diff --git a/src/components/Nav/AuthModal/PasswordField/PasswordField.tsx b/src/components/Nav/AuthModal/PasswordField/PasswordField.tsx
index 8e5abd08..9abf237b 100644
--- a/src/components/Nav/AuthModal/PasswordField/PasswordField.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Nav/AuthModal/PasswordField/PasswordField.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const PasswordField = (props: Props) => {
     on(
       () => error(),
       () => {
-        props.errorMessage(error())
+        props.errorMessage ?? props.errorMessage(error())
       },
       { defer: true },
     ),
diff --git a/src/components/Nav/HeaderAuth.tsx b/src/components/Nav/HeaderAuth.tsx
index 2b274940..9aa79635 100644
--- a/src/components/Nav/HeaderAuth.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Nav/HeaderAuth.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export const HeaderAuth = (props: Props) => {
   }
 
   const isEditorPage = createMemo(() => page().route === 'edit' || page().route === 'editSettings')
-
   const isNotificationsVisible = createMemo(() => isAuthenticated() && !isEditorPage())
   const isSaveButtonVisible = createMemo(() => isAuthenticated() && isEditorPage())
   const isCreatePostButtonVisible = createMemo(() => isAuthenticated() && !isEditorPage())
diff --git a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
index 0f704d14..b584fe6f 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
@@ -45,15 +45,12 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
   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()?.stat) {
-      console.debug(`[AuthorView] updating author...`)
-      await loadAuthor({ slug: props.authorSlug })
+      const a = await loadAuthor({ slug: props.authorSlug })
+      console.debug(`[AuthorView] loaded author:`, a)
     }
   })
 
@@ -96,8 +93,8 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
       try {
         const { authors, topics } = await fetchSubscriptions()
         setFollowing([...(authors || []), ...(topics || [])])
-        const userSubscribers = await loadSubscriptions()
-        setFollowers(userSubscribers)
+        const userSubscribers = await apiClient.getAuthorFollowers({ slug })
+        setFollowers(userSubscribers || [])
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('[AuthorView] error:', error)
       }
diff --git a/src/context/session.tsx b/src/context/session.tsx
index 8d12a0dc..03e1331e 100644
--- a/src/context/session.tsx
+++ b/src/context/session.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { apiClient } from '../graphql/client/core'
 import { notifierClient } from '../graphql/client/notifier'
 import { useRouter } from '../stores/router'
 import { showModal } from '../stores/ui'
-
+import { addAuthors } from '../stores/zine/authors'
 import { useLocalize } from './localize'
 import { useSnackbar } from './snackbar'
 
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ export const SessionProvider = (props: {
     },
   )
 
-  onCleanup(() => {
-    clearTimeout(ta)
-  })
+  onCleanup(() => clearTimeout(ta))
 
   const [author, { refetch: loadAuthor, mutate: setAuthor }] = createResource<Author | null>(
     async () => {
@@ -156,7 +154,12 @@ export const SessionProvider = (props: {
         }
         if (!author()) {
           const a = await loadAuthor()
-          a ? await loadSubscriptions() : reset()
+          if (a) {
+            await loadSubscriptions()
+            addAuthors([a])
+          } else {
+            reset()
+          }
         }
         setIsSessionLoaded(true)
       }
diff --git a/src/stores/zine/authors.ts b/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
index 0652b291..bac4523a 100644
--- a/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
+++ b/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const sortedAuthors = createLazyMemo(() => {
   return authors
 })
 
-const addAuthors = (authors: Author[]) => {
+export const addAuthors = (authors: Author[]) => {
   const newAuthorEntities = authors.filter(Boolean).reduce(
     (acc, author) => {
       acc[author.slug] = author