diff --git a/public/icons/icon-128x128.png b/public/app-icon/icon-128x128.png
similarity index 100%
rename from public/icons/icon-128x128.png
rename to public/app-icon/icon-128x128.png
diff --git a/public/icons/icon-144x144.png b/public/app-icon/icon-144x144.png
similarity index 100%
rename from public/icons/icon-144x144.png
rename to public/app-icon/icon-144x144.png
diff --git a/public/icons/icon-152x152.png b/public/app-icon/icon-152x152.png
similarity index 100%
rename from public/icons/icon-152x152.png
rename to public/app-icon/icon-152x152.png
diff --git a/public/icons/icon-192x192.png b/public/app-icon/icon-192x192.png
similarity index 100%
rename from public/icons/icon-192x192.png
rename to public/app-icon/icon-192x192.png
diff --git a/public/icons/icon-384x384.png b/public/app-icon/icon-384x384.png
similarity index 100%
rename from public/icons/icon-384x384.png
rename to public/app-icon/icon-384x384.png
diff --git a/public/icons/icon-512x512.png b/public/app-icon/icon-512x512.png
similarity index 100%
rename from public/icons/icon-512x512.png
rename to public/app-icon/icon-512x512.png
diff --git a/public/icons/icon-72x72.png b/public/app-icon/icon-72x72.png
similarity index 100%
rename from public/icons/icon-72x72.png
rename to public/app-icon/icon-72x72.png
diff --git a/public/icons/icon-96x96.png b/public/app-icon/icon-96x96.png
similarity index 100%
rename from public/icons/icon-96x96.png
rename to public/app-icon/icon-96x96.png
diff --git a/src/app/components/explore/explore.component.html b/src/app/components/explore/explore.component.html
index 8c5e622..879b3b3 100644
--- a/src/app/components/explore/explore.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/explore/explore.component.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                         <div class="flex h-32">
                             <img
                                 class="object-cover"
-                                [src]="project?.banner || 'images/pages/profile/cover.jpg'"
+                                [src]="getSafeUrl(project?.banner, true) || 'images/pages/profile/cover.jpg'"
                                 onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='/images/pages/profile/cover.jpg';"
                                 alt="Card cover image"
                             />
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                             <div class="bg-card -mt-12 rounded-full p-1">
                                 <img
                                     class="h-24 w-24 rounded-full"
-                                    [src]="project?.picture || 'images/avatars/avatar-placeholder.png'"
+                                    [src]="getSafeUrl(project?.picture, false) || 'images/avatars/avatar-placeholder.png'"
                                     alt="Project logo"
                                 />
                             </div>
diff --git a/src/app/components/explore/explore.component.ts b/src/app/components/explore/explore.component.ts
index 0310395..a1c2a07 100644
--- a/src/app/components/explore/explore.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/explore/explore.component.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { MetadataService } from 'app/services/metadata.service';
 import { Subject, takeUntil } from 'rxjs';
 import { IndexedDBService } from 'app/services/indexed-db.service';
 import { Project } from 'app/interface/project.interface';
+import { DomSanitizer, SafeUrl } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'explore',
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ export class ExploreComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     private stateService: StateService,
     private metadataService: MetadataService,
     private indexedDBService: IndexedDBService,
-    private changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef
+    private changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef,
+    private sanitizer: DomSanitizer
   ) {}
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
@@ -236,4 +238,19 @@ export class ExploreComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.loading = false;
     this.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
   }
+
+   getSafeUrl(url: any, isBanner: boolean): SafeUrl {
+    if (url && typeof url === 'string' && this.isImageUrl(url)) {
+      return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(url);
+    } else {
+      const defaultImage = isBanner ? '/images/pages/profile/cover.jpg' : 'images/avatars/avatar-placeholder.png';
+      return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(defaultImage);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private isImageUrl(url: string): boolean {
+    return /\.(jpeg|jpg|gif|png|svg|bmp|webp|tiff|ico)$/i.test(url);
+  }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/components/profile/profile.component.html b/src/app/components/profile/profile.component.html
index 72b3570..f0ce37e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/profile/profile.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/profile/profile.component.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
             <!-- Avatar -->
             <div class="-mt-26 rounded-full lg:-mt-22">
                  <ng-container *ngIf="metadata?.picture; else defaultAvatar">
-                    <img class="ring-bg-card h-32 w-32 rounded-full ring-4" [src]="metadata?.picture" onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='/images/avatars/avatar-placeholder.png';" alt="{{metadata?.display_name || metadata?.name || 'Avatar'}}" />
+                    <img class="ring-bg-card h-32 w-32 rounded-full ring-4" [src]="getSafeUrl(metadata?.picture)" onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='/images/avatars/avatar-placeholder.png';" alt="{{metadata?.display_name || metadata?.name || 'Avatar'}}" />
                 </ng-container>
                 <ng-template #defaultAvatar>
                     <img class="ring-bg-card h-32 w-32 rounded-full ring-4" src="/images/avatars/avatar-placeholder.png" onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='/images/avatars/avatar-placeholder.png';" alt="{{metadata?.display_name || metadata?.name || 'Avatar'}}" />
diff --git a/src/app/components/profile/profile.component.ts b/src/app/components/profile/profile.component.ts
index fbc683c..2018e35 100644
--- a/src/app/components/profile/profile.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/profile/profile.component.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { SignerService } from 'app/services/signer.service';
 import { MetadataService } from 'app/services/metadata.service';
 import { Subject, takeUntil } from 'rxjs';
 import { IndexedDBService } from 'app/services/indexed-db.service';
+import { DomSanitizer, SafeUrl } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'profile',
@@ -54,7 +55,9 @@ export class ProfileComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         private _changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef,
         private _metadataService: MetadataService,
         private _signerService: SignerService,
-        private _indexedDBService: IndexedDBService
+        private _indexedDBService: IndexedDBService,
+        private _sanitizer: DomSanitizer
+
     ) { }
 
