diff --git a/app/lib/express.js b/app/lib/express.js
index 0db54b7..0bf6243 100644
--- a/app/lib/express.js
+++ b/app/lib/express.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Client(ssbSecret, ssbConfig, async (err, server) => {
   context.profile = await queries.getProfile(server, whoami.id);
 
   ssbServer = server;
+  console.log("SSB Client ready");
 });
 
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ app.use((_req, res, next) => {
 
     return imageHash && `/blob/${encodeURIComponent(imageHash)}`;
   };
+  res.locals.profileImageUrl = (profile) => {
+    if (profile.image) {
+      return res.locals.imageUrl(profile.image);
+    }
+    return "/images/no-avatar.png";
+  };
   res.locals.context = context;
   next();
 });
@@ -73,11 +80,10 @@ router.get("/profile/:id", async (req, res) => {
     return res.redirect("/");
   }
 
-  const profile = await queries.getProfile(ssbServer, id);
-
-  const [posts, friends] = await Promise.all([
-    queries.getPosts(ssbServer, profile),
-    queries.getFriends(ssbServer, profile),
+  const [profile, posts, friends] = await Promise.all([
+    queries.getProfile(ssbServer, id),
+    queries.getPosts(ssbServer, { id }),
+    queries.getFriends(ssbServer, { id }),
   ]);
 
   res.render("profile", { profile, posts, friends });
@@ -139,10 +145,12 @@ router.post("/about", async (req, res) => {
   res.redirect("/");
 });
 
-router.get("/debug", async (_req, res) => {
-  const entries = await queries.getAllEntries(ssbServer);
+router.get("/debug", async (req, res) => {
+  const query = req.query || {};
 
-  res.render("debug", { entries });
+  const entries = await queries.getAllEntries(ssbServer, query);
+
+  res.render("debug", { entries, query });
 });
 
 router.get("/search", async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/app/lib/queries.js b/app/lib/queries.js
index 54cce9f..9a4c721 100644
--- a/app/lib/queries.js
+++ b/app/lib/queries.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const { promisify } = require("./utils");
 const pull = require("pull-stream");
 const cat = require("pull-cat");
+const debug = require("debug")("queries");
+const paramap = require("pull-paramap");
 
 const latestOwnerValue = (ssbServer) => ({ key, dest }, cb) => {
   let value = null;
@@ -43,57 +45,24 @@ const latestOwnerValue = (ssbServer) => ({ key, dest }, cb) => {
 };
 
 const mapProfiles = (ssbServer) => (data, callback) => {
-  let promises = [];
+  const authorPromise = getProfile(ssbServer, data.value.author);
+  const contactPromise =
+    data.value.content.type == "contact" &&
+    getProfile(ssbServer, data.value.content.contact);
 
-  promises.push(
-    promisify(latestOwnerValue(ssbServer), {
-      key: "name",
-      dest: data.value.author,
-    })
-  );
-  promises.push(
-    promisify(latestOwnerValue(ssbServer), {
-      key: "image",
-      dest: data.value.author,
-    })
-  );
-
-  if (data.value.content.type == "contact") {
-    promises.push(
-      promisify(latestOwnerValue(ssbServer), {
-        key: "name",
-        dest: data.value.content.contact,
-      })
-    );
-    promises.push(
-      promisify(latestOwnerValue(ssbServer), {
-        key: "image",
-        dest: data.value.content.contact,
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  return Promise.all(promises)
-    .then(([authorName, authorImage, contactName, contactImage]) => {
-      data.value.authorProfile = {
-        id: data.value.author,
-        name: authorName,
-        image: authorImage,
-      };
-      if (contactName) {
-        data.value.content.contactProfile = {
-          id: data.value.content.contact,
-          name: contactName,
-          image: contactImage,
-        };
+  return Promise.all([authorPromise, contactPromise])
+    .then(([author, contact]) => {
+      data.value.authorProfile = author;
+      if (contact) {
+        data.value.content.contactProfile = contact;
       }
-
       callback(null, data);
     })
     .catch((err) => callback(err, null));
 };
 
 const getPosts = (ssbServer, profile) =>
+  debug("Fetching posts") ||
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     pull(
       // @ts-ignore
@@ -130,8 +99,9 @@ const getPosts = (ssbServer, profile) =>
           limit: 100,
         }),
       ]),
-      pull.asyncMap(mapProfiles(ssbServer)),
+      paramap(mapProfiles(ssbServer)),
       pull.collect((err, msgs) => {
+        debug("Done fetching posts");
         const entries = msgs.map((x) => x.value);
 
         if (err) return reject(err);
@@ -141,6 +111,7 @@ const getPosts = (ssbServer, profile) =>
   });
 
