diff --git a/src/components/PostEditor/PostTextarea/suggestion.ts b/src/components/PostEditor/PostTextarea/suggestion.ts
index bc32bde6..7f1336ac 100644
--- a/src/components/PostEditor/PostTextarea/suggestion.ts
+++ b/src/components/PostEditor/PostTextarea/suggestion.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import MentionList, { MentionListHandle, MentionListProps } from './MentionList'
 
 const suggestion = {
   items: async ({ query }: { query: string }) => {
-    return await client.searchNpubs(query, 20)
+    return await client.searchNpubsFromCache(query, 20)
   },
 
   render: () => {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useSearchProfiles.tsx b/src/hooks/useSearchProfiles.tsx
index 16c1a069..6fcfcf6c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSearchProfiles.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useSearchProfiles.tsx
@@ -22,14 +22,27 @@ export function useSearchProfiles(search: string, limit: number) {
       setIsFetching(true)
       setProfiles([])
       try {
-        const profiles = await client.searchProfiles(
+        const profiles = await client.searchProfilesFromCache(search, limit)
+        setProfiles(profiles)
+        if (profiles.length >= limit) {
+          return
+        }
+        const existingPubkeys = new Set(profiles.map((profile) => profile.pubkey))
+        const fetchedProfiles = await client.searchProfiles(
           searchableRelayUrls.concat(SEARCHABLE_RELAY_URLS).slice(0, 4),
           {
             search,
             limit
           }
         )
-        if (profiles) {
+        if (fetchedProfiles.length) {
+          fetchedProfiles.forEach((profile) => {
+            if (existingPubkeys.has(profile.pubkey)) {
+              return
+            }
+            existingPubkeys.add(profile.pubkey)
+            profiles.push(profile)
+          })
           setProfiles(profiles)
         }
       } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/services/client.service.ts b/src/services/client.service.ts
index 29e9fbf9..643278d5 100644
--- a/src/services/client.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client.service.ts
@@ -833,11 +833,17 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     this.relayListEventDataLoader.prime(event.pubkey, Promise.resolve(event))
   }
 
-  async searchNpubs(query: string, limit: number = 100) {
+  async searchNpubsFromCache(query: string, limit: number = 100) {
     const result = await this.userIndex.searchAsync(query, { limit })
     return result.map((pubkey) => pubkeyToNpub(pubkey as string)).filter(Boolean) as string[]
   }
 
+  async searchProfilesFromCache(query: string, limit: number = 100) {
+    const npubs = await this.searchNpubsFromCache(query, limit)
+    const profiles = await Promise.all(npubs.map((npub) => this.fetchProfile(npub)))
+    return profiles.filter((profile) => !!profile) as TProfile[]
+  }
+
   async initUserIndexFromFollowings(pubkey: string, signal: AbortSignal) {
     const followings = await this.fetchFollowings(pubkey, true)
     for (let i = 0; i * 20 < followings.length; i++) {