diff --git a/onionr/api.py b/onionr/api.py
index 3ccebff5..4780034f 100755
--- a/onionr/api.py
+++ b/onionr/api.py
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ class API:
                     self.mimeType = 'text/html'
                     response = siteData.split(b'-', 2)[-1]
                 resp = Response(response)
+            elif action == 'info':
+                resp = new Response(json.dumps({'id' : 'not yet implemented'}))
             elif action == "insertBlock":
                 response = {'success' : False, 'reason' : 'An unknown error occurred'}
 
diff --git a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/index.html b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/index.html
index 6efaac1b..02ee47b4 100644
--- a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/index.html
+++ b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/index.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                                 <img id="onionr-profile-user-icon" class="onionr-profile-user-icon" src="img/default.png">
                             </div>
                             <div class="col-8 col-lg-12">
-                                <h2 id="onionr-profile-username" class="onionr-profile-username text-left text-lg-center text-sm-left">arinerron</h2>
+                                <h2 id="onionr-profile-username" class="onionr-profile-username text-left text-lg-center text-sm-left" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="unknown">arinerron</h2>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/js/main.js b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/js/main.js
index 75cb7f81..6bbbdb27 100644
--- a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/js/main.js
+++ b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/js/main.js
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ function remove(key) {
     return localStorage.removeItem(key);
 }
 
+function getParameter(name) {
+    var match = RegExp('[?&]' + name + '=([^&]*)').exec(window.location.search);
+    return match && decodeURIComponent(match[1].replace(/\+/g, ' '));
+}
+
+/* usermap localStorage stuff */
+
 var usermap = JSON.parse(get('usermap', '{}'));
 
 function getUserMap() {
@@ -24,11 +31,29 @@ function getUserMap() {
 }
 
 function deserializeUser(id) {
+    if(!(id in getUserMap()))
+        return null;
+
     var serialized = getUserMap()[id]
     var user = new User();
+
     user.setName(serialized['name']);
     user.setID(serialized['id']);
     user.setIcon(serialized['icon']);
+
+    return user;
+}
+
+function serializeUser(user) {
+    if(user !== null && user !== undefined) {
+        var serialized = {'name' : user.getName(), 'id' : user.getID(), 'icon' : user.getIcon()};
+
+        usermap[user.getID()] = serialized;
+
+        set('usermap', JSON.stringify(getUserMap()));
+
+        return serialized;
+    }
 }
 
 /* returns a relative date format, e.g. "5 minutes" */
@@ -219,7 +244,7 @@ class Post {
         // postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$user-id-truncated', Sanitize.html(this.getUser().getID().split('-').slice(0, 4).join('-')));
 
         postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$user-id', Sanitize.html(this.getUser().getID()));
-        postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$user-image', Sanitize.html(this.getUser().getIcon()));
+        postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$user-image', "data:image/jpeg;base64," + Sanitize.html(this.getUser().getIcon()));
         postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$content', Sanitize.html(this.getContent()));
         postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$date-relative', timeSince(this.getPostDate(), device) + (device === 'desktop' ?  ' ago' : ''));
         postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$date', this.getPostDate().toLocaleString());
@@ -449,3 +474,8 @@ if(getWebPassword() === null) {
     setWebPassword(password);
     window.location.reload(true);
 }
+
+var tt = getParameter("timingToken");
+if(tt !== null && tt !== undefined) {
+    setTimingToken(tt);
+}
diff --git a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/js/timeline.js b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/js/timeline.js
index 0dbd634a..e7a3c472 100644
--- a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/js/timeline.js
+++ b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/dist/js/timeline.js
@@ -1,21 +1,57 @@
+function getUserInfo(id, callback) {
+    var user = deserializeUser(id);
+    if(user === null) {
+        Block.getBlocks({'type' : 'onionr-user-info', 'signed' : true, 'reverse' : true}, function(data) {
+            if(data.length !== 0) {
+                try {
+                    user = new User();
+
+                    var userInfo = JSON.parse(data[0].getContent());
+
+                    if(userInfo['id'] === id) {
+                        user.setName(userInfo['name']);
+                        user.setIcon(userInfo['icon']);
+                        user.setID(id);
+
+                        serializeUser(user);
+
+                        return callback(user);
+                    }
+                } catch(e) {
+                    console.log(e);
+                    return callback(null);
+                }
+            } else {
+                return callback(null);
+            }
+        });
+    } else {
+        return callback(user);
+    }
+}
+
 /* just for testing rn */
 Block.getBlocks({'type' : 'onionr-post', 'signed' : true, 'reverse' : true}, function(data) {
     for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
         try {
             var block = data[i];
 
