diff --git a/apps/ssb.json b/apps/ssb.json
index 1756cbec0..9ac40d61a 100644
--- a/apps/ssb.json
+++ b/apps/ssb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"type": "tildefriends-app",
 	"emoji": "🦀",
-	"previous": "&A1H5/wFzj8lTt2HBBb8Gj6tQnx+c2y0LvJnDvZqy10Y=.sha256"
+	"previous": "&dG2winiXQktKgYn8MEX+K7HUtY7PfYh1a9L9IVdCrtM=.sha256"
 }
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
index 2c57625fd..8b9df515b 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-app.js
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class TfElement extends LitElement {
 		);
 		for (let message of result) {
 			let key = JSON.stringify(
-				message?.decrypted?.recps?.filter((x) => x != this.whoami)?.sort()
+				message?.decrypted?.recps?.filter((x) => x != this.whoami)?.sort() ?? []
 			);
 			if (!groups[key]) {
 				groups[key] = [];
diff --git a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
index 85cc7ad61..7927ecdca 100644
--- a/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
+++ b/apps/ssb/tf-tab-news-feed.js
@@ -209,27 +209,8 @@ class TfTabNewsFeedElement extends LitElement {
 			console.log(
 				`load of ${result.length} rows took ${(t2 - t0) / 1000} (${(t1 - t0) / 1000} to find ${initial_messages.length} initial messages, ${(t2 - t1) / 1000} to find ${result.length} total messages) following=${this.following.length} st=${start_time} et=${end_time}`
 			);
-		} else if (this.hash == '#🔐') {
-			result = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
-				`
-					SELECT TRUE AS is_primary, messages.rowid, messages.id, previous, author, sequence, timestamp, hash, json(content) AS content, signature
-					FROM messages
-					JOIN json_each(?1) AS private_messages ON messages.id = private_messages.value
-					WHERE
-						(?2 IS NULL OR (messages.timestamp >= ?2)) AND messages.timestamp < ?3 AND
-						json(messages.content) LIKE '"%'
-					ORDER BY messages.rowid DESC LIMIT ?4
-				`,
-				[
-					JSON.stringify(this.private_messages),
-					start_time,
-					end_time,
-					k_max_results,
-				]
-			);
-			result = (await this.decrypt(result)).filter((x) => x.decrypted);
 		} else if (this.hash.startsWith('#🔐')) {
-			let ids = this.hash.substring('#🔐'.length).split(',');
+			let ids = this.hash == '#🔐' ? [] : this.hash.substring('#🔐'.length).split(',');
 			result = await tfrpc.rpc.query(
 				`
 					SELECT TRUE AS is_primary, messages.rowid, messages.id, previous, author, sequence, timestamp, hash, json(content) AS content, signature