diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 559db946..5f36c7b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "nostrdb"
 version = "0.3.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb-rs?rev=b6c5d8fb9f3f79f14d69dd2d6eca2712e0f0a42d#b6c5d8fb9f3f79f14d69dd2d6eca2712e0f0a42d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb-rs?rev=1489a5aee49996d8a6a54b4c3c9c8397e3e8d40f#1489a5aee49996d8a6a54b4c3c9c8397e3e8d40f"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "cc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index de113539..3fa2596e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.89"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 puffin_egui = { version = "0.27.0", optional = true }
 puffin = { version = "0.19.0", optional = true }
-nostrdb = { git = "https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb-rs", rev = "b6c5d8fb9f3f79f14d69dd2d6eca2712e0f0a42d" }
+nostrdb = { git = "https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb-rs", rev = "1489a5aee49996d8a6a54b4c3c9c8397e3e8d40f" }
 #nostrdb = "0.3.2"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 base32 = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/preview b/preview
index 07be5d24..6746da8b 100755
--- a/preview
+++ b/preview
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-cargo run --bin ui_preview -- "$@"
+cargo run --bin ui_preview --release -- "$@"
diff --git a/src/ui/anim.rs b/src/ui/anim.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..142fe15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/anim.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+pub fn hover_expand(
+    ui: &mut egui::Ui,
+    id: egui::Id,
+    size: f32,
+    expand_size: f32,
+    anim_speed: f32,
+) -> (egui::Rect, f32) {
+    // Allocate space for the profile picture with a fixed size
+    let default_size = size + expand_size;
+    let (rect, response) =
+        ui.allocate_exact_size(egui::vec2(default_size, default_size), egui::Sense::hover());
+
+    let val = ui
+        .ctx()
+        .animate_bool_with_time(id, response.hovered(), anim_speed);
+
+    let size = size + val * expand_size;
+    (rect, size)
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index 7bd23f6a..60c3ad0d 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod anim;
 pub mod note;
 pub mod preview;
 pub mod profile;
diff --git a/src/ui/note/contents.rs b/src/ui/note/contents.rs
index 868767b6..5894e5d0 100644
--- a/src/ui/note/contents.rs
+++ b/src/ui/note/contents.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,29 @@ fn render_note_preview(
         .response
 }
 
+fn mention_ui(app: &mut Damus, txn: &Transaction, pk: &[u8; 32], ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+    #[cfg(feature = "profiling")]
+    puffin::profile_function!();
+
+    let profile = app.ndb.get_profile_by_pubkey(txn, pk).ok();
+
+    let name: String =
+        if let Some(name) = profile.as_ref().and_then(crate::profile::get_profile_name) {
+            format!("@{}", name.username())
+        } else {
+            "??".to_string()
+        };
+
+    let resp = ui.colored_label(colors::PURPLE, &name);
+
+    if let Some(rec) = profile.as_ref() {
+        resp.on_hover_ui_at_pointer(|ui| {
+            ui.set_max_width(300.0);
+            ui.add(ui::ProfilePreview::new(rec, &mut app.img_cache));
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 fn render_note_contents(
     ui: &mut egui::Ui,
     damus: &mut Damus,
@@ -125,30 +148,12 @@ fn render_note_contents(
         for block in blocks.iter(note) {
             match block.blocktype() {
                 BlockType::MentionBech32 => match block.as_mention().unwrap() {
+                    Mention::Profile(profile) => {
+                        mention_ui(damus, txn, profile.pubkey(), ui);
+                    }
+
                     Mention::Pubkey(npub) => {
-                        #[cfg(feature = "profiling")]
-                        puffin::profile_scope!("pubkey contents");
-
-                        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-                            let profile = damus.ndb.get_profile_by_pubkey(txn, npub.pubkey()).ok();
-
-                            let name: String = if let Some(name) =
-                                profile.as_ref().and_then(crate::profile::get_profile_name)
-                            {
-                                format!("@{}", name.username())
-                            } else {
-                                "??".to_string()
-                            };
-
-                            let resp = ui.colored_label(colors::PURPLE, &name);
-
-                            if let Some(rec) = profile.as_ref() {
-                                resp.on_hover_ui_at_pointer(|ui| {
-                                    ui.set_max_width(300.0);
-                                    ui.add(ui::ProfilePreview::new(rec, &mut damus.img_cache));
-                                });
-                            }
-                        });
+                        mention_ui(damus, txn, npub.pubkey(), ui);
                     }
 
