diff --git a/src/components/Author/AuthorRatingControl.tsx b/src/components/Author/AuthorRatingControl.tsx
index 7591267e..3175c30a 100644
--- a/src/components/Author/AuthorRatingControl.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Author/AuthorRatingControl.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import type { Author } from '../../graphql/schema/core.gen'
 
 import { clsx } from 'clsx'
+import { Show, createSignal } from 'solid-js'
+
+import { apiClient } from '../../graphql/client/core'
 
 import styles from './AuthorRatingControl.module.scss'
-import { Show, createSignal } from 'solid-js'
-import { useLocalize } from '../../context/localize'
-import { apiClient } from '../../graphql/client/core'
 
 interface AuthorRatingControlProps {
   author: Author
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ interface AuthorRatingControlProps {
 export const AuthorRatingControl = (props: AuthorRatingControlProps) => {
   const isUpvoted = false
   const isDownvoted = false
-  const { t } = useLocalize()
   // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/consistent-function-scoping
   const handleRatingChange = async (isUpvote: boolean) => {
     console.log('handleRatingChange', { isUpvote })
     if (props.author?.slug) {
-      await apiClient.rateAuthor({ rated_slug: props.author?.slug, value: isUpvote ? 1 : -1 })
+      const value = isUpvote ? 1 : -1
+      await apiClient.rateAuthor({ rated_slug: props.author?.slug, value })
+      setRating((r) => r + value)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/Views/Inbox.tsx b/src/components/Views/Inbox.tsx
index 5ef7f4ad..28e4958b 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Inbox.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Inbox.tsx
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { useInbox } from '../../context/inbox'
 import { useLocalize } from '../../context/localize'
 import { useSession } from '../../context/session'
 import { useRouter } from '../../stores/router'
-import { AuthorsSortBy, useAuthorsStore } from '../../stores/zine/authors'
 import { showModal } from '../../stores/ui'
+import { AuthorsSortBy, useAuthorsStore } from '../../stores/zine/authors'
 import { Icon } from '../_shared/Icon'
 import { Popover } from '../_shared/Popover'
 import SimplifiedEditor from '../Editor/SimplifiedEditor'
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ export const InboxView = (props: Props) => {
   const { author } = useSession()
   const currentUserId = createMemo(() => author()?.id)
   const { changeSearchParams, searchParams } = useRouter<InboxSearchParams>()
-  const { sortedAuthors } = useAuthorsStore({
-    authors: props.authors,
-    sortBy: (searchParams()?.by as AuthorsSortBy) || 'name',
-  })
+
   const messagesContainerRef: { current: HTMLDivElement } = {
     current: null,
   }
diff --git a/src/graphql/client/core.ts b/src/graphql/client/core.ts
index 63f6417a..38ed9705 100644
--- a/src/graphql/client/core.ts
+++ b/src/graphql/client/core.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { createGraphQLClient } from '../createGraphQLClient'
 import createArticle from '../mutation/core/article-create'
 import deleteShout from '../mutation/core/article-delete'
 import updateArticle from '../mutation/core/article-update'
+import rateAuthor from '../mutation/core/author-rate'
 import followMutation from '../mutation/core/follow'
 import reactionCreate from '../mutation/core/reaction-create'
 import reactionDestroy from '../mutation/core/reaction-destroy'
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@ import topicBySlug from '../query/core/topic-by-slug'
 import topicsAll from '../query/core/topics-all'
 import userFollowedTopics from '../query/core/topics-by-author'
 import topicsRandomQuery from '../query/core/topics-random'
-import rateAuthor from '../mutation/core/author-rate'
 
 const publicGraphQLClient = createGraphQLClient('core')
 
diff --git a/src/pages/inbox.page.tsx b/src/pages/inbox.page.tsx
index 76ff3050..13f77c07 100644
--- a/src/pages/inbox.page.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/inbox.page.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+import type { PageProps } from './types'
+
+import { createSignal, onMount } from 'solid-js'
+
 import { PageLayout } from '../components/_shared/PageLayout'
 import { ShowOnlyOnClient } from '../components/_shared/ShowOnlyOnClient'
 import { InboxView } from '../components/Views/Inbox'
 import { InboxProvider } from '../context/inbox'
 import { useLocalize } from '../context/localize'
-import type { PageProps } from './types'
-import { createSignal, onMount } from 'solid-js'
 import { loadAllAuthors } from '../stores/zine/authors'
 
 export const InboxPage = (props: PageProps) => {
diff --git a/src/stores/zine/authors.ts b/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
index aa468a49..35422d72 100644
--- a/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
+++ b/src/stores/zine/authors.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const loadAuthor = async ({
   author_id,
 }: {
   slug: string
-  author_id: number
+  author_id?: number
 }): Promise<Author> => {
   const author = await apiClient.getAuthor({ slug, author_id })
   addAuthors([author])