diff --git a/src/app/components/SignUp.svelte b/src/app/components/SignUp.svelte
index 86037605..885e9403 100644
--- a/src/app/components/SignUp.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/SignUp.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@
   import cx from "classnames"
   import type {ClientOptions} from "@pomade/core"
   import type {Profile} from "@welshman/util"
-  import {makeProfile, makeSecret, RELAYS, MESSAGING_RELAYS, makeEvent} from "@welshman/util"
+  import {
+    makeProfile,
+    makeSecret,
+    RELAYS,
+    PROFILE,
+    MESSAGING_RELAYS,
+    makeEvent,
+    createProfile,
+  } from "@welshman/util"
   import {loginWithNip01, publishThunk, waitForThunkCompletion} from "@welshman/app"
   import Key from "@assets/icons/key-minimalistic.svg?dataurl"
   import Letter from "@assets/icons/letter.svg?dataurl"
@@ -16,7 +24,6 @@
   import SignUpEmail from "@app/components/SignUpEmail.svelte"
   import SignUpProfile from "@app/components/SignUpProfile.svelte"
   import SignUpComplete from "@app/components/SignUpComplete.svelte"
-  import {initProfile} from "@app/profiles"
   import {attemptRelayAccess} from "@app/relays"
   import {
     POMADE_SIGNERS,
@@ -54,13 +61,16 @@
     const thunks = await Promise.all([
       publishThunk({
         event: makeEvent(RELAYS, {tags: DEFAULT_RELAYS.map(url => ["r", url])}),
-        relays: [...INDEXER_RELAYS, ...DEFAULT_RELAYS],
+        relays: [...INDEXER_RELAYS, ...DEFAULT_RELAYS, ...defaultSpaceUrls],
       }),
       publishThunk({
         event: makeEvent(MESSAGING_RELAYS, {tags: DEFAULT_MESSAGING_RELAYS.map(url => ["r", url])}),
-        relays: DEFAULT_RELAYS,
+        relays: [...DEFAULT_RELAYS, ...defaultSpaceUrls],
+      }),
+      publishThunk({
+        event: makeEvent(PROFILE, createProfile(getKey<Profile>("signup.profile")!)),
+        relays: [...DEFAULT_RELAYS, ...defaultSpaceUrls],
       }),
-      initProfile(getKey<Profile>("signup.profile")!),
       setSpaces(defaultSpaceUrls),
     ])
 
diff --git a/src/app/profiles.ts b/src/app/profiles.ts
index 0066fe08..947027d0 100644
--- a/src/app/profiles.ts
+++ b/src/app/profiles.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import type {Profile} from "@welshman/util"
 import {nthNe} from "@welshman/lib"
 import {publishThunk, pubkey, repository} from "@welshman/app"
 import {Router} from "@welshman/router"
-import {DEFAULT_RELAYS} from "@app/env"
 import {userSpaceUrls} from "@app/groups"
 
 export const broadcastUserData = async (relays: string[]) => {
@@ -29,12 +28,6 @@ export const broadcastUserData = async (relays: string[]) => {
   }
 }
 
-export const initProfile = (profile: Profile) => {
-  const event = makeEvent(PROFILE, createProfile(profile))
-
-  return publishThunk({event, relays: DEFAULT_RELAYS})
-}
-
 export const updateProfile = ({profile}: {profile: Profile}) => {
   const router = Router.get()
   const template = isPublishedProfile(profile) ? editProfile(profile) : createProfile(profile)