diff --git a/src/Controller/AuthorController.php b/src/Controller/AuthorController.php
index c5b49ed..7c1b597 100644
--- a/src/Controller/AuthorController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/AuthorController.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class AuthorController extends AbstractController
         $author = $redisCacheService->getMetadata($keyUtil->npubToHex($npub));
 
         // Use paginated cached media events - fetches 200 from relays, serves first 24
-        $paginatedData = $redisCacheService->getMediaEventsPaginated($npub, 1, 24);
+        $paginatedData = $redisCacheService->getMediaEventsPaginated($keyUtil->npubToHex($npub), 1, 24);
         $mediaEvents = $paginatedData['events'];
 
         // Encode event IDs as note1... for each event
diff --git a/src/Service/NostrClient.php b/src/Service/NostrClient.php
index 515560d..615683a 100644
--- a/src/Service/NostrClient.php
+++ b/src/Service/NostrClient.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class NostrClient
         'wss://relay.primal.net',
         'wss://nos.lol',
         'wss://relay.snort.social',
-        'wss://nostr.land',
+        // 'wss://nostr.land', // requires auth that doesn't currently work!
         'wss://purplepag.es',
     ];
 
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class NostrClient
     {
         $this->defaultRelaySet = new RelaySet();
         $this->defaultRelaySet->addRelay(new Relay('wss://theforest.nostr1.com')); // public aggregator relay
-        $this->defaultRelaySet->addRelay(new Relay('wss://nostr.land')); // public aggregator relay
+        $this->defaultRelaySet->addRelay(new Relay('wss://relay.damus.io')); // public aggregator relay
+        $this->defaultRelaySet->addRelay(new Relay('wss://relay.primal.net')); // public aggregator relay
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Service/RedisCacheService.php b/src/Service/RedisCacheService.php
index 6717051..17efd07 100644
--- a/src/Service/RedisCacheService.php
+++ b/src/Service/RedisCacheService.php
@@ -328,25 +328,25 @@ readonly class RedisCacheService
     /**
      * Get all media events for pagination (fetches large batch, caches, returns paginated)
      *
-     * @param string $npub The author's npub
+     * @param string $pubkey The author's pubkey
      * @param int $page Page number (1-based)
      * @param int $pageSize Number of items per page
      * @return array ['events' => array, 'hasMore' => bool, 'total' => int]
      */
-    public function getMediaEventsPaginated(string $npub, int $page = 1, int $pageSize = 60): array
+    public function getMediaEventsPaginated(string $pubkey, int $page = 1, int $pageSize = 60): array
     {
         // Cache key for all media events (not page-specific)
-        $cacheKey = 'media_all_' . $npub;
+        $cacheKey = 'media_all_' . $pubkey;
 
         try {
             // Fetch and cache all media events
-            $allMediaEvents = $this->redisCache->get($cacheKey, function (ItemInterface $item) use ($npub) {
+            $allMediaEvents = $this->redisCache->get($cacheKey, function (ItemInterface $item) use ($pubkey) {
                 $item->expiresAfter(600); // 10 minutes cache
 
                 try {
                     // Fetch a large batch to account for deduplication
                     // Nostr relays are unstable, so we fetch more than we need
-                    $mediaEvents = $this->nostrClient->getAllMediaEventsForPubkey($npub, 200);
+                    $mediaEvents = $this->nostrClient->getAllMediaEventsForPubkey($pubkey, 200);
 
                     // Deduplicate by event ID
                     $uniqueEvents = [];
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ readonly class RedisCacheService
 
                     return $mediaEvents;
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    $this->logger->error('Error getting media events.', ['exception' => $e, 'npub' => $npub]);
+                    $this->logger->error('Error getting media events.', ['exception' => $e, 'pubkey' => $pubkey]);
                     return [];
                 }
             });