diff --git a/go/gothings/uistate.go b/go/gothings/uistate.go
index 3e00ec52..c870d536 100644
--- a/go/gothings/uistate.go
+++ b/go/gothings/uistate.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package gothings
 
 import (
-	"cwtch.im/cwtch/event"
-	"cwtch.im/cwtch/model"
 	"cwtch.im/ui/go/constants"
 	"cwtch.im/ui/go/gobjects"
 	"cwtch.im/ui/go/the"
@@ -39,20 +37,7 @@ func (this *InterfaceState) AddContact(c *gobjects.Contact) {
 
 	if the.Peer.GetContact(c.Handle) == nil {
 		decodedPub, _ := base32.StdEncoding.DecodeString(strings.ToUpper(c.Handle))
-
-		pp := &model.PublicProfile{Name: c.DisplayName, Ed25519PublicKey: decodedPub[:32], Trusted: c.Trusted, Blocked: false, Onion: c.Handle, Attributes: make(map[string]string)}
-		pp.SetAttribute("name", c.DisplayName)
-		the.Peer.GetProfile().Contacts[c.Handle] = pp
-		if c.Trusted {
-			the.Peer.GetProfile().TrustPeer(c.Handle)
-		}
-
-		the.CwtchApp.EventBus().Publish(event.NewEvent(event.SetPeerAttribute, map[event.Field]string{
-			event.RemotePeer: c.Handle,
-			event.Key: "name",
-			event.Data: c.DisplayName,
-		}))
-
+		the.Peer.AddContact(c.DisplayName, c.Handle, decodedPub, c.Trusted)
 		go the.Peer.PeerWithOnion(c.Handle)
 	}
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d325ab9a..20bf5709 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ func loadCwtchData(gcd *gothings.GrandCentralDispatcher) {
 
 	groups := the.Peer.GetGroups()
 	for i := range groups {
-		log.Infof("adding saved group %v", groups[i])
 		group := the.Peer.GetGroup(groups[i])
 		group.NewMessage = make(chan model.Message)
 		the.Peer.JoinServer(group.GroupServer)