diff --git a/src/lib/components/EventDetails.svelte b/src/lib/components/EventDetails.svelte
index cdbe669..2979b0d 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/EventDetails.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/EventDetails.svelte
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ import type { UserProfile } from "$lib/models/user_profile";
         parsedContent = event.content;
       } else {
         // For all other events (including quote reposts), parse the content using basic markup parser
-        parseBasicmarkup(event.content).then((processed) => {
+        parseBasicmarkup(event.content, getNdkContext()).then((processed) => {
           parsedContent = processed;
         }).catch((error) => {
           console.error("Error parsing content:", error);
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Notifications.svelte b/src/lib/components/Notifications.svelte
index d627de9..3466450 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Notifications.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Notifications.svelte
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@
                                     <div class="text-xs text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 mb-1">
                                       Comment:
                                     </div>
-                                    {#await parseBasicmarkup(message.content) then parsed}
+                                    {#await parseBasicmarkup(message.content, ndk) then parsed}
                                       {@html parsed}
                                     {/await}
                                   </div>
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@
                               </div>
                             {:else}
                               <!-- Regular content -->
-                              {#await parseBasicmarkup(message.content || "No content") then parsed}
+                              {#await parseBasicmarkup(message.content || "No content", ndk) then parsed}
                                 {@html parsed}
                               {/await}
                             {/if}
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@
                                     <div class="text-xs text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 mb-1">
                                       Comment:
                                     </div>
-                                    {#await parseBasicmarkup(notification.content) then parsed}
+                                    {#await parseBasicmarkup(notification.content, ndk) then parsed}
                                       {@html parsed}
                                     {/await}
                                   </div>
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@
                               </div>
                             {:else}
                               <!-- Regular content -->
-                              {#await parseBasicmarkup(notification.content || "No content") then parsed}
+                              {#await parseBasicmarkup(notification.content || "No content", ndk) then parsed}
                                 {@html parsed}
                               {/await}
                             {/if}
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@
           <div class="text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mb-1">Replying to:</div>
           <div class="text-sm text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200">
             <div class="text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">
-              {#await parseBasicmarkup(replyToMessage.content || "No content") then parsed}
+              {#await parseBasicmarkup(replyToMessage.content || "No content", ndk) then parsed}
                 {@html parsed}
               {/await}
             </div>
diff --git a/src/lib/snippets/UserSnippets.svelte b/src/lib/snippets/UserSnippets.svelte
index 54c9cf0..497a650 100644
--- a/src/lib/snippets/UserSnippets.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/snippets/UserSnippets.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     getUserMetadata,
   } from "$lib/utils/nostrUtils";
   import type { UserProfile } from "$lib/models/user_profile";
+  import { getNdkContext } from "$lib/ndk";
 
   export { userBadge };
 </script>
@@ -14,8 +15,9 @@
   {@const npub = toNpub(identifier)}
   {#if npub}
     {#if !displayText || displayText.trim().toLowerCase() === "unknown"}
-      {#await getUserMetadata(npub, undefined, false) then profile}
+      {#await getUserMetadata(npub, getNdkContext(), false) then profile}
         {@const p = profile as UserProfile}
+        {@const debugInfo = console.log("Profile data for", npub, ":", p)}
         <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-0.5">
           <button
             class="npub-badge bg-transparent border-none p-0 underline cursor-pointer"
@@ -27,7 +29,8 @@
               npub.slice(0, 8) + "..." + npub.slice(-4)}
           </button>
         </span>
-      {:catch}
+      {:catch error}
+        {@const debugError = console.error("Error fetching profile for", npub, ":", error)}
         <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-0.5">
           <button
             class="npub-badge bg-transparent border-none p-0 underline cursor-pointer"
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@
         </span>
       {/await}
     {:else}
-      {#await createProfileLinkWithVerification(npub as string, displayText, undefined)}
+      {#await createProfileLinkWithVerification(npub as string, displayText, getNdkContext())}
         <span class="inline-flex items-center gap-0.5">
           <button
             class="npub-badge bg-transparent border-none p-0 underline cursor-pointer"
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/markup/basicMarkupParser.ts b/src/lib/utils/markup/basicMarkupParser.ts
index a7ba2bd..4b90151 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/markup/basicMarkupParser.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/markup/basicMarkupParser.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { nip19 } from "nostr-tools";
+import NDK from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";
 import {
   processBasicTextFormatting,
   processBlockquotes,
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ function processBasicFormatting(content: string): string {
   return processedText;
 }
 
-export async function parseBasicmarkup(text: string): Promise<string> {
+export async function parseBasicmarkup(text: string, ndk?: NDK): Promise<string> {
   if (!text) return "";
 
   try {
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ export async function parseBasicmarkup(text: string): Promise<string> {
       .join("\n");
 
     // Process Nostr identifiers last
-    processedText = await processNostrIdentifiersInText(processedText);
+    processedText = await processNostrIdentifiersInText(processedText, ndk);
 
     // Replace wikilinks
     processedText = processWikilinks(processedText);