     ngOnInit(): void {
@@ -117,4 +120,8 @@ export class ProfileComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             this._changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
         }
     }
+
+    getSafeUrl(url: string): SafeUrl {
+        return this._sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(url);
+      }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/components/settings/relay/relay.component.html b/src/app/components/settings/relay/relay.component.html
index 921d0a1..2df7088 100644
--- a/src/app/components/settings/relay/relay.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/settings/relay/relay.component.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
                         class="flex h-10 w-10 flex-0 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full"
                     >
                              <img
-                                class="h-full w-full object-cover" [src]="relayFavIcon(relay.url)"
+                                class="h-full w-full object-cover" [src]="getSafeUrl(relayFavIcon(relay.url))"
                                 onerror="this.src='/images/avatars/avatar-placeholder.png'"
                                 alt="relay avatar"
                             />
diff --git a/src/app/components/settings/relay/relay.component.ts b/src/app/components/settings/relay/relay.component.ts
index 93979bc..6adae8c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/settings/relay/relay.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/settings/relay/relay.component.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { MatFormFieldModule } from '@angular/material/form-field';
 import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
 import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';
 import { MatSelectModule } from '@angular/material/select';
+import { DomSanitizer, SafeUrl } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { RelayService } from 'app/services/relay.service';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ export class SettingsRelayComponent implements OnInit {
     constructor(
         private relayService: RelayService,
         private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef,
-        private zone: NgZone
+        private zone: NgZone,
+        private sanitizer: DomSanitizer
     ) {}
 
     ngOnInit(): void {
@@ -106,8 +108,14 @@ export class SettingsRelayComponent implements OnInit {
         return relay.connected ? 'Connected' : 'Disconnected';
     }
 
-    relayFavIcon(url: string) {
-        const favUrl = url.replace('wss://', 'https://');
-        return favUrl + '/favicon.ico';
-    }
+    relayFavIcon(url: string): string {
+        let safeUrl = url.replace('wss://', 'https://').replace('ws://', 'https://');
+
+        return safeUrl + '/favicon.ico';
+      }
+
+      getSafeUrl(url: string): SafeUrl {
+        return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(url);
+      }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/layout/common/user/user.component.html b/src/app/layout/common/user/user.component.html
index 8b1f889..2385508 100644
--- a/src/app/layout/common/user/user.component.html
+++ b/src/app/layout/common/user/user.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <button mat-icon-button [matMenuTriggerFor]="userActions">
     <span class="relative">
         <ng-container *ngIf="metadata?.picture; else defaultAvatar">
-            <img class="h-7 w-7 rounded-full" [src]="metadata?.picture" alt="User Avatar" />
+            <img class="h-7 w-7 rounded-full" [src]="getSafeUrl(metadata?.picture)" alt="User Avatar" />
         </ng-container>
         <ng-template #defaultAvatar>
             <mat-icon [svgIcon]="'heroicons_outline:user-circle'"></mat-icon>
diff --git a/src/app/layout/common/user/user.component.ts b/src/app/layout/common/user/user.component.ts
index 0780e03..85a87c5 100644
--- a/src/app/layout/common/user/user.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/layout/common/user/user.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
 import { MatMenuModule } from '@angular/material/menu';
 import { MetadataService } from 'app/services/metadata.service';
 import { IndexedDBService } from 'app/services/indexed-db.service';
+import { DomSanitizer, SafeUrl } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'user',
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ export class UserComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         private _angorConfigService: AngorConfigService,
         private _metadataService: MetadataService,
         private _signerService: SignerService,
-        private _indexedDBService: IndexedDBService
+        private _indexedDBService: IndexedDBService,
+        private sanitizer: DomSanitizer
+
     ) { }
 
     ngOnInit(): void {
@@ -148,4 +151,8 @@ export class UserComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         this._angorConfigService.config = { theme };
         this._changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
     }
+
+    getSafeUrl(url: string): SafeUrl {
+        return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(url);
+      }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/services/indexed-db.service.ts b/src/app/services/indexed-db.service.ts
index 4d8f8ac..96d7bb1 100644
--- a/src/app/services/indexed-db.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/indexed-db.service.ts
@@ -45,12 +45,10 @@ export class IndexedDBService {
     this.loadAllProjectStatsFromDB();
   }
 
