diff --git a/web/src/actors/header.rs b/web/src/actors/header.rs
index ecb739f..86d3c64 100644
--- a/web/src/actors/header.rs
+++ b/web/src/actors/header.rs
@@ -13,18 +13,13 @@ pub fn ActorHeader() -> impl IntoView {
 		move |id| {
 			async move {
 				match cache::OBJECTS.get(&Uri::full(U::Actor, &id)) {
-					Some(x) => Ok::<_, String>(x.clone()),
+					Some(x) => Some(x.clone()),
 					None => {
-						let user : serde_json::Value = Http::fetch(&Uri::api(U::Actor, &id, true), auth)
-							.await
-							.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-						let user = std::sync::Arc::new(user);
-						let uid = Uri::full(U::Actor, &id);
-						cache::OBJECTS.store(&uid, user.clone());
+						let user = cache::OBJECTS.resolve(&id, U::Actor, auth).await?;
 						if let Some(url) = user.url().id().str() {
-							cache::WEBFINGER.store(&url, uid);
+							cache::WEBFINGER.store(&url, user.id().unwrap_or_default().to_string());
 						}
-						Ok(user)
+						Some(user)
 					},
 				}
 			}
@@ -32,8 +27,8 @@ pub fn ActorHeader() -> impl IntoView {
 	);
 	move || match actor.get() {
 		None => view! { <Loader /> }.into_view(),
-		Some(Err(e)) => view! { <code class="center cw color">"could not resolve user: "{e}</code> }.into_view(),
-		Some(Ok(actor)) => {
+		Some(None) => view! { <code class="center cw color">"could not resolve user"</code> }.into_view(),
+		Some(Some(actor)) => {
 			let avatar_url = actor.icon().get().map(|x| x.url().id().str().unwrap_or(FALLBACK_IMAGE_URL.into())).unwrap_or(FALLBACK_IMAGE_URL.into());
 			let background_url = actor.image().get().map(|x| x.url().id().str().unwrap_or(FALLBACK_IMAGE_URL.into())).unwrap_or(FALLBACK_IMAGE_URL.into());
 			let username = actor.preferred_username().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
diff --git a/web/src/lib.rs b/web/src/lib.rs
index 36c0f34..0dfdea4 100644
--- a/web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/web/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub mod cache {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum LookupStatus<T> {
-	Resolving,
+	Resolving, // TODO use this to avoid fetching twice!
 	Found(T),
 	NotFound,
 }
@@ -90,6 +90,26 @@ impl<T> Cache for DashmapCache<T> {
 	}
 }
 
+impl DashmapCache<Object> {
+	pub async fn resolve(&self, key: &str, kind: UriClass, auth: Auth) -> Option<Object> {
+		let full_key = Uri::full(kind, key);
+		match self.get(&full_key) {
+			Some(x) => Some(x),
+			None => {
+				let obj = match Http::fetch::<serde_json::Value>(&Uri::api(kind, key, true), auth).await {
+					Ok(obj) => Arc::new(obj),
+					Err(e) => {
+						tracing::error!("failed loading object from backend: {e}");
+						return None;
+					},
+				};
+				cache::OBJECTS.store(&full_key, obj.clone());
+				Some(obj)
+			},
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TODO would be cool unifying a bit the fetch code too
 
 impl DashmapCache<Object> {
diff --git a/web/src/objects/view.rs b/web/src/objects/view.rs
index 662c126..ee646fb 100644
--- a/web/src/objects/view.rs
+++ b/web/src/objects/view.rs
@@ -1,48 +1,28 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
 use leptos::*;
 use leptos_router::*;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
-use apb::{Base, Object};
+use apb::{Object};
 
 #[component]
 pub fn ObjectView() -> impl IntoView {
 	let params = use_params_map();
 	let auth = use_context::<Auth>().expect("missing auth context");
-	let feeds = use_context::<Feeds>().expect("missing feeds context");
 	let object = create_local_resource(
 		move || params.get().get("id").cloned().unwrap_or_default(),
 		move |oid| async move {
-			let obj = match cache::OBJECTS.get(&Uri::full(U::Object, &oid)) {
-				Some(x) => x.clone(),
-				None => {
-					let obj = match Http::fetch::<serde_json::Value>(&Uri::api(U::Object, &oid, true), auth).await {
-						Ok(obj) => Arc::new(obj),
-						Err(e) => {
-							tracing::error!("failed loading object from backend: {e}");
-							return None;
-						},
-					};
-					if let Ok(author) = obj.attributed_to().id() {
-						if let Ok(user) = Http::fetch::<serde_json::Value>(
-							&Uri::api(U::Actor, author, true), auth
-						).await {
-							cache::OBJECTS.store(&Uri::full(U::Actor, author), Arc::new(user));
-						}
-					}
-					cache::OBJECTS.store(&Uri::full(U::Object, &oid), obj.clone());
-					obj
-				}
-			};
-			if let Ok(ctx) = obj.context().id() {
-				let tl_url = format!("{}/context/page", Uri::api(U::Object, ctx, false));
-				if !feeds.context.next.get_untracked().starts_with(&tl_url) {
-					feeds.context.reset(Some(tl_url));
-				}
+			let obj = cache::OBJECTS.resolve(&oid, U::Object, auth).await?;
+			if let Ok(author) = obj.attributed_to().id() {
+				cache::OBJECTS.resolve(&author, U::Actor, auth).await;
 			}
-
 			Some(obj)
+
+			// if let Ok(ctx) = obj.context().id() {
+			// 	let tl_url = format!("{}/context/page", Uri::api(U::Object, ctx, false));
+			// 	if !feeds.context.next.get_untracked().starts_with(&tl_url) {
+			// 		feeds.context.reset(Some(tl_url));
+			// 	}
+			// }
 		}
 	);