diff --git a/src/controllers/api/trends.ts b/src/controllers/api/trends.ts
index b53e3e2..1a47d8c 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/trends.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/trends.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { Time } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { stripTime } from '@/utils/time.ts';
 import { TrendsWorker } from '@/workers/trends.ts';
-import { Context } from 'hono';
 
 await TrendsWorker.open('data/trends.sqlite3');
 
 const limitSchema = z.coerce.number().catch(10).transform((value) => Math.min(Math.max(value, 0), 20));
 
-const trendingTagsController: AppController = async (c: Context) => {
+const trendingTagsController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const limit = limitSchema.parse(c.req.query('limit'));
   if (limit < 1) return c.json([]);
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ const trendingTagsController: AppController = async (c: Context) => {
 
   return c.json(
     await Promise.all(tags.map(async ({ tag, uses, accounts }) => ({
-      tag,
+      name: tag,
       url: Conf.local(`/tags/${tag}`),
       history: [
         // Use the full 24h query for the current day. Then use `offset: 1` to adjust for this below.
diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index 36ec54e..bfb0577 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ async function trackHashtags(event: NostrEvent): Promise<void> {
 
   try {
     debug('tracking tags:', JSON.stringify(tags));
-    await TrendsWorker.addTagUsages(event.pubkey, tags, date.valueOf());
+    await TrendsWorker.addTagUsages(event.pubkey, tags, date);
   } catch (_e) {
     // do nothing
   }
diff --git a/src/workers/trends.test.ts b/src/workers/trends.test.ts
index 85e9631..da33820 100644
--- a/src/workers/trends.test.ts
+++ b/src/workers/trends.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert';
+
 import { TrendsWorker } from './trends.ts';
 
 await TrendsWorker.open(':memory:');
diff --git a/src/workers/trends.worker.ts b/src/workers/trends.worker.ts
index 1f27382..90d1b57 100644
--- a/src/workers/trends.worker.ts
+++ b/src/workers/trends.worker.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ interface TagsDB {
   tag_usages: {
     tag: string;
     pubkey8: string;
-    inserted_at: number;
+    inserted_at: Date;
   };
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ export const TrendsWorker = {
       }),
     });
 
+    await sql`PRAGMA synchronous = normal`.execute(kysely);
+    await sql`PRAGMA temp_store = memory`.execute(kysely);
+    await sql`PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON`.execute(kysely);
+    await sql`PRAGMA auto_vacuum = FULL`.execute(kysely);
+    await sql`PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL`.execute(kysely);
+    await sql`PRAGMA mmap_size = 50000000`.execute(kysely);
+
     await kysely.schema
       .createTable('tag_usages')
       .ifNotExists()
@@ -64,19 +71,19 @@ export const TrendsWorker = {
   },
 
   /** Gets the most used hashtags between the date range. */
-  async getTrendingTags({ since, until, limit = 10, threshold = 3 }: GetTrendingTagsOpts): Promise<{
+  getTrendingTags({ since, until, limit = 10, threshold = 3 }: GetTrendingTagsOpts): Promise<{
     tag: string;
     accounts: number;
     uses: number;
   }[]> {
-    return await kysely.selectFrom('tag_usages')
+    return kysely.selectFrom('tag_usages')
       .select(({ fn }) => [
         'tag',
         fn.agg<number>('count', ['pubkey8']).distinct().as('accounts'),
         fn.countAll<number>().as('uses'),
       ])
-      .where('inserted_at', '>=', since.valueOf())
-      .where('inserted_at', '<', until.valueOf())
+      .where('inserted_at', '>=', since)
+      .where('inserted_at', '<', until)
       .groupBy('tag')
       .having((c) => c(c.fn.agg('count', ['pubkey8']).distinct(), '>=', threshold))
       .orderBy((c) => c.fn.agg('count', ['pubkey8']).distinct(), 'desc')
@@ -92,15 +99,15 @@ export const TrendsWorker = {
     const result = await kysely
       .selectFrom('tag_usages')
       .select(({ fn }) => [
-        'inserted_at',
+        sql<number>`date(inserted_at)`.as('day'),
         fn.agg<number>('count', ['pubkey8']).distinct().as('accounts'),
         fn.countAll<number>().as('uses'),
       ])
       .where('tag', '=', tag)
-      .where('inserted_at', '>=', since.valueOf())
-      .where('inserted_at', '<', until.valueOf())
-      .groupBy(sql`inserted_at`)
-      .orderBy(sql`inserted_at`, 'desc')
+      .where('inserted_at', '>=', since)
+      .where('inserted_at', '<', until)
+      .groupBy(sql`date(inserted_at)`)
+      .orderBy(sql`date(inserted_at)`, 'desc')
       .limit(limit)
       .offset(offset)
       .execute();
@@ -113,15 +120,16 @@ export const TrendsWorker = {
 
     // Fill in missing dates with 0 usages.
     return dateRange.map((day) => {
-      const data = result.find((item) => new Date(item.inserted_at).getTime() === day.getTime());
+      const data = result.find((item) => new Date(item.day).getTime() === day.getTime());
       if (data) {
-        return { ...data, day: new Date(data.inserted_at) };
+        return { ...data, day: new Date(data.day) };
+      } else {
+        return { day, accounts: 0, uses: 0 };
       }
-      return { day, accounts: 0, uses: 0 };
     });
   },
 
-  async addTagUsages(pubkey: string, hashtags: string[], inserted_at = new Date().valueOf()): Promise<void> {
+  async addTagUsages(pubkey: string, hashtags: string[], inserted_at = new Date()): Promise<void> {
     const pubkey8 = NSchema.id().parse(pubkey).substring(0, 8);
     const tags = hashtagSchema.array().min(1).parse(hashtags);
 
@@ -134,7 +142,7 @@ export const TrendsWorker = {
   async cleanupTagUsages(until: Date): Promise<void> {
     await kysely
       .deleteFrom('tag_usages')
-      .where('inserted_at', '<', until.valueOf())
+      .where('inserted_at', '<', until)
       .execute();
   },
 };