diff --git a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
index c55ae33a..0f704d14 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useLocalize } from '../../../context/localize'
 import { apiClient } from '../../../graphql/client/core'
 import { router, useRouter } from '../../../stores/router'
 import { loadShouts, useArticlesStore } from '../../../stores/zine/articles'
-import { useAuthorsStore } from '../../../stores/zine/authors'
+import { loadAuthor, useAuthorsStore } from '../../../stores/zine/authors'
 import { getImageUrl } from '../../../utils/getImageUrl'
 import { getDescription } from '../../../utils/meta'
 import { restoreScrollPosition, saveScrollPosition } from '../../../utils/scroll'
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { Row3 } from '../../Feed/Row3'
 
 import styles from './Author.module.scss'
 import stylesArticle from '../../Article/Article.module.scss'
+import { useSession } from '../../../context/session'
 
 type Props = {
   shouts: Shout[]
@@ -38,18 +39,21 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
   const { t } = useLocalize()
   const { sortedArticles } = useArticlesStore({ shouts: props.shouts })
   const { authorEntities } = useAuthorsStore({ authors: [props.author] })
-
   const { page: getPage } = useRouter()
   const [isLoadMoreButtonVisible, setIsLoadMoreButtonVisible] = createSignal(false)
   const [isBioExpanded, setIsBioExpanded] = createSignal(false)
   const [followers, setFollowers] = createSignal<Author[]>([])
   const [following, setFollowing] = createSignal<Array<Author | Topic>>([])
   const [showExpandBioControl, setShowExpandBioControl] = createSignal(false)
-
+  const {
+    actions: { loadSubscriptions },
+  } = useSession()
   const author = createMemo(() => authorEntities()[props.authorSlug])
+
   createEffect(async () => {
-    if (author() && !author().stat) {
-      await apiClient.getAuthor({ author_id: author().id })
+    if (!author()?.stat) {
+      console.debug(`[AuthorView] updating author...`)
+      await loadAuthor({ slug: props.authorSlug })
     }
   })
 
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
       try {
         const { authors, topics } = await fetchSubscriptions()
         setFollowing([...(authors || []), ...(topics || [])])
-        const userSubscribers = await apiClient.getAuthorFollowers({ slug })
+        const userSubscribers = await loadSubscriptions()
         setFollowers(userSubscribers)
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('[AuthorView] error:', error)
diff --git a/src/context/profile.tsx b/src/context/profile.tsx
index 55363636..58b03c29 100644
--- a/src/context/profile.tsx
+++ b/src/context/profile.tsx
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ export const ProfileFormProvider = (props: { children: JSX.Element }) => {
   const { author } = useSession()
   const [form, setForm] = createStore<ProfileInput>({})
 
-  const currentSlug = createMemo(() => author()?.slug)
-
   const submit = async (profile: ProfileInput) => {
     const response = await apiClient.updateProfile(profile)
     if (response.error) {
@@ -44,9 +42,8 @@ export const ProfileFormProvider = (props: { children: JSX.Element }) => {
   }
 
   createEffect(async () => {
-    if (!currentSlug()) return
-    try {
-      const currentAuthor = await loadAuthor({ slug: currentSlug() })
+    if (author()) {
+      const currentAuthor = author()
       setForm({
         name: currentAuthor.name,
         slug: currentAuthor.slug,
@@ -55,10 +52,9 @@ export const ProfileFormProvider = (props: { children: JSX.Element }) => {
         pic: userpicUrl(currentAuthor.pic),
         links: currentAuthor.links,
       })
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(error)
     }
   })
+
   const updateFormField = (fieldName: string, value: string, remove?: boolean) => {
     if (fieldName === 'links') {
       if (remove) {
diff --git a/src/pages/author.page.server.ts b/src/pages/author.page.server.ts
index d588d06f..41cd96ed 100644
--- a/src/pages/author.page.server.ts
+++ b/src/pages/author.page.server.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { apiClient } from '../graphql/client/core'
 
 export const onBeforeRender = async (pageContext: PageContext) => {
   const { slug } = pageContext.routeParams
-
+  console.debug(`[author.page] detected author in route: @${slug}`)
   const author = await apiClient.getAuthor({ slug })
 
   if (!author) {