diff --git a/apps/ssr/client/components/common/404.tsx b/apps/ssr/client/components/common/404.tsx
index 607916320..1b356ceec 100644
--- a/apps/ssr/client/components/common/404.tsx
+++ b/apps/ssr/client/components/common/404.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { m, useAnimationControls } from "motion/react"
 import { Fragment, useEffect, useState } from "react"
 import * as React from "react"
 
-const NotFoundContent = () => {
+export const NotFoundContent = () => {
   const [glitchText, setGlitchText] = useState("404")
   const [isGlitching, setIsGlitching] = useState(false)
 
diff --git a/apps/ssr/client/pages/(main)/share/users/[id]/index.tsx b/apps/ssr/client/pages/(main)/share/users/[id]/index.tsx
index cbb3ef9fc..2698ed3cf 100644
--- a/apps/ssr/client/pages/(main)/share/users/[id]/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/ssr/client/pages/(main)/share/users/[id]/index.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { NotFoundContent } from "@client/components/common/404"
 import { FeedIcon } from "@client/components/ui/feed-icon"
 import { openInFollowApp } from "@client/lib/helper"
 import { UrlBuilder } from "@client/lib/url-builder"
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import { LoadingCircle } from "@follow/components/ui/loading/index.jsx"
 import { useTitle } from "@follow/hooks"
 import { cn } from "@follow/utils/utils"
 import type { SubscriptionWithFeed, UserProfile } from "@follow-app/client-sdk"
+import { FollowAPIError } from "@follow-app/client-sdk"
 import * as React from "react"
 import { Fragment, memo, useState } from "react"
 import { useParams } from "react-router"
@@ -89,22 +91,43 @@ export const Component = () => {
 
   useTitle(user.data?.name)
 
+  if (user.isLoading) {
+    return <LoadingCircle size="large" className="center fixed inset-0" />
+  }
+
+  if (!user.data) {
+    if (user.error instanceof FollowAPIError && user.error.status === 404) {
+      return <NotFoundContent />
+    }
+
+    return <ProfileLoadError onRetry={() => void user.refetch()} />
+  }
+
   return (
-    <>
-      {user.isLoading ? (
-        <LoadingCircle size="large" className="center fixed inset-0" />
-      ) : (
-        <Fragment>
-          <UserHero user={user.data!} />
-          <Lists userId={user.data?.id} />
-          {/* Subscriptions Section */}
-          <Subscriptions userId={user.data?.id} />
-        </Fragment>
-      )}
-    </>
+    <Fragment>
+      <UserHero user={user.data} />
+      <Lists userId={user.data.id} />
+      {/* Subscriptions Section */}
+      <Subscriptions userId={user.data.id} />
+    </Fragment>
   )
 }
 
+const ProfileLoadError = ({ onRetry }: { onRetry: () => void }) => (
+  <div className="mx-auto flex min-h-[60vh] max-w-xl flex-col items-center justify-center px-6 text-center">
+    <i className="i-mgc-warning-fill mb-6 size-12 text-orange-500" />
+    <h1 className="text-2xl font-semibold text-zinc-900 dark:text-zinc-100">
+      Unable to load this profile
+    </h1>
+    <p className="mt-3 text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400">
+      This may be a temporary problem. Please try again.
+    </p>
+    <Button buttonClassName="mt-8" onClick={onRetry}>
+      Try again
+    </Button>
+  </div>
+)
+
 const UserHero = ({ user }: { user: UserProfile }) => {
   const subscriptions = useUserSubscriptionsQuery(user.id)
 
diff --git a/apps/ssr/client/query/users.ts b/apps/ssr/client/query/users.ts
index f351e4cb8..a3f0318cb 100644
--- a/apps/ssr/client/query/users.ts
+++ b/apps/ssr/client/query/users.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { followClient } from "@client/lib/api-fetch"
 import { getProviders } from "@client/lib/auth"
 import { getHydrateData } from "@client/lib/helper"
 import type { LoginHydrateData } from "@client/pages/(login)/login/metadata"
-import { isBizId, sortByAlphabet } from "@follow/utils/utils"
+import { sortByAlphabet } from "@follow/utils/utils"
 import type {
   InboxSubscriptionResponse,
   ListSubscriptionResponse,
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import type {
 } from "@follow-app/client-sdk"
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query"
 
