diff --git a/apps/ssb.json b/apps/ssb.json
index 68a1bfd6..6e8cfc1c 100644
--- a/apps/ssb.json
+++ b/apps/ssb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"type": "tildefriends-app",
 	"emoji": "🦀",
-	"previous": "&PP5y+K7wgLxdkeeb4iqyK1Fb+vwS9LjLJDt2FPrVlpo=.sha256"
+	"previous": "&e997wZKsisgdoMKDf52LAk4Vzzdhbp9M25eC68AoReE=.sha256"
 }
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
index b1d7a279..8e73f3cc 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 	async fetch_about(ids, users) {
 		const k_cache_version = 1;
 		let cache = await tfrpc.rpc.databaseGet('about');
+		let original_cache = cache;
 		cache = cache ? JSON.parse(cache) : {};
 		if (cache.version !== k_cache_version) {
 			cache = {
@@ -213,7 +214,13 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 			}
 		}
 		cache.last_row_id = max_row_id;
-		await tfrpc.rpc.databaseSet('about', JSON.stringify(cache));
+		let new_cache = JSON.stringify(cache);
+		if (new_cache !== original_cache) {
+			let start_time = new Date();
+			tfrpc.rpc.databaseSet('about', new_cache).then(function() {
+				console.log('saving about took', (new Date() - start_time) / 1000);
+			});
+		}
 		users = users || {};
 		for (let id of Object.keys(cache.about)) {
 			users[id] = Object.assign(users[id] || {}, cache.about[id]);