diff --git a/apps/ssb.json b/apps/ssb.json
index 305d161f..1b567cf9 100644
--- a/apps/ssb.json
+++ b/apps/ssb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"type": "tildefriends-app",
 	"emoji": "🦀",
-	"previous": "&ViNc/3DepKybORDYRqBjsXbzX/wzy43nVI6UFy6vNBI=.sha256"
+	"previous": "&bivD/AIKN+ZOBUrq6+Z049v1AJ5PXV4M1Uqot+iHg5M=.sha256"
 }
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
index 4ae70c4b..a5871d01 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
@@ -270,35 +270,65 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 	}
 
 	async get_latest_private(following) {
+		const k_version = 1;
+		// { "version": 1, "range": [1234, 5678], messages: [ "%1.sha256", "%2.sha256", ... ], latest: rowid }
+		let cache = JSON.parse(await tfrpc.rpc.databaseGet(`private:${this.whoami}`) ?? '{}');
+		if (cache.version !== k_version) {
+			cache = {
+				version: k_version,
+				messages: [],
+				range: [],
+			};
+		}
 		let latest = (
 			await tfrpc.rpc.query('SELECT MAX(rowid) AS latest FROM messages')
 		)[0].latest;
-		const k_chunk_count = 256;
-		while (latest - k_chunk_count >= 0) {
+		let ranges = [];
+		const k_chunk_size = 512;
+		if (cache.range.length) {
+			for (let i = cache.range[1]; i < latest; i += k_chunk_size) {
+				ranges.push([i, Math.min(i + k_chunk_size, latest), true]);
+			}
+			for (let i = cache.range[0]; i >= 0; i -= k_chunk_size) {
+				ranges.push([Math.max(i - k_chunk_size, 0), Math.min(cache.range[0], i + k_chunk_size), false]);
+			}
+		} else {
+			for (let i = 0; i < latest; i += k_chunk_size) {
+				ranges.push([i, Math.min(i + k_chunk_size, latest), true]);
+			}
+		}
+		console.log(cache);
+		for (let range of ranges) {
 			let messages = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
 				`
-					SELECT messages.rowid, messages.id, previous, author, sequence, timestamp, hash, json(content) AS content, signature
+					SELECT messages.rowid, messages.id, json(content) AS content
 						FROM messages
-						JOIN json_each(?1) AS following ON messages.author = following.value
 						WHERE
-							messages.rowid > ?2 AND
-							messages.rowid <= ?3 AND
+							messages.rowid > ?1 AND
+							messages.rowid <= ?2 AND
 							json(messages.content) LIKE '"%'
 						ORDER BY sequence DESC
 					`,
 				[
-					JSON.stringify(following),
-					latest - k_chunk_count,
-					latest,
+					range[0],
+					range[1],
 				]
 			);
 			messages = (await this.decrypt(messages)).filter((x) => x.decrypted);
 			if (messages.length) {
-				return Math.max(...messages.map((x) => x.rowid));
+				cache.latest = Math.max(cache.latest ?? 0, ...messages.map((x) => x.rowid));
+				if (range[2]) {
+					cache.messages = [...cache.messages, ...messages.map(x => x.id)];
+				} else {
+					cache.messages = [...messages.map(x => x.id), ...cache.messages];
+				}
 			}
-			latest -= k_chunk_count;
+			cache.range[0] = Math.min(cache.range[0] ?? range[0], range[0]);
+			cache.range[1] = Math.max(cache.range[1] ?? range[1], range[1]);
+			await tfrpc.rpc.databaseSet(`private:${this.whoami}`, JSON.stringify(cache));
 		}
-		return -1;
+		console.log(cache);
+		return cache.latest;
 	}
 
 	async load_channels_latest(following) {