5);