 const searchPeople = (ssbServer, search) =>
+  debug("Searching people") ||
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     pull(
       ssbServer.query.read({
@@ -166,6 +137,7 @@ const searchPeople = (ssbServer, search) =>
         );
       }),
       pull.collect((err, msgs) => {
+        debug("Done searching people");
         const entries = msgs.map((x) => x.value);
 
         if (err) return reject(err);
@@ -175,6 +147,7 @@ const searchPeople = (ssbServer, search) =>
   });
 
 const getFriends = (ssbServer, profile) =>
+  debug("Fetching friends") ||
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     pull(
       ssbServer.query.read({
@@ -191,10 +164,11 @@ const getFriends = (ssbServer, profile) =>
             },
           },
         ],
-        limit: 500,
+        limit: 20,
       }),
-      pull.asyncMap(mapProfiles(ssbServer)),
+      paramap(mapProfiles(ssbServer)),
       pull.collect((err, msgs) => {
+        debug("Done fetching friends");
         const entries = msgs.map((x) => x.value);
 
         if (err) return reject(err);
@@ -203,14 +177,25 @@ const getFriends = (ssbServer, profile) =>
     );
   });
 
-const getAllEntries = (ssbServer) =>
+const getAllEntries = (ssbServer, query) =>
+  debug("Fetching All Entries") ||
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let queries = [];
+    if (query.author) {
+      queries.push({ $filter: { value: { author: query.author } } });
+    }
+    if (query.type) {
+      queries.push({ $filter: { value: { content: { type: query.type } } } });
+    }
+
     pull(
       ssbServer.query.read({
         reverse: true,
         limit: 500,
+        query: queries,
       }),
       pull.collect((err, msgs) => {
+        debug("Done fetching all entries");
         const entries = msgs.map((x) => x.value);
 
         if (err) return reject(err);
@@ -219,15 +204,32 @@ const getAllEntries = (ssbServer) =>
     );
   });
 
+let profileCache = {};
 const getProfile = async (ssbServer, id) => {
-  let [name, image] = await Promise.all([
-    promisify(latestOwnerValue(ssbServer), { key: "name", dest: id }),
-    promisify(latestOwnerValue(ssbServer), { key: "image", dest: id }),
-  ]);
+  if (profileCache[id]) return profileCache[id];
 
-  return { id, name, image };
+  let getKey = (key) =>
+    promisify(latestOwnerValue(ssbServer), { key, dest: id });
+
+  let [name, image, description] = await Promise.all([
+    getKey("name"),
+    getKey("image"),
+    getKey("description"),
+  ]).catch((err) => {
+    console.error("Could not retrieve profile for", id, err);
+  });
+
+  let profile = { id, name, image, description };
+  profileCache[id] = profile;
+
+  return profile;
 };
 
+setInterval(() => {
+  debug("Clearing profile cache");
+  profileCache = {};
+}, 5 * 60 * 1000);
+
 module.exports = {
   mapProfiles,
   getPosts,
diff --git a/app/lib/serve-blobs.js b/app/lib/serve-blobs.js
index 16c97cb..9f63e7d 100644
--- a/app/lib/serve-blobs.js
+++ b/app/lib/serve-blobs.js
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ const toPull = require("stream-to-pull-stream");
 const ident = require("pull-identify-filetype");
 const mime = require("mime-types");
 const URL = require("url");
+const debug = require("debug")("server-blobs");
 
 const serveBlobs = (sbot) => {
   return (req, res) => {
     const parsed = URL.parse(req.url, true);
     const hash = decodeURIComponent(parsed.pathname.replace("/blob/", ""));
+    debug("fetching", hash);
 
     waitFor(hash, function (_, has) {
       if (!has) return respond(res, 404, "File not found");
@@ -22,17 +24,32 @@ const serveBlobs = (sbot) => {
 
       // serve
       res.setHeader("Content-Security-Policy", BlobCSP());
+
       respondSource(res, sbot.blobs.get(hash), false);
     });
   };
 
   function waitFor(hash, cb) {
+    let finished = false;
+    let wrappedCb = (err, result) => {
+      if (finished) return;
+      finished = true;
+      cb(err, result);
+    };
+
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      debug("timeout for", hash);
+      wrappedCb(null, false);
+    }, 1000);
+
     sbot.blobs.has(hash, function (err, has) {
-      if (err) return cb(err);
+      if (err) return wrappedCb(err);
+      debug("has is ", has, "for", hash);
       if (has) {
-        cb(null, has);
+        wrappedCb(null, has);
       } else {
-        sbot.blobs.want(hash, cb);
+        debug("calling want for", hash);
+        sbot.blobs.want(hash, wrappedCb);
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/app/lib/utils.js b/app/lib/utils.js
index 1a4e644..8914cc4 100644
--- a/app/lib/utils.js
+++ b/app/lib/utils.js
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ module.exports.promisify = (method, options = null) => {
 };
 
