diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 68e28fd..2896b96 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { insertUser } from '@/db/users.ts';
-import { type Filter, findReplyTag, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { findReplyTag, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { type DittoFilter } from '@/filter.ts';
 import * as mixer from '@/mixer.ts';
 import { getAuthor, getFollowedPubkeys, getFollows } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema, fileSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ const accountStatusesController: AppController = async (c) => {
     return c.json([]);
   }
 
-  const filter: Filter<1> = { authors: [pubkey], kinds: [1], since, until, limit };
+  const filter: DittoFilter<1> = { authors: [pubkey], kinds: [1], relations: ['author'], since, until, limit };
   if (tagged) {
     filter['#t'] = [tagged];
   }
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ const favouritesController: AppController = async (c) => {
     .map((event) => event.tags.find((tag) => tag[0] === 'e')?.[1])
     .filter((id): id is string => !!id);
 
-  const events1 = await mixer.getFilters([{ kinds: [1], ids }], { timeout: Time.seconds(1) });
+  const events1 = await mixer.getFilters([{ kinds: [1], ids, relations: ['author'] }], { timeout: Time.seconds(1) });
 
   const statuses = await Promise.all(events1.map((event) => renderStatus(event, c.get('pubkey'))));
   return paginated(c, events1, statuses);
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/search.ts b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
index 15417c8..b0f71ce 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/search.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import * as eventsDB from '@/db/events.ts';
-import { type Event, type Filter, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { type Event, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { type DittoFilter } from '@/filter.ts';
 import * as mixer from '@/mixer.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { nostrIdSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
@@ -65,9 +66,10 @@ const searchController: AppController = async (c) => {
 function searchEvents({ q, type, limit, account_id }: SearchQuery): Promise<Event[]> {
   if (type === 'hashtags') return Promise.resolve([]);
 
-  const filter: Filter = {
+  const filter: DittoFilter = {
     kinds: typeToKinds(type),
     search: q,
+    relations: ['author'],
     limit,
   };
 
@@ -98,8 +100,8 @@ async function lookupEvent(query: SearchQuery): Promise<Event | undefined> {
 }
 
 /** Get filters to lookup the input value. */
-async function getLookupFilters({ q, type, resolve }: SearchQuery): Promise<Filter[]> {
-  const filters: Filter[] = [];
+async function getLookupFilters({ q, type, resolve }: SearchQuery): Promise<DittoFilter[]> {
+  const filters: DittoFilter[] = [];
 
   const accounts = !type || type === 'accounts';
   const statuses = !type || type === 'statuses';
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ async function getLookupFilters({ q, type, resolve }: SearchQuery): Promise<Filt
     }
   }
 
-  return filters;
+  return filters.map((filter) => ({ ...filter, relations: ['author'] }));
 }
 
 export { searchController };
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index 0f6be9c..114923d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { getUnattachedMediaByIds } from '@/db/unattached-media.ts';
 import { type Event, ISO6391, z } from '@/deps.ts';
-import { getAncestors, getDescendants, getEvent } from '@/queries.ts';
+import { getAncestors, getAuthor, getDescendants, getEvent } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { createEvent, paginationSchema, parseBody } from '@/utils/web.ts';
 import { renderEventAccounts } from '@/views.ts';
 import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const createStatusSchema = z.object({
 const statusController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const id = c.req.param('id');
 
-  const event = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1 });
+  const event = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author'] });
   if (event) {
     return c.json(await renderStatus(event, c.get('pubkey')));
   }
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ const createStatusController: AppController = async (c) => {
     tags,
   }, c);
 
-  return c.json(await renderStatus(event, c.get('pubkey')));
+  const author = await getAuthor(event.pubkey);
+  return c.json(await renderStatus({ ...event, author }, c.get('pubkey')));
 };
 
 const contextController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const id = c.req.param('id');
-  const event = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1 });
+  const event = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author'] });
 
   async function renderStatuses(events: Event<1>[]) {
     const statuses = await Promise.all(events.map((event) => renderStatus(event, c.get('pubkey'))));
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ const contextController: AppController = async (c) => {
 
 const favouriteController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const id = c.req.param('id');
-  const target = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1 });
+  const target = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author'] });
 
   if (target) {
     await createEvent({
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts b/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
index d7aa677..8cdd7d4 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { type DittoFilter } from '@/filter.ts';
-import { getFeedPubkeys } from '@/queries.ts';
+import { getAuthor, getFeedPubkeys } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { Sub } from '@/subs.ts';
 import { bech32ToPubkey } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ const streamingController: AppController = (c) => {
 
     if (filter) {
       for await (const event of Sub.sub(socket, '1', [filter])) {
-        const status = await renderStatus(event, pubkey);
+        const author = await getAuthor(event.pubkey);
+        const status = await renderStatus({ ...event, author }, pubkey);
         if (status) {
           send('update', status);
         }
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
index 712f741..d3ffcdc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ const hashtagTimelineController: AppController = (c) => {
 
