diff --git a/src/hooks/useCrews.ts b/src/hooks/useCrews.ts
index 324fd27..295e478 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useCrews.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useCrews.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ export function useCrew(identifier: string, pubkey?: string) {
     queryFn: async () => {
       const signal = AbortSignal.timeout(10000);
 
+      const pickMostRecent = (events: { created_at: number }[]) =>
+        events.length
+          ? events.reduce((latest, current) =>
+              current.created_at > latest.created_at ? current : latest
+            )
+          : undefined;
+
+      // 1) Precise addressable lookup: kind + d-tag (+ author when known).
       const filter: {
         kinds: number[];
         '#d': string[];
@@ -102,14 +110,25 @@ export function useCrew(identifier: string, pubkey?: string) {
       };
       if (pubkey) filter.authors = [pubkey];
 
-      const events = await querySkateContent([filter], { signal });
-      if (events.length === 0) return null;
+      let events = await querySkateContent([filter], { signal });
 
-      const mostRecent = events.reduce((latest, current) =>
-        current.created_at > latest.created_at ? current : latest
-      );
+      // 2) Fallback: some relays don't index the `d` tag reliably (or choke on
+      //    combined author + tag filters). If nothing came back and we know the
+      //    author, fetch that author's crews and match the identifier locally.
+      if (events.length === 0 && pubkey) {
+        const byAuthor = await querySkateContent(
+          [{ kinds: [SKATE_CREW_KIND], authors: [pubkey], limit: 200 }],
+          { signal }
+        );
+        events = byAuthor.filter((e) =>
+          e.tags.some(([name, value]) => name === 'd' && value === identifier)
+        );
+      }
 
-      return parseSkateCrew(mostRecent);
+      const mostRecent = pickMostRecent(events);
+      if (!mostRecent) return null;
+
+      return parseSkateCrew(mostRecent as typeof events[number]);
     },
     enabled: !!identifier,
     staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000,