 module.exports.asyncRouter = (app) => {
-  let wrapper = (fn) => async (req, res, next) => {
+  const debug = require("debug")("router");
+
+  let wrapper = (debugMsg, fn) => async (req, res, next) => {
     try {
+      debug(debugMsg);
       await fn(req, res);
     } catch (e) {
       next(e);
@@ -22,10 +25,11 @@ module.exports.asyncRouter = (app) => {
   };
   return {
     get: (path, fn) => {
-      app.get(path, wrapper(fn));
+      app.get(path, wrapper(`GET ${path}`, fn));
     },
     post: (path, fn) => {
-      app.post(path, wrapper(fn));
+      debug(`POST ${path}`);
+      app.post(path, wrapper(`POST ${path}`, fn));
     },
   };
 };
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 726bd95..9706b3f 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "electron .",
-    "start:user-2": "SSB_PORT=8009 EXPRESS_PORT=3001 CONFIG_FOLDER=social-user2 electron .",
-    "start:user-3": "SSB_PORT=8010 EXPRESS_PORT=3002 CONFIG_FOLDER=social-user3 electron .",
+    "start": "SSB_PORT=8009 EXPRESS_PORT=3000 electron .",
+    "start:user-2": "SSB_PORT=8010 EXPRESS_PORT=3001 CONFIG_FOLDER=social-user2 electron .",
+    "start:user-3": "SSB_PORT=8011 EXPRESS_PORT=3002 CONFIG_FOLDER=social-user3 electron .",
     "clear": "rm -rf ~/.social; rm -rf ~/.social-user2; rm -rf ~/.social-user3"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "chokidar": "^3.3.1",
+    "debug": "^4.1.1",
     "ejs": "^3.0.2",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "pull-stream": "^3.6.14",
diff --git a/app/public/images/no-avatar.png b/app/public/images/no-avatar.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2abcc8e
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/public/images/no-avatar.png differ
diff --git a/app/public/style.css b/app/public/style.css
index 5079591..371f3fa 100644
--- a/app/public/style.css
+++ b/app/public/style.css
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ body {
   font-family: sans-serif;
   margin: 0;
   line-height: 1.3em;
+  word-wrap: break-word;
 }
 header {
   padding: 0 30px;
@@ -55,15 +56,18 @@ main {
 
 .columns {
   display: flex;
+  align-content: stretch;
 }
 
 h1 {
   text-transform: uppercase;
   font-weight: bold;
+  line-height: 1.3em;
 }
 
 .wall {
   padding: 20px;
+  flex-grow: 1;
 }
 
 .post {
@@ -90,3 +94,11 @@ h1 {
   font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;
   font-size: 18px;
 }
+
+.about {
+  max-width: 300px;
+}
+
+.profile-pic {
+  width: 300px;
+}
diff --git a/app/views/debug.ejs b/app/views/debug.ejs
index 051c38e..86ca861 100644
--- a/app/views/debug.ejs
+++ b/app/views/debug.ejs
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 <%- include('_header') %>
 
+<p>
+  <form action="/debug" method="GET">
+    Author: <input type="text" name="author" value="<%= query.author %>">
+    Type: <input type="text" name="type" value="<%= query.type %>">
+    <input type="submit" value="Filter">
+  </form>
+</p>
+
 <% entries.map(entry => { %>
   <code style="width: 80%; word-wrap: break-word;"><%= JSON.stringify(entry) %></code>
   <hr />
diff --git a/app/views/profile.ejs b/app/views/profile.ejs
index 9b8e05a..c8f694a 100644
--- a/app/views/profile.ejs
+++ b/app/views/profile.ejs
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 <div class="columns">
   <div class="about">
-    <% if (profile.image) { %>
-      <img src="<%= imageUrl(profile.image) %>" />
-    <% } %>
-    <h1><%= profile.name %>'s Profile</h1>
+    <img class="profile-pic" src="<%= profileImageUrl(profile) %>" />
+    <h1><%= profile.name %></h1>
+
+    <%= profile.description %>
 
     <h2>Friends</h2>
 
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 
     <% posts.map(entry => { %>
       <div class="post">
-        <img src="<%= imageUrl(entry.authorProfile.image) %>" class="post-profile-pic" />
+        <div>
+          <img src="<%= profileImageUrl(entry.authorProfile) %>" class="post-profile-pic" />
+        </div>
         <div class="post-content">
           <div class="content-header">
             <%= entry.authorProfile.name %>