diff --git a/sdk/list.go b/sdk/list.go
index 084f489..8f1028d 100644
--- a/sdk/list.go
+++ b/sdk/list.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func fetchGenericList[V comparable, I TagItemWithValue[V]](
 		// we'll only save this if we got something which means we found at least one event
 		lastFetchKey := makeLastFetchKey(actualKind, pubkey)
 		sys.KVStore.Set(lastFetchKey, encodeTimestamp(nostr.Now()))
-		sys.Store.SaveEvent(*v.Event)
+		sys.Store.ReplaceEvent(*v.Event)
 	}
 
 	// save cache even if we didn't get anything
diff --git a/sdk/metadata.go b/sdk/metadata.go
index f5956a2..4fd21bf 100644
--- a/sdk/metadata.go
+++ b/sdk/metadata.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (sys *System) FetchProfileMetadata(ctx context.Context, pubkey nostr.PubKey
 	if newM := sys.tryFetchMetadataFromNetwork(ctx, pubkey); newM != nil {
 		pm = *newM
 
-		sys.Store.SaveEvent(*pm.Event)
+		sys.Store.ReplaceEvent(*pm.Event)
 
 		// we'll only save this if we got something which means we found at least one event
 		lastFetchKey := makeLastFetchKey(0, pubkey)