                     Mention::Note(note) if options.has_note_previews() => {
diff --git a/src/ui/note/mod.rs b/src/ui/note/mod.rs
index c0edc856..eb3b255a 100644
--- a/src/ui/note/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/note/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub use options::NoteOptions;
 
 use crate::{colors, ui, Damus};
 use egui::{Label, RichText, Sense};
+use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 
 pub struct Note<'a> {
     app: &'a mut Damus,
@@ -23,6 +24,20 @@ impl<'a> egui::Widget for Note<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+struct ProfileAnimId {
+    profile_key: u64,
+    note_key: u64,
+}
+
+impl Hash for ProfileAnimId {
+    fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
+        state.write_u8(0x12);
+        self.profile_key.hash(state);
+        self.note_key.hash(state);
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> Note<'a> {
     pub fn new(app: &'a mut Damus, note: &'a nostrdb::Note<'a>) -> Self {
         let flags = NoteOptions::actionbar | NoteOptions::note_previews;
@@ -104,7 +119,33 @@ impl<'a> Note<'a> {
                     // these have different lifetimes and types,
                     // so the calls must be separate
                     Some(pic) => {
-                        ui.add(ui::ProfilePic::new(&mut self.app.img_cache, pic));
+                        let expand_size = 5.0;
+                        let anim_speed = 0.05;
+                        let profile_key = profile.as_ref().unwrap().record().note_key();
+                        let note_key = note_key.as_u64();
+
+                        let (rect, size) = ui::anim::hover_expand(
+                            ui,
+                            egui::Id::new(ProfileAnimId {
+                                profile_key,
+                                note_key,
+                            }),
+                            ui::ProfilePic::default_size(),
+                            expand_size,
+                            anim_speed,
+                        );
+
+                        ui.put(
+                            rect,
+                            ui::ProfilePic::new(&mut self.app.img_cache, pic).size(size),
+                        )
+                        .on_hover_ui_at_pointer(|ui| {
+                            ui.set_max_width(300.0);
+                            ui.add(ui::ProfilePreview::new(
+                                profile.as_ref().unwrap(),
+                                &mut self.app.img_cache,
+                            ));
+                        });
                     }
                     None => {
                         ui.add(ui::ProfilePic::new(
diff --git a/src/ui/profile/picture.rs b/src/ui/profile/picture.rs
index 0bc18e1d..40998ea2 100644
--- a/src/ui/profile/picture.rs
+++ b/src/ui/profile/picture.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::imgcache::ImageCache;
-
+use crate::ui::{Preview, View};
 use egui::{vec2, Sense, TextureHandle};
 
 pub struct ProfilePic<'cache, 'url> {
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ impl<'cache, 'url> egui::Widget for ProfilePic<'cache, 'url> {
 
 impl<'cache, 'url> ProfilePic<'cache, 'url> {
     pub fn new(cache: &'cache mut ImageCache, url: &'url str) -> Self {
-        let size = 32.0;
+        let size = Self::default_size();
         ProfilePic { cache, url, size }
     }
 
