diff --git a/src/app/backend-api.service.ts b/src/app/backend-api.service.ts
index 652b66c..8b2d378 100644
--- a/src/app/backend-api.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/backend-api.service.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {SigningService} from './signing.service';
 import {AccountService} from './account.service';
 import {CryptoService} from './crypto.service';
 import {GlobalVarsService} from './global-vars.service';
-import {UserProfile} from '../types/identity';
 
 export class ProfileEntryResponse {
   Username: string | null = null;
@@ -66,31 +65,29 @@ export class BackendAPIService {
     );
   }
 
-  GetUserProfiles(
+  GetUsernames(
     publicKeys: string[]
-  ): Observable<{[key: string]: UserProfile}> {
-      const userProfiles: {[key: string]: any} = {};
+  ): Observable<{[key: string]: string}> {
+      const usernames: {[key: string]: any} = {};
       const req = this.GetUsersStateless(publicKeys, true);
       if (publicKeys.length > 0) {
         return req.pipe(
           map( res => {
             for (const user of res.UserList) {
-              userProfiles[user.PublicKeyBase58Check] = {
-                username: user.ProfileEntryResponse?.Username,
-              };
+              usernames[user.PublicKeyBase58Check] = user.ProfileEntryResponse?.Username
             }
-            return userProfiles;
+            return usernames;
           })
         ).pipe(
           catchError(() => {
             for(const publicKey of publicKeys) {
-              userProfiles[publicKey] = {};
+              usernames[publicKey] = "";
             }
-            return of(userProfiles);
+            return of(usernames);
           })
         );
       } else {
-        return of(userProfiles);
+        return of(usernames);
       }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/log-in/log-in.component.html b/src/app/log-in/log-in.component.html
index 41212b3..88629a7 100644
--- a/src/app/log-in/log-in.component.html
+++ b/src/app/log-in/log-in.component.html
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
     <ul class="list-group mt-7px mb-30px saved-seeds-list">
       <span class="saved-seeds-header d-flex align-items-center"><span>Select an account</span></span>
       <div class="saved-seeds-scroll">
-        <li *ngFor="let item of allUsers | keyvalue" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action cursor-pointer saved-seed" (click)="selectAccount(item.key)">
+        <li *ngFor="let item of allUsernames | keyvalue" class="list-group-item list-group-item-action cursor-pointer saved-seed" (click)="selectAccount(item.key)">
           <div class="w-100">
-            <div *ngIf="!item.value.username" class="text-truncate">{{ item.key }}&hellip;</div>
-            <div *ngIf="item.value.username" class="d-flex align-items-center">
-              <div class="text-truncate">{{ item.value.username }}</div>
+            <div *ngIf="!item.value" class="text-truncate">{{ item.key }}&hellip;</div>
+            <div *ngIf="item.value" class="d-flex align-items-center">
+              <div class="text-truncate">{{ item.value }}</div>
             </div>
           </div>
         </li>
diff --git a/src/app/log-in/log-in.component.ts b/src/app/log-in/log-in.component.ts
index caa65af..4773539 100644
--- a/src/app/log-in/log-in.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/log-in/log-in.component.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {AccountService} from '../account.service';
 import {IdentityService} from '../identity.service';
 import {GlobalVarsService} from '../global-vars.service';
 import {BackendAPIService} from '../backend-api.service';
-import {UserProfile} from '../../types/identity';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-log-in',
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ import {UserProfile} from '../../types/identity';
   styleUrls: ['./log-in.component.scss']
 })
 export class LogInComponent implements OnInit {
-  allUsers: {[key: string]: UserProfile} = {};
+  allUsernames: {[key: string]: string} = {};
   hasUsers = false;
 
   constructor(
@@ -25,9 +24,12 @@ export class LogInComponent implements OnInit {
     // Load profile pictures and usernames
     const publicKeys = this.accountService.getPublicKeys();
     this.hasUsers = publicKeys.length > 0;
-    this.backendApi.GetUserProfiles(publicKeys)
-      .subscribe(profiles => {
-        this.allUsers = profiles;
+    this.backendApi.GetUsernames(publicKeys)
+      .subscribe(usernames => {
+        // TODO - LBRY - probably gut this whole page, don't need to list
+        // users. we're not going to have a login history like this. but go
+        // over the html to make sure.
+        this.allUsernames = usernames;
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/types/identity.ts b/src/types/identity.ts
index c2d4c6a..fd1b6cd 100644
--- a/src/types/identity.ts
+++ b/src/types/identity.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ export interface PublicUserInfo {
   accessLevelHmac: string;
 }
 
-export interface UserProfile {
-  username: string;
-}
-
 export enum Network {
   mainnet = 'mainnet',
   testnet = 'testnet',