-            var post = new Post();
-            var user = new User();
+            var finished = false;
+            getUserInfo(new String(block.getHeader('signer', 'unknown')), function(user) {
+                var post = new Post();
 
-            var blockContent = JSON.parse(block.getContent());
+                var blockContent = JSON.parse(block.getContent());
 
-            user.setName('unknown');
-            user.setID(new String(block.getHeader('signer', 'unknown')));
-            post.setContent(blockContent['content']);
-            post.setPostDate(block.getDate());
-            post.setUser(user);
+                post.setContent(blockContent['content']);
+                post.setPostDate(block.getDate());
+                post.setUser(user);
 
-            document.getElementById('onionr-timeline-posts').innerHTML += post.getHTML();
+                document.getElementById('onionr-timeline-posts').innerHTML += post.getHTML();
+
+                finished = true;
+            });
+
+            while(!finished);
         } catch(e) {
             console.log(e);
         }
@@ -23,5 +59,14 @@ Block.getBlocks({'type' : 'onionr-post', 'signed' : true, 'reverse' : true}, fun
 });
 
 function viewProfile(id, name) {
+    id = decodeURIComponent(id);
     document.getElementById("onionr-profile-username").innerHTML = Sanitize.html(decodeURIComponent(name));
+
+    getUserInfo(id, function(data) {
+        if(data !== null) {
+            document.getElementById("onionr-profile-username").innerHTML = Sanitize.html(data.getName());
+            document.getElementById("onionr-profile-username").title = Sanitize.html(data.getID());
+            document.getElementById("onionr-profile-user-icon").src = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + Sanitize.html(data.getIcon());
+        }
+    });
 }
diff --git a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/index.html b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/index.html
index e5791cb9..f34e8605 100644
--- a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/index.html
+++ b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/index.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                                 <img id="onionr-profile-user-icon" class="onionr-profile-user-icon" src="img/default.png">
                             </div>
                             <div class="col-8 col-lg-12">
-                                <h2 id="onionr-profile-username" class="onionr-profile-username text-left text-lg-center text-sm-left">arinerron</h2>
+                                <h2 id="onionr-profile-username" class="onionr-profile-username text-left text-lg-center text-sm-left" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="unknown">arinerron</h2>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/js/main.js b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/js/main.js
index a99c187b..50738052 100644
--- a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/js/main.js
+++ b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/js/main.js
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ function remove(key) {
     return localStorage.removeItem(key);
 }
 
+function getParameter(name) {
+    var match = RegExp('[?&]' + name + '=([^&]*)').exec(window.location.search);
+    return match && decodeURIComponent(match[1].replace(/\+/g, ' '));
+}
+
+/* usermap localStorage stuff */
+
 var usermap = JSON.parse(get('usermap', '{}'));
 
 function getUserMap() {
@@ -24,11 +31,29 @@ function getUserMap() {
 }
 
 function deserializeUser(id) {
+    if(!(id in getUserMap()))
+        return null;
+
     var serialized = getUserMap()[id]
     var user = new User();
+
     user.setName(serialized['name']);
     user.setID(serialized['id']);
     user.setIcon(serialized['icon']);
+
+    return user;
+}
+
+function serializeUser(user) {
+    if(user !== null && user !== undefined) {
+        var serialized = {'name' : user.getName(), 'id' : user.getID(), 'icon' : user.getIcon()};
+
+        usermap[user.getID()] = serialized;
+
+        set('usermap', JSON.stringify(getUserMap()));
+
+        return serialized;
+    }
 }
 
