diff --git a/components.go b/components.go
index 200ad86..31505e1 100644
--- a/components.go
+++ b/components.go
@@ -32,16 +32,20 @@ func userRowComponent(ctx context.Context, profile sdk.ProfileMetadata, loggedUs
 	}
 
 	return Li(
-		A().Href("nostr:"+profile.Npub()).Children(
-			Span(profile.ShortName()).Attr(
-				"npub", profile.Npub(),
-				"name", profile.ShortName(),
-				"_", `
-on mouseenter set my innerText to @npub then hide the next <button />
-on mouseleave set my innerText to @name then show the next <button />`,
-			),
-		).Class("font-mono py-1"),
+		userNameComponent(ctx, profile),
 		button,
 		inviteTreeComponent(ctx, profile.PubKey, loggedUser),
 	).Class("ml-6")
 }
+
+func userNameComponent(ctx context.Context, profile sdk.ProfileMetadata) HTMLComponent {
+	return A().Href("nostr:" + profile.Npub()).Children(
+		Span(profile.ShortName()).Attr(
+			"npub", profile.Npub(),
+			"name", profile.ShortName(),
+			"_", `
+on mouseenter set my innerText to @npub then hide the next <button />
+on mouseleave set my innerText to @name then show the next <button />`,
+		),
+	).Class("font-mono py-1")
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1ebb843..8b8cbdc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/github-tijlxyz/khatru-invite
 go 1.21.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.0.2
+	github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.1.0
 	github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.1.0
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.25.0
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 0455d96..acdbe11 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
@@ -10,18 +9,11 @@ import (
 
 func inviteTreeHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	content := inviteTreePageHTML(r.Context(), InviteTreePageParams{
-		LoggedUser: getLoggedUser(r),
+		loggedUser: getLoggedUser(r),
 	})
 	htmlgo.Fprint(w, baseHTML(content), r.Context())
 }
 
-func getUserRowHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	pubkey := r.PostFormValue("pubkey")
-	profile := fetchAndStoreProfile(r.Context(), pubkey)
-	content := userRowComponent(r.Context(), profile, getLoggedUser(r))
-	htmlgo.Fprint(w, content, r.Context())
-}
-
 func addToWhitelistHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	loggedUser := getLoggedUser(r)
 
@@ -34,6 +26,7 @@ func addToWhitelistHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, "failed to add to whitelist: "+err.Error(), 500)
 		return
 	}
+
 	content := inviteTreeComponent(r.Context(), "", loggedUser)
 	htmlgo.Fprint(w, content, r.Context())
 }
@@ -162,7 +155,7 @@ func reportsViewerHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 func homePageHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	content := homePageHTML(r.Context(), HomePageParams{
-		RelayOwnerInfo: fetchAndStoreProfile(context.Background(), s.RelayPubkey),
+		relayOwnerInfo: fetchAndStoreProfile(r.Context(), s.RelayPubkey),
 	})
 	htmlgo.Fprint(w, baseHTML(content), r.Context())
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d164e54..bcad25c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore/badgern"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore/badger"
 	"github.com/fiatjaf/khatru"
 	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type Settings struct {
 
 var (
 	s         Settings
-	db        = badgern.BadgerBackend{}
+	db        = badger.BadgerBackend{}
 	log       = zerolog.New(os.Stderr).Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout}).With().Timestamp().Logger()
 	whitelist = make(Whitelist)
 	relay     = khatru.NewRelay()
@@ -52,18 +52,19 @@ func main() {
 	relay.Description = s.RelayDescription
 	relay.Contact = s.RelayContact
 
-	// load whitelist storage
+	relay.StoreEvent = append(relay.StoreEvent, db.SaveEvent)
+	relay.QueryEvents = append(relay.QueryEvents, db.QueryEvents)
+	relay.CountEvents = append(relay.CountEvents, db.CountEvents)
+	relay.DeleteEvent = append(relay.DeleteEvent, db.DeleteEvent)
+	relay.RejectEvent = append(relay.RejectEvent, rejectEventsFromUsersNotInWhitelist)
+
+	// load users registry
 	if err := loadWhitelist(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to load whitelist")
 		return
 	}
 
-	relay.StoreEvent = append(relay.StoreEvent, db.SaveEvent)
-	relay.QueryEvents = append(relay.QueryEvents, db.QueryEvents)
-	relay.CountEvents = append(relay.CountEvents, db.CountEvents)
-	relay.DeleteEvent = append(relay.DeleteEvent, db.DeleteEvent)
-
-	relay.Router().HandleFunc("/get-user-row", getUserRowHandler)
+	// http routes
 	relay.Router().HandleFunc("/add-to-whitelist", addToWhitelistHandler)
 	relay.Router().HandleFunc("/remove-from-whitelist", removeFromWhitelistHandler)
 	relay.Router().HandleFunc("/reports", reportsViewerHandler)
diff --git a/pages.go b/pages.go
index e10ade3..6e6a651 100644
--- a/pages.go
+++ b/pages.go
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ func baseHTML(inside HTMLComponent) HTMLComponent {
 				A().Text("information").Href("/").Class(navItemClass).Attr("hx-boost", "true", "hx-target", "main", "hx-select", "main"),
 				A().Text("invite tree").Href("/users").Class(navItemClass).Attr("hx-boost", "true", "hx-target", "main", "hx-select", "main"),
 				A().Text("reports").Href("/reports").Class(navItemClass).Attr("hx-boost", "true", "hx-target", "main", "hx-select", "main"),
-				A().Text("login").Href("#").Class(navItemClass).
-					Attr("_", "on click get window.nostr.signEvent({created_at: Math.round(Date.now()/1000), kind: 27235, tags: [['domain', "+s.Domain+"]], content: ''}) then get JSON.stringify(it) then set cookies['nip98'] to it"),
+				A().Text("").Href("#").Class(navItemClass).
+					Attr("_", `
+on click if my innerText is equal to "login" get window.nostr.signEvent({created_at: Math.round(Date.now()/1000), kind: 27235, tags: [['domain', "`+s.Domain+`"]], content: ''}) then get JSON.stringify(it) then set cookies['nip98'] to it otherwise call cookies.clear('nip98') end then trigger load on me
+
+on load get cookies['nip98'] then if it is undefined set my innerText to "login" otherwise set my innerText to "logout"`),
 			).Class("flex flex-1 items-center justify-center"),
 			Main(inside).Class("m-4"),
 		).Class("mx-4 my-6"),
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ func baseHTML(inside HTMLComponent) HTMLComponent {
 }
 
