diff --git a/lib/controllers/client_controller.dart b/lib/controllers/client_controller.dart
index fd84f5d..f1ff6a6 100644
--- a/lib/controllers/client_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/controllers/client_controller.dart
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ class ClientController extends AsyncNotifier<int> {
   Future<Paginate> paginate(PaginateRequest request) async =>
       Paginate.fromJson(await _sendCommand("paginate", request.toJson()));
 
-  Future<Profile> getProfile(String userId) async => Profile.fromJsonWithCatch({
-    ...(await _sendCommand("get_profile", {"user_id": userId})),
-    "id": userId,
-  });
+  Future<Profile> getProfile(String userId) async {
+    final json = await _sendCommand("get_profile", {"user_id": userId});
+    return Profile.fromJsonWithCatch({...json, "id": userId});
+  }
 
   Future<void> reportEvent(ReportRequest request) =>
       _sendCommand("report_event", request.toJson());
diff --git a/lib/controllers/profile_controller.dart b/lib/controllers/profile_controller.dart
index 6131034..9aa0e09 100644
--- a/lib/controllers/profile_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/controllers/profile_controller.dart
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ class ProfileController extends AsyncNotifier<Profile> {
     return client.getProfile(userId);
   }
 
-  static final provider =
-      AsyncNotifierProvider.family<ProfileController, Profile, String>(
-        ProfileController.new,
-      );
+  static final provider = AsyncNotifierProvider.family
+      .autoDispose<ProfileController, Profile, String>(ProfileController.new);
 }
diff --git a/lib/controllers/room_chat_controller.dart b/lib/controllers/room_chat_controller.dart
index d8fea0c..cf6209e 100644
--- a/lib/controllers/room_chat_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/controllers/room_chat_controller.dart
@@ -44,16 +44,11 @@ class RoomChatController extends AsyncNotifier<IList<Event>> {
       loadOlder();
     }
 
-    return IMap<int, int?>.fromValues(
-          keyMapper: (id) => 9999999 + (id ?? 0),
-          values: room.sticky,
-        )
-        .addAll(room.timeline)
-        .toEntryIList(compare: (a, b) => (b?.key ?? 0).compareTo(a?.key ?? 0))
+    return room.timeline
+        .toValueIList(sort: true, compare: (a, b) => (a ?? 0).compareTo(b ?? 0))
+        .addAll(room.sticky)
         .map((entry) {
-          final foundEvent = entry.value == null
-              ? null
-              : room.events[entry.value!];
+          final foundEvent = entry == null ? null : room.events[entry];
 
           final editedEvent =
               foundEvent == null || foundEvent.lastEditRowId == 0
diff --git a/lib/models/content/membership.dart b/lib/models/content/membership.dart
index aa5a36d..dbbd123 100644
--- a/lib/models/content/membership.dart
+++ b/lib/models/content/membership.dart
@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@ part "membership.g.dart";
 @freezed
 abstract class MembershipContent extends Content with _$MembershipContent {
   MembershipContent._();
+
+  static String? displaynameFromJson(String? displayName) =>
+      displayName?.isEmpty == true ? null : displayName;
+
   factory MembershipContent({
-    @JsonKey(name: "displayname") required String? displayName,
+    @JsonKey(
+      name: "displayname",
+      fromJson: MembershipContent.displaynameFromJson,
+    )
+    required String? displayName,
     @JsonKey(name: "membership") required MembershipStatus status,
     Uri? avatarUrl,
     String? reason,
diff --git a/lib/models/profile.dart b/lib/models/profile.dart
index 6ba2656..6ae1e94 100644
--- a/lib/models/profile.dart
+++ b/lib/models/profile.dart
@@ -1,26 +1,32 @@
 import "package:fast_immutable_collections/fast_immutable_collections.dart";
 import "package:freezed_annotation/freezed_annotation.dart";
+import "package:nexus/models/content/membership.dart";
 part "profile.freezed.dart";
 part "profile.g.dart";
 