 /* returns a relative date format, e.g. "5 minutes" */
@@ -187,7 +212,7 @@ class Post {
         // postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$user-id-truncated', Sanitize.html(this.getUser().getID().split('-').slice(0, 4).join('-')));
 
         postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$user-id', Sanitize.html(this.getUser().getID()));
-        postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$user-image', Sanitize.html(this.getUser().getIcon()));
+        postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$user-image', "data:image/jpeg;base64," + Sanitize.html(this.getUser().getIcon()));
         postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$content', Sanitize.html(this.getContent()));
         postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$date-relative', timeSince(this.getPostDate(), device) + (device === 'desktop' ?  ' ago' : ''));
         postTemplate = postTemplate.replaceAll('$date', this.getPostDate().toLocaleString());
@@ -417,3 +442,8 @@ if(getWebPassword() === null) {
     setWebPassword(password);
     window.location.reload(true);
 }
+
+var tt = getParameter("timingToken");
+if(tt !== null && tt !== undefined) {
+    setTimingToken(tt);
+}
diff --git a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/js/timeline.js b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/js/timeline.js
index 763fc7d0..e7a3c472 100644
--- a/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/js/timeline.js
+++ b/onionr/static-data/www/ui/src/js/timeline.js
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+function getUserInfo(id, callback) {
+    var user = deserializeUser(id);
+    if(user === null) {
+        Block.getBlocks({'type' : 'onionr-user-info', 'signed' : true, 'reverse' : true}, function(data) {
+            if(data.length !== 0) {
+                try {
+                    user = new User();
+
+                    var userInfo = JSON.parse(data[0].getContent());
+
+                    if(userInfo['id'] === id) {
+                        user.setName(userInfo['name']);
+                        user.setIcon(userInfo['icon']);
+                        user.setID(id);
+
+                        serializeUser(user);
+
+                        return callback(user);
+                    }
+                } catch(e) {
+                    console.log(e);
+                    return callback(null);
+                }
+            } else {
+                return callback(null);
+            }
+        });
+    } else {
+        return callback(user);
+    }
+}
 
 /* just for testing rn */
 Block.getBlocks({'type' : 'onionr-post', 'signed' : true, 'reverse' : true}, function(data) {
@@ -5,18 +36,22 @@ Block.getBlocks({'type' : 'onionr-post', 'signed' : true, 'reverse' : true}, fun
         try {
             var block = data[i];
 
-            var post = new Post();
-            var user = new User();
+            var finished = false;
+            getUserInfo(new String(block.getHeader('signer', 'unknown')), function(user) {
+                var post = new Post();
 
-            var blockContent = JSON.parse(block.getContent());
+                var blockContent = JSON.parse(block.getContent());
 
-            user.setName('unknown');
-            user.setID(new String(block.getHeader('signer', 'unknown')));
-            post.setContent(blockContent['content']);
-            post.setPostDate(block.getDate());
-            post.setUser(user);
+                post.setContent(blockContent['content']);
+                post.setPostDate(block.getDate());
+                post.setUser(user);
 
-            document.getElementById('onionr-timeline-posts').innerHTML += post.getHTML();
+                document.getElementById('onionr-timeline-posts').innerHTML += post.getHTML();
+
+                finished = true;
+            });
+
+            while(!finished);
         } catch(e) {
             console.log(e);
         }
@@ -24,5 +59,14 @@ Block.getBlocks({'type' : 'onionr-post', 'signed' : true, 'reverse' : true}, fun
 });
 
 function viewProfile(id, name) {
+    id = decodeURIComponent(id);
     document.getElementById("onionr-profile-username").innerHTML = Sanitize.html(decodeURIComponent(name));
+
+    getUserInfo(id, function(data) {
+        if(data !== null) {
+            document.getElementById("onionr-profile-username").innerHTML = Sanitize.html(data.getName());
+            document.getElementById("onionr-profile-username").title = Sanitize.html(data.getID());
+            document.getElementById("onionr-profile-user-icon").src = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + Sanitize.html(data.getIcon());
+        }
+    });
 }