diff --git a/web/js/contacts.js b/web/js/contacts.js
index 3048f08..91e3c81 100644
--- a/web/js/contacts.js
+++ b/web/js/contacts.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async function contacts_save(contacts) {
 			window.alert("An error occured saving contacts. Check console.");
 			reject(ev);
 		};
-	};
+	}
 	return dbcall(_contacts_save);
 }
 
@@ -76,10 +76,13 @@ async function contacts_load(model) {
 
 async function dbcall(fn) {
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		var open = indexedDB.open("damus", 2);
+		var open = indexedDB.open("damus", 4);
 		open.onupgradeneeded = (ev) => {
 			const db = ev.target.result;
-			const os = db.createObjectStore("friends", {keyPath: "pubkey"});
+			if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains("friends"))
+				db.createObjectStore("friends", {keyPath: "pubkey"});
+			if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains("events"))
+				db.createObjectStore("events", {keyPath: "id"});
 		};
 		open.onsuccess = (ev) => {
 			fn(ev, resolve, reject); 
diff --git a/web/js/damus.js b/web/js/damus.js
index 56544f4..3f8bc04 100644
--- a/web/js/damus.js
+++ b/web/js/damus.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 let DAMUS
 
 const BOOTSTRAP_RELAYS = [
-	"wss://nostr.rdfriedl.com",
 	"wss://relay.damus.io",
 	"wss://nostr-relay.wlvs.space",
 	"wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net"
@@ -50,6 +49,8 @@ async function damus_web_init_ready() {
 		unknowns:      "unknowns",
 		dms:           "dms",
 	}
+	model.ids = ids
+	model.pool = pool
 
 	let err;
 	err = await contacts_load(model);
@@ -57,10 +58,9 @@ async function damus_web_init_ready() {
 		window.alert("Unable to load contacts.");
 	}
 
-	model.ids = ids
-	model.pool = pool
-	model.view_el = document.querySelector("#view")
-	//load_cache(model)
+	await model_load_events(model, (ev)=> {
+		model_process_event(model, ev);
+	});
 
 	view_timeline_apply_mode(model, VM_FRIENDS);
 	document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ function on_pool_notice(relay, notice) {
 // on_pool_eose occurs when all storage from a relay has been sent to the 
 // client for a labeled (sub_id) REQ.
 async function on_pool_eose(relay, sub_id) {
+	log_info(`EOSE(${relay.url}): ${sub_id}`);
 	const model = DAMUS;
 	const { ids, pool } = model;
 	switch (sub_id) {
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ async function on_pool_eose(relay, sub_id) {
 			// TODO filter out events to friends of friends
 			on_eose_comments(ids, model, events, relay)
 			pool.unsubscribe(ids.home, relay);
+			if (!model.inited) {
+				model.inited = true;
+			}
 			break;
 		case ids.profiles:
 			model.pool.unsubscribe(ids.profiles, relay);
@@ -137,18 +141,12 @@ function on_pool_ok(relay) {
 
 function on_pool_event(relay, sub_id, ev) {
 	const model = DAMUS;
-	const { ids, pool } = model;
 
+	// Simply ignore any events that happened in the future.
 	if (new Date(ev.created_at * 1000) > new Date()) {
-		// Simply ignore any events that happened in the future.
 		return;	
 	}
-
-	// Process event and apply side effects
-	if (!model.all_events[ev.id]) {
-		model.all_events[ev.id] = ev;
-		model_process_event(model, ev);
-	}
+	model_process_event(model, ev);
 }
 
 function on_eose_profiles(ids, model, relay) {
diff --git a/web/js/event.js b/web/js/event.js
index d86b6a1..e775aa5 100644
--- a/web/js/event.js
+++ b/web/js/event.js
@@ -121,3 +121,51 @@ function event_parse_reaction(ev) {
 	}
 }
 
