diff --git a/src/engine/index.ts b/src/engine/index.ts
index 6efc9634..fa942f6c 100644
--- a/src/engine/index.ts
+++ b/src/engine/index.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ export * from "src/engine/utils"
 export * from "src/engine/state"
 export * from "src/engine/requests"
 export * from "src/engine/commands"
-export * from "src/engine/projections"
diff --git a/src/engine/projections.ts b/src/engine/projections.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ee94dc0..00000000
--- a/src/engine/projections.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import {ensurePlaintext, repository} from "@welshman/app"
-import type {TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
-import {
-  APP_DATA,
-  FOLLOWS,
-  MUTES,
-  SEEN_CONTEXT,
-  SEEN_CONVERSATION,
-  SEEN_GENERAL,
-} from "@welshman/util"
-import {projections} from "src/engine/state"
-
-// Synchronize repository with projections. All events should be published to the
-// repository, and when accepted, be propagated to projections. This avoids processing
-// the same event multiple times, since repository deduplicates
-repository.on("update", ({added}: {added: TrustedEvent[]}) => {
-  for (const event of added) {
-    projections.push(event)
-  }
-})
-
-// Decrypt encrypted events eagerly
-
-projections.addHandler(SEEN_GENERAL, ensurePlaintext)
-projections.addHandler(SEEN_CONTEXT, ensurePlaintext)
-projections.addHandler(SEEN_CONVERSATION, ensurePlaintext)
-projections.addHandler(APP_DATA, ensurePlaintext)
-projections.addHandler(FOLLOWS, ensurePlaintext)
-projections.addHandler(MUTES, ensurePlaintext)
diff --git a/src/engine/state.ts b/src/engine/state.ts
index 7d30e8ae..6b95bdea 100644
--- a/src/engine/state.ts
+++ b/src/engine/state.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   subscribe as baseSubscribe,
   db,
   displayProfileByPubkey,
+  ensurePlaintext,
   followsByPubkey,
   freshness,
   getDefaultAppContext,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ import {
   HANDLER_RECOMMENDATION,
   LABEL,
   LOCAL_RELAY_URL,
+  MUTES,
   NAMED_BOOKMARKS,
   SEEN_CONTEXT,
   SEEN_CONVERSATION,
@@ -156,6 +158,21 @@ export const projections = new Worker<TrustedEvent>({
   getKey: prop("kind"),
 })
 
+projections.addGlobalHandler(ensurePlaintext)
+
+const decryptKinds = [SEEN_GENERAL, SEEN_CONTEXT, SEEN_CONVERSATION, APP_DATA, FOLLOWS, MUTES]
+
+// Synchronize repository with projections. All events should be published to the
+// repository, and when accepted, be propagated to projections. This avoids processing
+// the same event multiple times, since repository deduplicates
+repository.on("update", ({added}: {added: TrustedEvent[]}) => {
+  for (const event of added) {
+    if (decryptKinds.includes(event.kind)) {
+      projections.push(event)
+    }
+  }
+})
+
 // Plaintext
 
 export const ensureMessagePlaintext = async (e: TrustedEvent) => {