 /** Render statuses for timelines. */
 async function renderStatuses(c: AppContext, filters: DittoFilter<1>[]) {
-  const events = await mixer.getFilters(filters, { timeout: Time.seconds(1) });
+  const events = await mixer.getFilters(
+    filters.map((filter) => ({ ...filter, relations: ['author'] })),
+    { timeout: Time.seconds(1) },
+  );
 
   if (!events.length) {
     return c.json([]);
diff --git a/src/db/events.ts b/src/db/events.ts
index f3ccc02..b8db69a 100644
--- a/src/db/events.ts
+++ b/src/db/events.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { db } from '@/db.ts';
-import { type Event } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { db, type DittoDB } from '@/db.ts';
+import { type Event, type SelectQueryBuilder } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { isParameterizedReplaceableKind } from '@/kinds.ts';
 import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { EventData } from '@/types.ts';
@@ -72,8 +72,25 @@ function insertEvent(event: Event, data: EventData): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
+type EventQuery = SelectQueryBuilder<DittoDB, 'events', {
+  id: string;
+  tags: string;
+  kind: number;
+  pubkey: string;
+  content: string;
+  created_at: number;
+  sig: string;
+  author_id?: string;
+  author_tags?: string;
+  author_kind?: number;
+  author_pubkey?: string;
+  author_content?: string;
+  author_created_at?: number;
+  author_sig?: string;
+}>;
+
 /** Build the query for a filter. */
-function getFilterQuery(filter: DittoFilter) {
+function getFilterQuery(filter: DittoFilter): EventQuery {
   let query = db
     .selectFrom('events')
     .select([
@@ -127,6 +144,30 @@ function getFilterQuery(filter: DittoFilter) {
       : query.leftJoin('users', 'users.pubkey', 'events.pubkey').where('users.pubkey', 'is', null) as typeof query;
   }
 
+  if (filter.relations?.includes('author')) {
+    query = query
+      .leftJoin(
+        (eb) =>
+          eb
+            .selectFrom('events')
+            .selectAll()
+            .where('kind', '=', 0)
+            .orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
+            .groupBy('pubkey')
+            .as('authors'),
+        (join) => join.onRef('authors.pubkey', '=', 'events.pubkey'),
+      )
+      .select([
+        'authors.id as author_id',
+        'authors.kind as author_kind',
+        'authors.pubkey as author_pubkey',
+        'authors.content as author_content',
+        'authors.tags as author_tags',
+        'authors.created_at as author_created_at',
+        'authors.sig as author_sig',
+      ]) as typeof query;
+  }
+
   if (filter.search) {
     query = query
       .innerJoin('events_fts', 'events_fts.id', 'events.id')
@@ -143,11 +184,15 @@ function getFiltersQuery(filters: DittoFilter[]) {
     .reduce((result, query) => result.unionAll(query));
 }
 
+interface DittoEvent<K extends number = number> extends Event<K> {
+  author?: Event<0>;
+}
+
 /** Get events for filters from the database. */
 async function getFilters<K extends number>(
   filters: DittoFilter<K>[],
   opts: GetFiltersOpts = {},
-): Promise<Event<K>[]> {
+): Promise<DittoEvent<K>[]> {
   if (!filters.length) return Promise.resolve([]);
   let query = getFiltersQuery(filters);
 
@@ -155,9 +200,31 @@ async function getFilters<K extends number>(
     query = query.limit(opts.limit);
   }
 
-  return (await query.execute()).map((event) => (
-    { ...event, tags: JSON.parse(event.tags) } as Event<K>
-  ));
+  return (await query.execute()).map((row) => {
+    const event: DittoEvent<K> = {
+      id: row.id,
+      kind: row.kind as K,
+      pubkey: row.pubkey,
+      content: row.content,
+      created_at: row.created_at,
+      tags: JSON.parse(row.tags),
+      sig: row.sig,
+    };
+
+    if (row.author_id) {
+      event.author = {
+        id: row.author_id,
+        kind: row.author_kind! as 0,
+        pubkey: row.author_pubkey!,
+        content: row.author_content!,
+        created_at: row.author_created_at!,
+        tags: JSON.parse(row.author_tags!),
+        sig: row.author_sig!,
+      };
+    }
+
+    return event;
+  });
 }
 
 /** Delete events based on filters from the database. */
@@ -242,4 +309,4 @@ function buildUserSearchContent(event: Event<0>): string {
   return [name, nip05, about].filter(Boolean).join('\n');
 }
 
-export { countFilters, deleteFilters, getFilters, insertEvent };
+export { countFilters, deleteFilters, type DittoEvent, getFilters, insertEvent };
diff --git a/src/deps.ts b/src/deps.ts
index dbf3b46..f1cedc5 100644
--- a/src/deps.ts
+++ b/src/deps.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export {
   Migrator,
   type NullableInsertKeys,
   type QueryResult,
+  type SelectQueryBuilder,
   sql,
 } from 'npm:kysely@^0.26.3';
 export { PolySqliteDialect } from 'https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/kysely-deno-sqlite/-/raw/v2.0.0/mod.ts';
diff --git a/src/filter.ts b/src/filter.ts
index 4bc806a..e4e336f 100644
--- a/src/filter.ts
+++ b/src/filter.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ import { type Event, type Filter, matchFilters } from '@/deps.ts';
 
 import type { EventData } from '@/types.ts';
 
