diff --git a/src/components/Layout.js b/src/components/Layout.js
index 8a3431e..28a6442 100644
--- a/src/components/Layout.js
+++ b/src/components/Layout.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { useLogin } from '@/hooks/useLogin';
 
 const Layout = ({ children }) => {
-  useLogin();
 
   return (
     <div>
diff --git a/src/hooks/useLogin.js b/src/hooks/useLogin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3829e26..0000000
--- a/src/hooks/useLogin.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
-import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
-import axios from 'axios';
-import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools';
-import { findKind0Fields } from "@/utils/nostr";
-import { useToast } from './useToast';
-import { useNDKContext } from "@/context/NDKContext";
-
-export const useLogin = () => {
-    const router = useRouter();
-    const { showToast } = useToast();
-    const ndk = useNDKContext();
-
-    // Attempt Auto Login on render
-    useEffect(() => {
-        const autoLogin = async () => {
-            const user = window.localStorage.getItem('user');
-            const publicKey = JSON.parse(user)?.pubkey;
-
-            if (!publicKey) return;
-
-            try {
-                const response = await axios.get(`/api/users/${publicKey}`);
-                console.log('auto login response:', response);
-                if (response.status === 200 && response.data) {
-                    window.localStorage.setItem('user', JSON.stringify(response.data));
-                } else if (response.status === 204) {
-                    // User not found, create a new user
-                    const author = await ndk.getUser({ pubkey: publicKey });
-                    const kind0 = await author.fetchProfile();
-
-                    console.log('kind0:', kind0);
-
-                    let fields = null;
-
-                    if (kind0) {
-                        fields = await findKind0Fields(kind0);
-                    }
-
-                    const payload = { pubkey: publicKey, ...fields };
-
-                    try {
-                        const createUserResponse = await axios.post(`/api/users`, payload);
-                        console.log('create user response:', createUserResponse);
-                        if (createUserResponse.status === 201) {
-                            window.localStorage.setItem('user', JSON.stringify(createUserResponse.data));
-                        } else {
-                            console.error('Error creating user:', createUserResponse);
-                        }
-                    } catch (createError) {
-                        console.error('Error creating user:', createError);
-                        showToast('error', 'Error Creating User', 'Failed to create user');
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (error) {
-                console.error('Error during auto login:', error);
-            }
-        };
-
-        autoLogin();
-    }, [ndk, showToast]);
-
-    const nostrLogin = useCallback(async () => {
-        if (!window || !window.nostr) {
-          showToast('error', 'Nostr Unavailable', 'Nostr is not available');
-          return;
-        }
-      
-        const publicKey = await window.nostr.getPublicKey();
-        if (!publicKey) {
-          showToast('error', 'Public Key Error', 'Failed to obtain public key');
-          return;
-        }
-      
-        try {
-          const response = await axios.get(`/api/users/${publicKey}`);
-          let userData;
-      
-          if (response.status === 204) {
-            // User not found, create a new user
-            const author = await ndk.getUser({ pubkey: publicKey });
-            const kind0 = await author.fetchProfile();
-      
-            let fields = {};
-            if (kind0) {
-              fields = await findKind0Fields(kind0);
-            }
-      
-            const payload = { pubkey: publicKey, ...fields };
-            const createUserResponse = await axios.post(`/api/users`, payload);
-            if (createUserResponse.status !== 201) {
-              throw new Error('Failed to create user');
-            }
-            userData = createUserResponse.data;
-          } else {
-            userData = response.data;
-          }
-      
-          window.localStorage.setItem('user', JSON.stringify(userData));
-          router.push('/').then(() => window.location.reload());
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error('Error during login:', error);
-          showToast('error', 'Login Error', error.message || 'Failed to log in');
-        }
-      }, [router, showToast, ndk]);
-
-    const anonymousLogin = useCallback(() => {
-        try {
-            const secretKey = generateSecretKey();
-            const publicKey = getPublicKey(secretKey);
-            // need to fix with byteToHex
-            const hexSecretKey = secretKey.toString('hex');
-
-            window.localStorage.setItem('user', JSON.stringify({ pubkey: publicKey, secretKey: hexSecretKey }));
-            router.push('/').then(() => window.location.reload());
-        } catch (error) {
-            console.error('Error during anonymous login:', error);
-            showToast('error', 'Error Logging In', 'Failed to log in');
-        }
-    }, [router, showToast]);
-
-    return { nostrLogin, anonymousLogin };
-};