diff --git a/damus/Models/FollowingModel.swift b/damus/Models/FollowingModel.swift
index 900a2867..4638dd26 100644
--- a/damus/Models/FollowingModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/FollowingModel.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class FollowingModel {
         var f = NostrFilter.filter_kinds([NostrKind.metadata.rawValue])
         f.authors = self.contacts.reduce(into: Array<String>()) { acc, pk in
             // don't fetch profiles we already have
-            if damus_state.profiles.lookup(id: pk) != nil {
+            if damus_state.profiles.has_fresh_profile(id: pk) {
                 return
             }
             acc.append(pk)
diff --git a/damus/Models/SearchHomeModel.swift b/damus/Models/SearchHomeModel.swift
index 3b8c4642..0d6af0cf 100644
--- a/damus/Models/SearchHomeModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/SearchHomeModel.swift
@@ -100,17 +100,7 @@ func find_profiles_to_fetch(profiles: Profiles, load: PubkeysToLoad, cache: Even
 }
 
 func find_profiles_to_fetch_from_keys(profiles: Profiles, pks: [String]) -> [String] {
-    var pubkeys = Set<String>()
-    
-    for pk in pks {
-        if profiles.lookup(id: pk) != nil {
-            continue
-        }
-        
-        pubkeys.insert(pk)
-    }
-    
-    return Array(pubkeys)
+    Array(Set(pks.filter { pk in !profiles.has_fresh_profile(id: pk) }))
 }
 
 func find_profiles_to_fetch_from_events(profiles: Profiles, events: [NostrEvent], cache: EventCache) -> [String] {
@@ -118,11 +108,11 @@ func find_profiles_to_fetch_from_events(profiles: Profiles, events: [NostrEvent]
     
     for ev in events {
         // lookup profiles from boosted events
-        if ev.known_kind == .boost, let bev = ev.get_inner_event(cache: cache), profiles.lookup(id: bev.pubkey) == nil {
+        if ev.known_kind == .boost, let bev = ev.get_inner_event(cache: cache), !profiles.has_fresh_profile(id: bev.pubkey) {
             pubkeys.insert(bev.pubkey)
         }
         
-        if profiles.lookup(id: ev.pubkey) == nil {
+        if !profiles.has_fresh_profile(id: ev.pubkey) {
             pubkeys.insert(ev.pubkey)
         }
     }