+/** Additional properties that may be added by Ditto to events. */
+type Relation = 'author';
+
 /** Custom filter interface that extends Nostr filters with extra options for Ditto. */
 interface DittoFilter<K extends number = number> extends Filter<K> {
+  /** Whether the event was authored by a local user. */
   local?: boolean;
+  /** Additional fields to add to the returned event. */
+  relations?: Relation[];
 }
 
 /** Additional options to apply to the whole subscription. */
@@ -38,4 +44,4 @@ function matchDittoFilters(filters: DittoFilter[], event: Event, data: EventData
   return false;
 }
 
-export { type DittoFilter, type GetFiltersOpts, matchDittoFilters };
+export { type DittoFilter, type GetFiltersOpts, matchDittoFilters, type Relation };
diff --git a/src/queries.ts b/src/queries.ts
index 95bbaab..de9bd33 100644
--- a/src/queries.ts
+++ b/src/queries.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as eventsDB from '@/db/events.ts';
-import { type Event, type Filter, findReplyTag } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { type Event, findReplyTag } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { type DittoFilter, type Relation } from '@/filter.ts';
 import * as mixer from '@/mixer.ts';
 
 interface GetEventOpts<K extends number> {
@@ -7,6 +8,8 @@ interface GetEventOpts<K extends number> {
   timeout?: number;
   /** Event kind. */
   kind?: K;
+  /** Relations to include on the event. */
+  relations?: Relation[];
 }
 
 /** Get a Nostr event by its ID. */
@@ -14,8 +17,8 @@ const getEvent = async <K extends number = number>(
   id: string,
   opts: GetEventOpts<K> = {},
 ): Promise<Event<K> | undefined> => {
-  const { kind, timeout = 1000 } = opts;
-  const filter: Filter<K> = { ids: [id], limit: 1 };
+  const { kind, relations, timeout = 1000 } = opts;
+  const filter: DittoFilter<K> = { ids: [id], relations, limit: 1 };
   if (kind) {
     filter.kinds = [kind];
   }
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ async function getAncestors(event: Event<1>, result = [] as Event<1>[]): Promise
     const inReplyTo = replyTag ? replyTag[1] : undefined;
 
     if (inReplyTo) {
-      const parentEvent = await getEvent(inReplyTo, { kind: 1 });
+      const parentEvent = await getEvent(inReplyTo, { kind: 1, relations: ['author'] });
 
       if (parentEvent) {
         result.push(parentEvent);
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ async function getAncestors(event: Event<1>, result = [] as Event<1>[]): Promise
 }
 
 function getDescendants(eventId: string): Promise<Event<1>[]> {
-  return mixer.getFilters([{ kinds: [1], '#e': [eventId] }], { limit: 200, timeout: 2000 });
+  return mixer.getFilters([{ kinds: [1], '#e': [eventId], relations: ['author'] }], { limit: 200, timeout: 2000 });
 }
 
 /** Returns whether the pubkey is followed by a local user. */
diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/notifications.ts b/src/views/mastodon/notifications.ts
index 59e5665..0e6b3c4 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/notifications.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type Event } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { getAuthor } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { nostrDate } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { accountFromPubkey } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
 import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ function renderNotification(event: Event, viewerPubkey?: string) {
 }
 
 async function renderNotificationMention(event: Event<1>, viewerPubkey?: string) {
-  const status = await renderStatus(event, viewerPubkey);
+  const author = await getAuthor(event.pubkey);
+  const status = await renderStatus({ ...event, author }, viewerPubkey);
   if (!status) return;
 
   return {
diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts b/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
index 131dcd6..86bdd13 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { isCWTag } from 'https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/mostr/-/raw/c67064aee5ad
 
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import * as eventsDB from '@/db/events.ts';
-import { type Event, findReplyTag, nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { findReplyTag, nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { getMediaLinks, parseNoteContent } from '@/note.ts';
 import { getAuthor } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { jsonMediaDataSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ import { accountFromPubkey, renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
 import { DittoAttachment, renderAttachment } from '@/views/mastodon/attachments.ts';
 import { renderEmojis } from '@/views/mastodon/emojis.ts';
 
-async function renderStatus(event: Event<1>, viewerPubkey?: string) {
-  const profile = await getAuthor(event.pubkey);
-  const account = profile ? await renderAccount(profile) : await accountFromPubkey(event.pubkey);
-
+async function renderStatus(event: eventsDB.DittoEvent<1>, viewerPubkey?: string) {
+  const account = event.author ? await renderAccount(event.author) : await accountFromPubkey(event.pubkey);
   const replyTag = findReplyTag(event);
 
   const mentionedPubkeys = [