diff --git a/src/Controller/AuthorController.php b/src/Controller/AuthorController.php
index 11b91e9..4a2fb16 100644
--- a/src/Controller/AuthorController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/AuthorController.php
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class AuthorController extends AbstractController
         return $this->render('pages/author.html.twig', [
             'author' => $author,
             'npub' => $npub,
-            'articles' => $articles
+            'articles' => $articles,
+            'is_author_profile' => true,
         ]);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Service/CacheService.php b/src/Service/CacheService.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..346bd7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Service/CacheService.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Service;
+
+use Psr\Cache\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Symfony\Contracts\Cache\CacheInterface;
+use Symfony\Contracts\Cache\ItemInterface;
+
+readonly class CacheService
+{
+
+    public function __construct(
+        private NostrClient     $nostrClient,
+        private CacheInterface  $cache,
+        private LoggerInterface $logger
+    )
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $npub
+     * @return \stdClass
+     */
+    public function getMetadata(string $npub): \stdClass
+    {
+        $cacheKey = '0_' . $npub;
+        try {
+            return $this->cache->get($cacheKey, function (ItemInterface $item) use ($npub, $cacheKey) {
+                $item->expiresAfter(3600); // 1 hour, adjust as needed
+                try {
+                    $meta = $this->nostrClient->getNpubMetadata($npub);
+                    $this->logger->info('Metadata:', ['meta' => json_encode($meta)]);
+                    return json_decode($meta->content);
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                    $this->logger->error('Error getting user data.', ['exception' => $e]);
+                    throw new MetadataRetrievalException('Failed to retrieve metadata', 0, $e);
+                }
+            });
+        } catch (\Exception|InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+            $this->logger->error('Error getting user data.', ['exception' => $e]);
+            $content = new \stdClass();
+            $content->name = substr($npub, 0, 8) . '…' . substr($npub, -4);
+            return $content;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getRelays($npub)
+    {
+        $cacheKey = '3_' . $npub;
+        try {
+            return $this->cache->get($cacheKey, function (ItemInterface $item) use ($npub) {
+                $item->expiresAfter(3600); // 1 hour
+                try {
+                    return $this->nostrClient->getNpubRelays($npub);
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                    $this->logger->error('Error getting relays.', ['exception' => $e]);
+                    return [];
+                }
+            });
+        } catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+            $this->logger->error('Error getting relay data.', ['exception' => $e]);
+            return [];
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Service/MetadataRetrievalException.php b/src/Service/MetadataRetrievalException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcf0733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Service/MetadataRetrievalException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Service;
+
+class MetadataRetrievalException extends \Exception
+{
+    public function __construct(string $message = "Failed to retrieve metadata", int $code = 0, ?\Throwable $previous = null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Service/NostrClient.php b/src/Service/NostrClient.php
index 8a49521..88e3164 100644
--- a/src/Service/NostrClient.php
+++ b/src/Service/NostrClient.php
@@ -98,13 +98,19 @@ class NostrClient
         return $reputableAuthorRelays;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
     public function getNpubMetadata($npub): \stdClass
     {
+        $relaySet = $this->defaultRelaySet;
+        $relaySet->addRelay(new Relay('wss://profiles.nostr1.com')); // profile aggregator
         $this->logger->info('Getting metadata for npub', ['npub' => $npub]);
         // Npubs are converted to hex for the request down the line
         $request = $this->createNostrRequest(
             kinds: [KindsEnum::METADATA],
-            filters: ['authors' => [$npub]]
+            filters: ['authors' => [$npub]],
+            relaySet: $relaySet
         );
 
         $events = $this->processResponse($request->send(), function($received) {
@@ -115,11 +121,7 @@ class NostrClient
         $this->logger->info('Getting metadata for npub', ['response' => $events]);
 
         if (empty($events)) {
-            $meta = new \stdClass();
-            $content = new \stdClass();
-            $content->name = substr($npub, 0, 8) . '…' . substr($npub, -4);
-            $meta->content = json_encode($content);
-            return $meta;
+            throw new \Exception('No metadata found for npub: ' . $npub);
         }
 
         // Sort by date and return newest
diff --git a/templates/components/Molecules/Card.html.twig b/templates/components/Molecules/Card.html.twig
index 2f8306b..21f4008 100644
--- a/templates/components/Molecules/Card.html.twig
+++ b/templates/components/Molecules/Card.html.twig
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
             {% if category %}
                 <small>{{ category }}</small>
             {% else %}
-                <p>by <twig:Molecules:UserFromNpub ident="{{ article.pubkey }}" /></p>
+                {% if not is_author_profile %}
+                    <p>by <twig:Molecules:UserFromNpub ident="{{ article.pubkey }}" /></p>
+                {% endif %}
                 <small>{{ article.createdAt|date('F j Y') }}</small>
             {% endif %}
         </div>
diff --git a/templates/components/Organisms/CardList.html.twig b/templates/components/Organisms/CardList.html.twig
index c68c23f..65bb74a 100644
--- a/templates/components/Organisms/CardList.html.twig
+++ b/templates/components/Organisms/CardList.html.twig
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <div {{ attributes }}>
+    {% set is_author_profile = is_author_profile|default(false) %}
     {% for item in list %}
         {%  if item.slug is not empty and item.title is not empty %}
-            <twig:Molecules:Card :article="item"></twig:Molecules:Card>
+            <twig:Molecules:Card :article="item" :is_author_profile="is_author_profile"></twig:Molecules:Card>
         {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
 </div>