diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/LocalCache.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/LocalCache.kt
index d50daf6b7..a50bae804 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/LocalCache.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/LocalCache.kt
@@ -2597,7 +2597,11 @@ object LocalCache : ILocalCache, ICacheProvider {
                 nip19.relay.forEach { relayHint ->
                     relayHints.addEvent(nip19.hex, relayHint)
                 }
-                getOrCreateNote(nip19.hex)
+                val note = getOrCreateNote(nip19.hex)
+                val authorHex = nip19.author
+                if (note.author == null && authorHex != null) {
+                    note.author = checkGetOrCreateUser(authorHex)
+                }
             }
 
             is NEmbed -> {
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relayClient/reqCommand/event/loaders/FilterMissingEvents.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relayClient/reqCommand/event/loaders/FilterMissingEvents.kt
index 1506da482..30818e74d 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relayClient/reqCommand/event/loaders/FilterMissingEvents.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/relayClient/reqCommand/event/loaders/FilterMissingEvents.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ fun potentialRelaysToFindEvent(note: Note): Set<NormalizedRelayUrl> {
 
     set.addAll(LocalCache.relayHints.hintsForEvent(note.idHex))
 
+    note.author?.outboxRelays()?.let { set.addAll(it) }
+
     LocalCache.getAnyChannel(note)?.relays()?.let { set.addAll(it) }
 
     note.replyTo?.forEach { parentNote ->
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/RichTextViewer.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/RichTextViewer.kt
index f54f53494..a9f9c6c16 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/RichTextViewer.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/components/RichTextViewer.kt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.Note
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.User
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.checkForHashtagWithIcon
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.CachedRichTextParser
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relayClient.reqCommand.user.UserFinderFilterAssemblerSubscription
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relayClient.reqCommand.user.observeUserInfo
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.uploads.blossom.bud10.openBlossomUriAsIntent
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.actions.CrossfadeIfEnabled
@@ -661,6 +662,11 @@ fun BechLink(
 
     val baseNote = loadedLink?.baseNote
 
+    // Preload the placeholder's author NIP-65 outbox so a missing quoted event can be fetched from there.
+    baseNote?.author?.let { author ->
+        UserFinderFilterAssemblerSubscription(author, accountViewModel)
+    }
+
     if (canPreview && quotesLeft > 0 && baseNote != null) {
         Row {
             DisplayFullNote(
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/AccountViewModel.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/AccountViewModel.kt
index 2241e3739..f650d11a6 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/AccountViewModel.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/AccountViewModel.kt
@@ -2091,6 +2091,7 @@ class AccountViewModel(
                         }
 
                         is NEvent -> {
+                            LocalCache.consume(parsed)
                             LocalCache.checkGetOrCreateNote(parsed.hex)?.let { note ->
                                 returningNote = note
                             }