diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index c85cc0b..f59a1eb 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import { NKinds, NostrEvent, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
-import { PipePolicy } from '@nostrify/nostrify/policies';
 import Debug from '@soapbox/stickynotes/debug';
 import { sql } from 'kysely';
 import { LRUCache } from 'lru-cache';
 
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { DittoDB } from '@/db/DittoDB.ts';
 import { deleteAttachedMedia } from '@/db/unattached-media.ts';
 import { DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
-import { MuteListPolicy } from '@/policies/MuteListPolicy.ts';
 import { RelayError } from '@/RelayError.ts';
 import { hydrateEvents } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
@@ -44,6 +41,15 @@ async function handleEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void
 
   await hydrateEvent(event, signal);
 
+  const n = getTagSet(event.user?.tags ?? [], 'n');
+
+  if (n.has('disable')) {
+    throw new RelayError('blocked', 'user is disabled');
+  }
+  if (n.has('suspend')) {
+    throw new RelayError('blocked', 'user is suspended');
+  }
+
   await Promise.all([
     storeEvent(event, signal),
     parseMetadata(event, signal),
@@ -55,13 +61,8 @@ async function handleEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void
 async function policyFilter(event: NostrEvent): Promise<void> {
   const debug = Debug('ditto:policy');
 
-  const policy = new PipePolicy([
-    new MuteListPolicy(Conf.pubkey, await Storages.admin()),
-    policyWorker,
-  ]);
-
   try {
-    const result = await policy.call(event);
+    const result = await policyWorker.call(event);
     debug(JSON.stringify(result));
     RelayError.assert(result);
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/storages.ts b/src/storages.ts
index f8f206d..4aaca1c 100644
--- a/src/storages.ts
+++ b/src/storages.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ import { RelayPoolWorker } from 'nostr-relaypool';
 
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { DittoDB } from '@/db/DittoDB.ts';
+import { AdminStore } from '@/storages/AdminStore.ts';
 import { EventsDB } from '@/storages/EventsDB.ts';
 import { PoolStore } from '@/storages/pool-store.ts';
 import { SearchStore } from '@/storages/search-store.ts';
 import { InternalRelay } from '@/storages/InternalRelay.ts';
-import { UserStore } from '@/storages/UserStore.ts';
 
 export class Storages {
   private static _db: Promise<EventsDB> | undefined;
-  private static _admin: Promise<UserStore> | undefined;
+  private static _admin: Promise<AdminStore> | undefined;
   private static _client: Promise<PoolStore> | undefined;
   private static _pubsub: Promise<InternalRelay> | undefined;
   private static _search: Promise<SearchStore> | undefined;
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export class Storages {
   }
 
   /** Admin user storage. */
-  public static async admin(): Promise<UserStore> {
+  public static async admin(): Promise<AdminStore> {
     if (!this._admin) {
-      this._admin = Promise.resolve(new UserStore(Conf.pubkey, await this.db()));
+      this._admin = Promise.resolve(new AdminStore(await this.db()));
     }
     return this._admin;
   }
diff --git a/src/storages/AdminStore.ts b/src/storages/AdminStore.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6285a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/storages/AdminStore.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NStore } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+
+import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
+import { DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
+import { getTagSet } from '@/utils/tags.ts';
+
+/** A store that prevents banned users from being displayed. */
+export class AdminStore implements NStore {
+  constructor(private store: NStore) {}
+
+  async event(event: NostrEvent, opts?: { signal?: AbortSignal }): Promise<void> {
+    return await this.store.event(event, opts);
+  }
+
+  async query(filters: NostrFilter[], opts: { signal?: AbortSignal; limit?: number } = {}): Promise<DittoEvent[]> {
+    const events = await this.store.query(filters, opts);
+
+    const users = await this.store.query([{
+      kinds: [30382],
+      authors: [Conf.pubkey],
+      '#d': events.map((event) => event.pubkey),
+      limit: 1,
+    }]);
+
+    return events.filter((event) => {
+      const user = users.find(
+        ({ kind, pubkey, tags }) =>
+          kind === 30382 && pubkey === Conf.pubkey && tags.find(([name]) => name === 'd')?.[1] === event.pubkey,
+      );
+
+      const n = getTagSet(user?.tags ?? [], 'n');
+
+      if (n.has('disable') || n.has('suspend')) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      return true;
+    });
+  }
+}