diff --git a/appview/db/timeline.go b/appview/db/timeline.go
--- a/appview/db/timeline.go
+++ b/appview/db/timeline.go
@@ -142,15 +142,15 @@
 
 	var origRepos []models.Repo
 	if args != nil {
-		origRepos, err = GetRepos(e, orm.FilterIn("at_uri", args))
+		origRepos, err = GetRepos(e, orm.FilterIn("repo_did", args))
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	uriToRepo := make(map[string]models.Repo)
+	didToRepo := make(map[string]models.Repo)
 	for _, r := range origRepos {
-		uriToRepo[r.RepoAt().String()] = r
+		didToRepo[r.RepoDid] = r
 	}
 
 	starStatuses, err := fetchStarStatuses(e, loggedInUserDid, repos)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 	for _, r := range repos {
 		var source *models.Repo
 		if r.Source != "" {
-			if origRepo, ok := uriToRepo[r.Source]; ok {
+			if origRepo, ok := didToRepo[r.Source]; ok {
 				source = &origRepo
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/appview/timeline/timeline.go b/appview/timeline/timeline.go
--- a/appview/timeline/timeline.go
+++ b/appview/timeline/timeline.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	t.pages.Timeline(w, pages.TimelineParams{
+	err = t.pages.Timeline(w, pages.TimelineParams{
 		LoggedInUser:     user,
 		Timeline:         timeline,
 		Repos:            repos,
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
 		RecentBlogPosts:  t.recentPosts,
 		ShowNewsletter:   t.showNewsletter(user),
 	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.logger.Error("failed to render timeline", "err", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func (t *Timeline) buildRecents(userDid string) ([]pages.RecentItem, error) {