diff --git a/lib/models/app.dart b/lib/models/app.dart
index 37ff4b9..2152ccb 100644
--- a/lib/models/app.dart
+++ b/lib/models/app.dart
@@ -171,6 +171,30 @@ class App extends BaseApp with DataModelMixin<App> {
 mixin AppAdapter on Adapter<App> {
   final _queriedAtMap = <String, DateTime>{};
 
+  @override
+  Future<List<App>> findAll(
+      {bool? remote = true,
+      bool? background,
+      Map<String, dynamic>? params = const {},
+      Map<String, String>? headers,
+      bool? syncLocal,
+      OnSuccessAll<App>? onSuccess,
+      OnErrorAll<App>? onError,
+      DataRequestLabel? label}) async {
+    return await fetchAppModels(params ?? {});
+  }
+
+  Future<List<App>> findInstalled() async {
+    final appIds = await _installedIdentifiers();
+    if (appIds.isNotEmpty) {
+      final apps = await fetchAppModels({'#d': appIds});
+      // Once apps are loaded, check for installed status
+      await ref.localApps.localAppAdapter.refreshUpdateStatus();
+      return apps;
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+
   Future<List<App>> fetchAppModels(Map<String, dynamic> params) async {
     final byRelease = params.remove('by-release') != null;
 
@@ -214,6 +238,7 @@ mixin AppAdapter on Adapter<App> {
               'since': earliestQueryAt,
             },
           );
+          // print('cached ${cachedApps.length} ($earliestQueryAt)');
         }
 
         // For apps not in cache, query without a since
@@ -304,38 +329,6 @@ mixin AppAdapter on Adapter<App> {
     return apps;
   }
 
-  @override
-  Future<List<App>> findAll(
-      {bool? remote = true,
-      bool? background,
-      Map<String, dynamic>? params = const {},
-      Map<String, String>? headers,
-      bool? syncLocal,
-      OnSuccessAll<App>? onSuccess,
-      OnErrorAll<App>? onError,
-      DataRequestLabel? label}) async {
-    if (params!.containsKey('installed')) {
-      final appIds = await _installedIdentifiers();
-      if (appIds.isNotEmpty) {
-        params['#d'] = appIds;
-        params.remove('installed');
-        final apps = await fetchAppModels(params);
-        // Once apps are loaded, check for installed status
-        await ref.localApps.localAppAdapter.refreshUpdateStatus();
-        return apps;
-      }
-    }
-    return await fetchAppModels(params);
-  }
-
-  List<App> findWhereIdInLocal(Iterable<String> appIds) {
-    const len = 5 + 64 + 3; // kind + pubkey + separators length
-    final result = db.select(
-        'SELECT key, data, substr(json_extract(data, \'\$.id\'), $len) AS id from apps where id in (${appIds.map((_) => '?').join(', ')})',
-        appIds.toList());
-    return deserializeFromResult(result);
-  }
-
   @override
   Future<App?> findOne(Object id,
       {bool remote = true,
@@ -359,6 +352,14 @@ mixin AppAdapter on Adapter<App> {
     return apps.first;
   }
 
+  List<App> findWhereIdInLocal(Iterable<String> appIds) {
+    const len = 5 + 64 + 3; // kind + pubkey + separators length
+    final result = db.select(
+        'SELECT key, data, substr(json_extract(data, \'\$.id\'), $len) AS id from apps where id in (${appIds.map((_) => '?').join(', ')})',
+        appIds.toList());
+    return deserializeFromResult(result);
+  }
+
   Future<Set<String>> _installedIdentifiers() async {
     if (!Platform.isAndroid) {
       return {};
diff --git a/lib/navigation/app_initializer.dart b/lib/navigation/app_initializer.dart
index 50f4bd5..c2e73a5 100644
--- a/lib/navigation/app_initializer.dart
+++ b/lib/navigation/app_initializer.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:zapstore/models/local_app.dart';
 import 'package:zapstore/models/nostr_adapter.dart';
 import 'package:zapstore/navigation/router.dart';
 import 'package:zapstore/widgets/app_curation_container.dart';
+import 'package:zapstore/widgets/latest_releases_container.dart';
 
 AppLifecycleListener? _lifecycleListener;
 
@@ -48,17 +49,17 @@ final appInitializer = FutureProvider<void>((ref) async {
     },
   );
 
-  // In this initial phase, load there more or less fixed curation sets here
+  // Load curation sets (here for now)
   await ref.appCurationSets.findAll();
+
   // Preload zapstore's nostr curation set
   await ref.read(appCurationSetProvider(kNostrCurationSet).future);
 
-  await ref.apps.findAll(
-    params: {
-      'by-release': true,
-      'limit': 10,
-    },
-  );
+  // Preload latest releases
+  await ref.read(latestReleasesAppProvider.notifier).fetch();
+
+  // Prefetch updates in the background
+  ref.apps.appAdapter.findInstalled();
 
   // Handle deep links
   final appLinksSub = appLinks.uriLinkStream.listen((uri) async {
diff --git a/lib/screens/updates_screen.dart b/lib/screens/updates_screen.dart
index 42fdaf8..744b3e1 100644
--- a/lib/screens/updates_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/updates_screen.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_hooks/flutter_hooks.dart';
 import 'package:gap/gap.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:zapstore/main.data.dart';
+import 'package:zapstore/models/app.dart';
 import 'package:zapstore/widgets/app_card.dart';
 
 class UpdatesScreen extends HookConsumerWidget {
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ class UpdatesScreen extends HookConsumerWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
     // TODO: Workaround for bug in watchAll (when remote=true)
-    final snapshot = useFuture(useMemoized(
-        () => ref.apps.findAll(remote: true, params: {'installed': true})));
+    final snapshot =
+        useFuture(useMemoized(() => ref.apps.appAdapter.findInstalled()));
     final state = ref.apps.watchAll();
     ref.localApps.watchAll();
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ class UpdatesScreen extends HookConsumerWidget {
 
     return RefreshIndicator(
       onRefresh: () {
-        return ref.apps.findAll(remote: true, params: {'installed': true});
+        return ref.apps.appAdapter.findInstalled();
       },
       child: SingleChildScrollView(
         physics: AlwaysScrollableScrollPhysics(),
diff --git a/lib/widgets/latest_releases_container.dart b/lib/widgets/latest_releases_container.dart
index 1dd6049..b3fc298 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/latest_releases_container.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/latest_releases_container.dart
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ class LatestReleasesAppNotifier extends AutoDisposeAsyncNotifier<List<App>> {
     // TODO: Should be ref.watching a pool state change (from purplebase)
     final timer = Timer.periodic(Duration(minutes: 10), (_) => fetch());
     ref.onDispose(timer.cancel);
-
-    // Do not fetch here as first 10 are preloaded
-    // await fetch();
     return localFetch();
   }