 type HomePageParams struct {
-	RelayOwnerInfo sdk.ProfileMetadata
+	relayOwnerInfo sdk.ProfileMetadata
 }
 
 func homePageHTML(ctx context.Context, params HomePageParams) HTMLComponent {
@@ -59,33 +62,43 @@ func homePageHTML(ctx context.Context, params HomePageParams) HTMLComponent {
 		contact,
 		Div(
 			Text("relay master: "),
-			A().Text(params.RelayOwnerInfo.Name).Href("nostr:"+params.RelayOwnerInfo.Npub()),
+			userNameComponent(ctx, params.relayOwnerInfo),
 		),
 		Br(),
 		Div(
 			Text("this relay uses"),
-			A().Target("_blank").Href("https://github.com/github-tijlxyz/khatru-invite").Text("Khatru Invite"),
+			A().Target("_blank").Href("https://github.com/github-tijlxyz/khatru-invite").Text("Khatru Invite").
+				Class("underline"),
 			Text(" which is built with "),
-			A().Target("_blank").Href("https://github.com/fiatjaf/khatru").Text("Khatru"),
-		),
+			A().Target("_blank").Href("https://github.com/fiatjaf/khatru").Text("Khatru").
+				Class("underline"),
+		).Class("text-sm"),
 	)
 }
 
 type InviteTreePageParams struct {
-	LoggedUser string
+	loggedUser string
 }
 
 func inviteTreePageHTML(ctx context.Context, params InviteTreePageParams) HTMLComponent {
-	return Form(
-		Input("pubkey").Type("text").Placeholder("npub1...").Class("w-96 rounded-md border-0 p-2 text-gray-900 shadow-sm ring-1 ring-inset ring-gray-300 placeholder:text-gray-400 focus:ring-2 focus:ring-inset focus:ring-indigo-600"),
-		Button("invite").Class(buttonClass+" p-2 bg-white hover:bg-gray-50"),
+	inviteForm := Div()
+
+	if params.loggedUser != "" {
+		inviteForm = Form(
+			Input("pubkey").Type("text").Placeholder("npub1...").Class("w-96 rounded-md border-0 p-2 text-gray-900 shadow-sm ring-1 ring-inset ring-gray-300 placeholder:text-gray-400 focus:ring-2 focus:ring-inset focus:ring-indigo-600"),
+			Button("invite").Class(buttonClass+" p-2 bg-white hover:bg-gray-50"),
+		).Attr(
+			"hx-post", "/add-to-whitelist",
+			"hx-trigger", "submit",
+			"hx-target", "#tree",
+			"_", "on htmx:afterRequest(elt, successful) if successful and elt is I call I.reset()",
+		)
+	}
+
+	return Div(
+		inviteForm,
 		Div(
-			inviteTreeComponent(ctx, "", params.LoggedUser),
+			inviteTreeComponent(ctx, "", params.loggedUser),
 		).Id("tree").Class("mt-3"),
-	).Attr(
-		"hx-post", "/add-to-whitelist",
-		"hx-trigger", "submit",
-		"hx-target", "#tree",
-		"_", "on htmx:afterRequest(elt, successful) if successful and elt is I call I.reset()",
 	)
 }
diff --git a/relay.go b/relay.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbd158e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/relay.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+)
+
+func rejectEventsFromUsersNotInWhitelist(ctx context.Context, event *nostr.Event) (reject bool, msg string) {
+	if isPublicKeyInWhitelist(event.PubKey) {
+		return false, ""
+	}
+	return true, "not authorized"
+}
diff --git a/whitelist.go b/whitelist.go
index 7f71f8d..1010a4e 100644
--- a/whitelist.go
+++ b/whitelist.go
@@ -13,9 +13,19 @@ const WHITELIST_FILE = "users.json"
 type Whitelist map[string]string // { [user_pubkey]: [invited_by] }
 
 func addToWhitelist(pubkey string, inviter string) error {
-	if nostr.IsValidPublicKeyHex(pubkey) && isPublicKeyInWhitelist(inviter) && !isPublicKeyInWhitelist(pubkey) {
-		whitelist[pubkey] = inviter
+	if !isPublicKeyInWhitelist(inviter) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pubkey %s doesn't have permission to invite", inviter)
 	}
+
+	if !nostr.IsValidPublicKeyHex(pubkey) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pubkey invalid: %s", pubkey)
+	}
+
+	if isPublicKeyInWhitelist(pubkey) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pubkey already in whitelist: %s", pubkey)
+	}
+
+	whitelist[pubkey] = inviter
 	return saveWhitelist()
 }