diff --git a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
index ca2cdd0c..61cf9130 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
@@ -113,12 +113,7 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
   onMount(() => {
     if (!modal) hideModal()
     checkBioHeight()
-    fetchData(props.authorSlug)
-
-    // pagination
-    if (sortedArticles().length === PRERENDERED_ARTICLES_COUNT) {
-      loadMore()
-    }
+    loadMore()
   })
 
   const pages = createMemo<Shout[][]>(() =>
@@ -132,12 +127,17 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
     setCommented(data)
   }
 
-  createEffect(() => {
-    if (author()) {
-      fetchData(author().slug)
-      fetchComments(author())
-    }
-  })
+  const authorSlug = createMemo(() => author()?.slug)
+  createEffect(
+    on(
+      () => authorSlug(),
+      (slug) => {
+        fetchData(slug)
+        fetchComments(author())
+      },
+      { defer: true },
+    ),
+  )
 
   const ogImage = createMemo(() =>
     author()?.pic