diff --git a/src/lib/stores/visualizationConfig.ts b/src/lib/stores/visualizationConfig.ts
index 9928797..1a49b1f 100644
--- a/src/lib/stores/visualizationConfig.ts
+++ b/src/lib/stores/visualizationConfig.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export interface VisualizationConfig {
 
 // Default configurations for common event kinds
 const DEFAULT_EVENT_CONFIGS: EventKindConfig[] = [
-  { kind: 0, limit: 50 }, // Metadata events (profiles) - controls how many profiles to fetch
-  { kind: 3, limit: 1, depth: 0 }, // Follow lists - limit 1 = just user's, higher = user's + from follows
+  { kind: 0, limit: 50 }, // Metadata events (profiles) - controls how many profiles to display
+  { kind: 3, limit: 0, depth: 0 }, // Follow lists - limit 0 = don't fetch, >0 = fetch follow lists
   { kind: 30040, limit: 20, nestedLevels: 1 },
   { kind: 30041, limit: 20 },
   { kind: 30818, limit: 20 },
diff --git a/src/routes/visualize/+page.svelte b/src/routes/visualize/+page.svelte
index 62885d0..7ee9e7f 100644
--- a/src/routes/visualize/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/visualize/+page.svelte
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@
     const allFollowEvents: NDKEvent[] = [];
     const processedPubkeys = new Set<string>();
     
-    debug(`Fetching kind 3 follow lists with depth ${depth}, addFollowLists: ${config.addFollowLists}`);
+    debug(`Fetching kind 3 follow lists with limit ${config.limit}, depth ${depth}`);
+    
+    // If limit is 0, don't fetch any follow lists
+    if (config.limit === 0) {
+      debug("Follow list limit is 0, skipping fetch");
+      return [];
+    }
     
     // Get the current user's pubkey
     const currentUserPubkey = get(activePubkey);