-  // Returns projects as observable
   getProjectsObservable(): Observable<Project[]> {
     return this.projectsSubject.asObservable();
   }
 
-  // Save new project and notify subscribers
   async saveProject(project: Project): Promise<void> {
     try {
       await this.projectsStore.setItem(project.projectIdentifier, project);
diff --git a/src/app/services/lightning.service.ts b/src/app/services/lightning.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f09c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/services/lightning.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Observable, of} from 'rxjs';
+import { catchError } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { LightningResponse, LightningInvoice } from '../types/post';
+import { Event } from 'nostr-tools';
+
+
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class LightningService {
+
+    constructor(
+        private http: HttpClient
+    ) { }
+
+    getLightning(url: string): Observable<LightningResponse> {
+        return this.http.get<LightningResponse>(url)
+            .pipe(
+                catchError(() => of({status: "Failed"} as LightningResponse))
+            )
+    }
+
+    getLightningInvoice(url: string, amount: string): Observable<LightningInvoice> {
+        // amount is in millisats so 5 sats === 5000
+        let aUrl = `${url}?amount=${amount}`;
+        return this.http.get<LightningInvoice>(aUrl);
+    }
+
+    // url would be something like `brah@npubkey.com`
+    // which needs to be processed to make the actual request
+    getLightningAddress(url: string): string {
+        const splitUrl = url.split("@");
+        const username = splitUrl[0];
+        const domain = splitUrl[1];
+        return `https://${domain}/.well-known/lnurlp/${username}`;
+    }
+
+    /* 
+    example http post to callback if nostr allowed
+    {
+        "kind": 9734,
+        "content": "Zap!",
+        "tags": [
+            ["relays", "wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.com"],
+            ["amount", "21000"],
+            ["lnurl", "lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7um5v93kketj9ehx2amn9uh8wetvdskkkmn0wahz7mrww4excup0dajx2mrv92x9xp"],
+            ["p", "04c915daefee38317fa734444acee390a8269fe5810b2241e5e6dd343dfbecc9"],
+            ["e", "9ae37aa68f48645127299e9453eb5d908a0cbb6058ff340d528ed4d37c8994fb"]
+        ],
+        "pubkey": "97c70a44366a6535c145b333f973ea86dfdc2d7a99da618c40c64705ad98e322",
+        "created_at": 1679673265,
+        "id": "30efed56a035b2549fcaeec0bf2c1595f9a9b3bb4b1a38abaf8ee9041c4b7d93",
+        "sig": "f2cb581a84ed10e4dc84937bd98e27acac71ab057255f6aa8dfa561808c981fe8870f4a03c1e3666784d82a9c802d3704e174371aa13d63e2aeaf24ff5374d9d"
+        }
+    */
+    sendZapRequest(callback: string, zapRequest: Event, amount: string, lnurl: string): Observable<LightningInvoice> {
+        const event: string = encodeURI(JSON.stringify((zapRequest)));
+        const url = `${callback}?amount=${amount}&nostr=${event}&lnurl=${lnurl}`
+        return this.http.get<LightningInvoice>(url);
+    }
+
+    async login(): Promise<boolean> {
+        if (window.webln && !window.webln.isEnabled()) {
+            await window.webln.enable();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    hasWebln() {
+        if (window.webln) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    async sendPayment(pr: string) {
+        return await window.webln?.sendPayment(pr)
+    }
+
+    async payInvoice(pr: string) {
+        await this.login();
+        if (this.hasWebln()) {
+          const rsp = await this.sendPayment(pr).catch((error) => {
+            return false;
+          });
+          if (rsp) {
+            return true;
+          }
+          return false;
+        } else {
+            console.log("WebLN not available");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/services/projects.service.ts b/src/app/services/projects.service.ts
index bb0494b..312b55e 100644
--- a/src/app/services/projects.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/projects.service.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export interface ProjectStats {
 })
 export class ProjectsService {
     private offset = 0;
-    private limit = 48;
+    private limit = 21;
     private totalProjects = 0;
     private loading = false;
     private projects: Project[] = [];
diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 2a127d1..e9fd12a 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
         <base href="/" />
 
+ 
         <!-- Favicon -->
         <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-16x16.png" />
         <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-32x32.png" />