+async function model_save_events(model) {
+	function _events_save(ev, resolve, reject) {
+		const db = ev.target.result;
+		let tx = db.transaction("events", "readwrite");
+		let store = tx.objectStore("events");
+		for (const evid in model.all_events) {
+			store.put(model.all_events[evid]);
+		}
+		tx.oncomplete = (ev) => {
+			db.close();
+			resolve();
+			log_debug("saved events!");
+		};
+		tx.onerror = (ev) => {
+			db.close();
+			log_error("failed to save events");
+			reject(ev);
+		};
+	}
+	return dbcall(_events_save);
+}
+
+async function model_load_events(model, fn) {
+	function _events_load(ev, resolve, reject) {
+		const db = ev.target.result;
+		const tx = db.transaction("events", "readonly");
+		const store = tx.objectStore("events");
+		const cursor = store.openCursor();
+		cursor.onsuccess = (ev) => {
+			var cursor = ev.target.result;
+			if (cursor) {
+				fn(cursor.value);
+				cursor.continue();
+			} else {
+				db.close();
+				resolve();
+				log_debug("Successfully loaded events");
+			}
+		}
+		cursor.onerror = (ev) => {
+			db.close();
+			reject(ev);
+			log_error("Could not load events.");
+		};
+	}
+	return dbcall(_events_load);
+}
+
diff --git a/web/js/model.js b/web/js/model.js
index 9c92a28..51e85d7 100644
--- a/web/js/model.js
+++ b/web/js/model.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  * and fetching of unknown pubkey profiles.
  */
 function model_process_event(model, ev) {
+	if (model.all_events[ev.id]) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	model.all_events[ev.id] = ev;
 	ev.refs = event_get_tag_refs(ev.tags);
 	ev.pow = event_calculate_pow(ev);
 
diff --git a/web/js/ui/state.js b/web/js/ui/state.js
index b26be60..2bd1151 100644
--- a/web/js/ui/state.js
+++ b/web/js/ui/state.js
@@ -96,16 +96,11 @@ function view_timeline_update(model) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		const html = render_event(model, ev, {});
 		// Put it back on the stack to re-render if it's not ready.
-		if (html == "") {
+		if (!view_render_event(model, ev)) {
 			left_overs.push(evid);
 			continue;
 		}
-		const div = document.createElement("div");
-		div.innerHTML = html;
-		ev_el = div.firstChild;
-		model.elements[evid] = ev_el;
 
 		// If the new element is newer than the latest & is viewable then
 		// we want to increase the count of how many to add to view
@@ -116,18 +111,23 @@ function view_timeline_update(model) {
 	model.invalidated = model.invalidated.concat(left_overs);
 
 	if (count > 0) {
-		view_set_show_count(count, true);	
+		// If we have things to show and we have initted and we don't have
+		// anything update the current view
+		if (!latest_ev && model.inited) {
+			view_timeline_show_new(model);	
+		}
+		view_set_show_count(count, true, !model.inited);	
 	}
 }
 
-function view_set_show_count(count, add) {
+function view_set_show_count(count, add=false, hide=false) {
 	const show_el = find_node("#show-new")
 	const num_el = find_node("#show-new span", show_el);
 	if (add) {
 		count += parseInt(num_el.innerText || 0)
 	}
 	num_el.innerText = count;
-	show_el.classList.toggle("hide", count <= 0);
+	show_el.classList.toggle("hide", hide || count <= 0);
 }
 
 function view_timeline_show_new(model) {
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ function view_timeline_show_new(model) {
 	view_timeline_update_timestamps();
 }
 
+function view_render_event(model, ev, force=false) {
+	if (model.elements[ev.id] && !force)
+		return model.elements[ev.id];
+	const html = render_event(model, ev, {});
+	if (html == "") {
+		return;
+	}
+	const div = document.createElement("div");
+	div.innerHTML = html;
+	const el = div.firstChild;
+	model.elements[ev.id] = el;
+	return el;
+}
+
 function view_timeline_update_profiles(model, ev) {
 	let xs, html;
 	const el = view_get_timeline_el();