-Object? readPronouns(Map<dynamic, dynamic> map, _) =>
-    map["m.pronouns"] ?? map["io.fsky.nyx.pronouns"];
-
-Object? readTimezone(Map<dynamic, dynamic> map, _) =>
-    map["m.tz"] ?? map["us.cloke.msc4175.tz"];
-
 @freezed
 abstract class Profile with _$Profile {
+  static Object? readPronouns(Map<dynamic, dynamic> map, _) =>
+      map["m.pronouns"] ?? map["io.fsky.nyx.pronouns"];
+
+  static Object? readTimezone(Map<dynamic, dynamic> map, _) =>
+      map["m.tz"] ?? map["us.cloke.msc4175.tz"];
+
   const factory Profile({
     required String id,
     String? parseError,
     Uri? avatarUrl,
-    @JsonKey(name: "displayname") String? displayName,
 
-    @JsonKey(readValue: readTimezone, name: "m.tz") String? timezone,
+    @JsonKey(
+      name: "displayname",
+      fromJson: MembershipContent.displaynameFromJson,
+    )
+    String? displayName,
+
+    @JsonKey(readValue: Profile.readTimezone, name: "m.tz") String? timezone,
 
     @Default(IList.empty())
-    @JsonKey(readValue: readPronouns, name: "io.fsky.nyx.pronouns")
+    @JsonKey(readValue: Profile.readPronouns, name: "io.fsky.nyx.pronouns")
     IList<Pronoun> pronouns,
   }) = _Profile;
 
diff --git a/lib/widgets/room_chat.dart b/lib/widgets/room_chat.dart
index 733c5ba..87bc90d 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/room_chat.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/room_chat.dart
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ class RoomChat extends HookConsumerWidget {
     final client = ref.watch(ClientController.provider.notifier);
 
     final listController = useRef(ListController());
-    final scrollController = useScrollController();
+    final scrollController = useScrollController(
+      initialScrollOffset: 99999,
+      keys: [roomId],
+    );
 
     useEffect(() {
       Future<void> listener() async {
@@ -90,9 +93,9 @@ class RoomChat extends HookConsumerWidget {
         if (room == null) return;
 
         if (scrollController.position.pixels == 0) {
-          await client.markRead(room);
-        } else {
           if (room.hasMore) await notifier.loadOlder();
+        } else {
+          await client.markRead(room);
         }
       }
 
@@ -323,7 +326,6 @@ class RoomChat extends HookConsumerWidget {
     }
 
     final controllerData = ref.watch(controllerProvider);
-
     return Scaffold(
       appBar: RoomAppbar(
         roomId: roomId,
@@ -345,12 +347,19 @@ class RoomChat extends HookConsumerWidget {
                     child: switch (controllerData) {
                       AsyncData(:final value) ||
                       AsyncLoading(:final value?) => CustomScrollView(
-                        reverse: true,
                         controller: scrollController,
                         slivers: [
-                          SliverPadding(
-                            padding: EdgeInsetsGeometry.only(
-                              bottom: composerSize.value,
+                          SliverToBoxAdapter(
+                            child: Padding(
+                              padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 36),
+                              child: Center(
+                                child: ElevatedButton(
+                                  onPressed: controllerData is AsyncLoading
+                                      ? null
+                                      : notifier.loadOlder,
+                                  child: Text("Load More"),
+                                ),
+                              ),
                             ),
                           ),
 
@@ -359,7 +368,7 @@ class RoomChat extends HookConsumerWidget {
                             itemCount: value.length,
                             itemBuilder: (_, index) {
                               final event = value[index];
-                              final previousEvent = value.getOrNull(index + 1);
+                              final previousEvent = value.getOrNull(index - 1);
                               return FlashWrapper(
                                 EventRenderer(
                                   event,
@@ -401,17 +410,9 @@ class RoomChat extends HookConsumerWidget {
                             },
                           ),
 
-                          SliverToBoxAdapter(
-                            child: Padding(
-                              padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 36),
-                              child: Center(
-                                child: controllerData is AsyncLoading
-                                    ? Loading()
-                                    : ElevatedButton(
-                                        onPressed: notifier.loadOlder,
-                                        child: Text("Load More"),
-                                      ),
-                              ),
+                          SliverPadding(
+                            padding: EdgeInsetsGeometry.only(
+                              bottom: composerSize.value,
                             ),
                           ),
                         ],