diff --git a/apps/ssb.json b/apps/ssb.json
index 34cfe2eb..b528aa10 100644
--- a/apps/ssb.json
+++ b/apps/ssb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "type": "tildefriends-app",
   "emoji": "🐌",
-  "previous": "&HrGonbL2IZBtoP3zh1glMUO16+PZ4/t0KFTpkNMYoPI=.sha256"
+  "previous": "&fDu52QJE1dYO2lB/HBpQqoGnGR1b0j38JkGrqt2wHQA=.sha256"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/ssb/app.js b/apps/ssb/app.js
index 8799d8fb..24b4d84f 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/app.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/app.js
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ tfrpc.register(async function getIdentities() {
 tfrpc.register(async function getAllIdentities() {
 	return ssb.getAllIdentities();
 });
+tfrpc.register(async function following(ids, depth) {
+	return ssb.following(ids, depth);
+});
 tfrpc.register(async function getBroadcasts() {
 	return ssb.getBroadcasts();
 });
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
index 01d4fb9a..a018ad37 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
@@ -75,78 +75,6 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 		}
 	}
 
-	async contacts_internal(id, last_row_id, following, max_row_id) {
-		let result = Object.assign({}, following[id] || {});
-		result.following = result.following || {};
-		result.blocking = result.blocking || {};
-		let contacts = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
-			`
-				SELECT content FROM messages
-				WHERE author = ? AND
-				rowid > ? AND
-				rowid <= ? AND
-				json_extract(content, '$.type') = 'contact'
-				ORDER BY sequence
-			`,
-			[id, last_row_id, max_row_id]);
-		for (let row of contacts) {
-			let contact = JSON.parse(row.content);
-			if (contact.following === true) {
-				result.following[contact.contact] = true;
-			} else if (contact.following === false) {
-				delete result.following[contact.contact];
-			} else if (contact.blocking === true) {
-				result.blocking[contact.contact] = true;
-			} else if (contact.blocking === false) {
-				delete result.blocking[contact.contact];
-			}
-		}
-		following[id] = result;
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	async contact(id, last_row_id, following, max_row_id) {
-		return await this.contacts_internal(id, last_row_id, following, max_row_id);
-	}
-
-	async following_deep_internal(ids, depth, blocking, last_row_id, following, max_row_id) {
-		let contacts = await Promise.all([...new Set(ids)].map(x => this.contact(x, last_row_id, following, max_row_id)));
-		let result = {};
-		for (let i = 0; i < ids.length; i++) {
-			let id = ids[i];
-			let contact = contacts[i];
-			let all_blocking = Object.assign({}, contact.blocking, blocking);
-			let found = Object.keys(contact.following).filter(y => !all_blocking[y]);
-			let deeper = depth > 1 ? await this.following_deep_internal(found, depth - 1, all_blocking, last_row_id, following, max_row_id) : [];
-			result[id] = [id, ...found, ...deeper];
-		}
-		return [...new Set(Object.values(result).flat())];
-	}
-
-	async following_deep(ids, depth, blocking) {
-		const k_cache_version = 5;
-		let cache = await tfrpc.rpc.databaseGet('following');
-		cache = cache ? JSON.parse(cache) : {};
-		if (cache.version !== k_cache_version) {
-			cache = {
-				version: k_cache_version,
-				following: {},
-				last_row_id: 0,
-			};
-		}
-		let max_row_id = (await tfrpc.rpc.query(`
-			SELECT MAX(rowid) AS max_row_id FROM messages
-		`, []))[0].max_row_id;
-		let result = await this.following_deep_internal(ids, depth, blocking, cache.last_row_id, cache.following, max_row_id);
-		cache.last_row_id = max_row_id;
-		let store = JSON.stringify(cache);
-		/* 2023-02-20: Exceeding message size. */
-		//if (store.length < 512 * 1024) {
-			await tfrpc.rpc.databaseSet('following', store);
-		//}
-		return [result, cache.following];
-	}
-
 	async fetch_about(ids, users) {
 		const k_cache_version = 1;
 		let cache = await tfrpc.rpc.databaseGet('about');
@@ -283,7 +211,8 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 	async load() {
 		let whoami = this.whoami;
 		let tags = this.load_recent_tags();
-		let [following, users] = await this.following_deep([whoami], 2, {});
+		let following = await tfrpc.rpc.following([whoami], 2);
+		let users = {};
 		users = await this.fetch_about(following.sort(), users);
 		this.following = following;
 		this.users = users;