+    pub fn default_size() -> f32 {
+        32.0
+    }
+
     pub fn no_pfp_url() -> &'static str {
         "https://damus.io/img/no-profile.svg"
     }
@@ -93,3 +97,96 @@ fn paint_circle(ui: &mut egui::Ui, size: f32) -> egui::Response {
 
     response
 }
+
+mod preview {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::ui;
+    use nostrdb::*;
+    use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+    pub struct ProfilePicPreview {
+        cache: ImageCache,
+        ndb: Ndb,
+        keys: Vec<ProfileKey>,
+    }
+
+    impl ProfilePicPreview {
+        fn new() -> Self {
+            let config = Config::new();
+            let ndb = Ndb::new(".", &config).expect("ndb");
+            let txn = Transaction::new(&ndb).unwrap();
+            let filters = vec![Filter::new().kinds(vec![0]).build()];
+            let cache = ImageCache::new("cache/img".into());
+            let mut pks = HashSet::new();
+            let mut keys = HashSet::new();
+
+            for query_result in ndb.query(&txn, filters, 2000).unwrap() {
+                pks.insert(query_result.note.pubkey());
+            }
+
+            for pk in pks {
+                let profile = if let Ok(profile) = ndb.get_profile_by_pubkey(&txn, pk) {
+                    profile
+                } else {
+                    continue;
+                };
+
+                if profile
+                    .record()
+                    .profile()
+                    .and_then(|p| p.picture())
+                    .is_none()
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                keys.insert(profile.key().expect("should not be owned"));
+            }
+
+            let keys = keys.into_iter().collect();
+            ProfilePicPreview { cache, ndb, keys }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl View for ProfilePicPreview {
+        fn ui(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+            ui.horizontal_wrapped(|ui| {
+                let txn = Transaction::new(&self.ndb).unwrap();
+                for key in &self.keys {
+                    let profile = self.ndb.get_profile_by_key(&txn, *key).unwrap();
+                    let url = profile
+                        .record()
+                        .profile()
+                        .expect("should have profile")
+                        .picture()
+                        .expect("should have picture");
+
+                    let expand_size = 10.0;
+                    let anim_speed = 0.05;
+
+                    let (rect, size) = ui::anim::hover_expand(
+                        ui,
+                        egui::Id::new(profile.key().unwrap()),
+                        ui::ProfilePic::default_size(),
+                        expand_size,
+                        anim_speed,
+                    );
+
+                    ui.put(rect, ui::ProfilePic::new(&mut self.cache, url).size(size))
+                        .on_hover_ui_at_pointer(|ui| {
+                            ui.set_max_width(300.0);
+                            ui.add(ui::ProfilePreview::new(&profile, &mut self.cache));
+                        });
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<'cache, 'url> Preview for ProfilePic<'cache, 'url> {
+        type Prev = ProfilePicPreview;
+
+        fn preview() -> Self::Prev {
+            ProfilePicPreview::new()
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/relay.rs b/src/ui/relay.rs
index 8d0a9209..329f826b 100644
--- a/src/ui/relay.rs
+++ b/src/ui/relay.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ mod preview {
     impl View for RelayViewPreview {
         fn ui(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
             self.pool.try_recv();
-            RelayView::new(RelayPoolManager::new(&mut self.pool)).ui(ui)
+            RelayView::new(RelayPoolManager::new(&mut self.pool)).ui(ui);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ui_preview/main.rs b/src/ui_preview/main.rs
index 26ef126f..224f7cb8 100644
--- a/src/ui_preview/main.rs
+++ b/src/ui_preview/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use notedeck::account_login_view::AccountLoginView;
 use notedeck::app_creation::{
     generate_mobile_emulator_native_options, generate_native_options, setup_cc,
 };
-use notedeck::ui::{Preview, PreviewApp, ProfilePreview, RelayView};
+use notedeck::ui::{Preview, PreviewApp, ProfilePic, ProfilePreview, RelayView};
 use std::env;
 
 struct PreviewRunner {
@@ -73,5 +73,12 @@ async fn main() {
 
     let runner = PreviewRunner::new(is_mobile);
 
-    previews!(runner, name, RelayView, AccountLoginView, ProfilePreview,);
+    previews!(
+        runner,
+        name,
+        RelayView,
+        AccountLoginView,
+        ProfilePreview,
+        ProfilePic
+    );
 }