+import { getUserProfile } from "../../src/lib/user-profile-params"
+
 type GetUserSubscriptionsResponse = (
   SubscriptionWithFeed | ListSubscriptionResponse | InboxSubscriptionResponse
 )[]
@@ -69,13 +71,7 @@ export const useUserSubscriptionsQuery = (userId: string | undefined) => {
 }
 
 export const fetchUser = async (handleOrId: string | undefined) => {
-  const handle = isBizId(handleOrId || "")
-    ? handleOrId
-    : `${handleOrId}`.startsWith("@")
-      ? `${handleOrId}`.slice(1)
-      : handleOrId
-
-  const res = await followClient.api.profiles.getProfile({ id: handleOrId, handle })
+  const res = await getUserProfile(followClient, handleOrId)
   return res.data
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/ssr/src/lib/user-profile-params.test.ts b/apps/ssr/src/lib/user-profile-params.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cbef864b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ssr/src/lib/user-profile-params.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import type { FollowClient } from "@follow-app/client-sdk"
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest"
+
+import { getUserProfile, resolveUserProfileParams } from "./user-profile-params"
+
+vi.mock("@follow/utils/utils", () => ({
+  isBizId: (value: string | undefined) => value === "41125409313095680",
+}))
+
+describe("resolveUserProfileParams", () => {
+  it("uses a handle without also sending it as an id", () => {
+    expect(resolveUserProfileParams("DIYgod")).toEqual({
+      id: undefined,
+      handle: "DIYgod",
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("removes a leading at sign from handles", () => {
+    expect(resolveUserProfileParams("@DIYgod")).toEqual({
+      id: undefined,
+      handle: "DIYgod",
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("uses a business id without also sending it as a handle", () => {
+    expect(resolveUserProfileParams("41125409313095680")).toEqual({
+      id: "41125409313095680",
+      handle: undefined,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("uses the resolved parameters for the profile request", async () => {
+    const getProfile = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ data: { id: "profile-id" } })
+    const apiClient = {
+      api: {
+        profiles: {
+          getProfile,
+        },
+      },
+    } as unknown as FollowClient
+
+    await getUserProfile(apiClient, "DIYgod")
+
+    expect(getProfile).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(getProfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      id: undefined,
+      handle: "DIYgod",
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/ssr/src/lib/user-profile-params.ts b/apps/ssr/src/lib/user-profile-params.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c8598be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ssr/src/lib/user-profile-params.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { isBizId } from "@follow/utils/utils"
+import type { FollowClient } from "@follow-app/client-sdk"
+
+export const resolveUserProfileParams = (handleOrId: string | undefined) => {
+  if (isBizId(handleOrId || "")) {
+    return {
+      id: handleOrId,
+      handle: undefined,
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    id: undefined,
+    handle: handleOrId?.startsWith("@") ? handleOrId.slice(1) : handleOrId,
+  }
+}
+
+export const getUserProfile = (apiClient: FollowClient, handleOrId: string | undefined) =>
+  apiClient.api.profiles.getProfile(resolveUserProfileParams(handleOrId))
diff --git a/apps/ssr/src/router/og/user.tsx b/apps/ssr/src/router/og/user.tsx
index d2d65ec9b..047dab559 100644
--- a/apps/ssr/src/router/og/user.tsx
+++ b/apps/ssr/src/router/og/user.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
-import { isBizId } from "@follow/utils/utils"
 import type { FollowClient } from "@follow-app/client-sdk"
 import * as React from "react"
 
 import { renderToImage } from "../../lib/og/render-to-image"
+import { getUserProfile } from "../../lib/user-profile-params"
 import { getImageBase64, OGAvatar, OGCanvas } from "./__base"
 
-export const renderUserOG = async (apiClient: FollowClient, id: string) => {
-  const handle = isBizId(id || "") ? id : `${id}`.startsWith("@") ? `${id}`.slice(1) : id
-
-  const user = await apiClient.api.profiles.getProfile({
-    id,
-    handle,
-  })
+export const renderUserOG = async (apiClient: FollowClient, handleOrId: string) => {
+  const user = await getUserProfile(apiClient, handleOrId)
 
   if (!user) {
     throw 404
diff --git a/apps/ssr/wrangler.jsonc b/apps/ssr/wrangler.jsonc
index 97a7676b9..1e3a59f77 100644
--- a/apps/ssr/wrangler.jsonc
+++ b/apps/ssr/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
   "name": "folo-ssr",
   "main": "dist/worker/worker-entry.mjs",
   "compatibility_date": "2026-02-01",
-  "compatibility_flags": ["nodejs_compat"],
+  "compatibility_flags": [
+    "nodejs_compat",
+    // The SSR Worker fetches api.folo.is, another Worker Route in the same zone.
+    "global_fetch_strictly_public",
+  ],
   "observability": {
     "logs": {
       "enabled": true,