diff --git a/projects/activitypub_relay/src/python/relay/database.py b/projects/activitypub_relay/src/python/relay/database.py
index 16cd2a0..7b05dea 100644
--- a/projects/activitypub_relay/src/python/relay/database.py
+++ b/projects/activitypub_relay/src/python/relay/database.py
@@ -45,54 +45,22 @@ class RelayDatabase(dict):
         self["private-key"] = self.PRIVKEY.exportKey("PEM").decode("utf-8")
 
     def load(self):
-        new_db = True
+        with self.config.db.open() as fd:
+            data = json.load(fd)
 
-        try:
-            with self.config.db.open() as fd:
-                data = json.load(fd)
-
-            self["version"] = data.get("version", None)
-            self["private-key"] = data.get("private-key")
-
-            if self["version"] == None:
-                self["version"] = 1
-
-                if "actorKeys" in data:
-                    self["private-key"] = data["actorKeys"]["privateKey"]
-
-                for item in data.get("relay-list", []):
-                    domain = urlparse(item).hostname
-                    self["relay-list"][domain] = {"inbox": item, "followid": None}
-
-            else:
-                self["relay-list"] = data.get("relay-list", {})
-
-            for domain in self["relay-list"].keys():
-                if self.config.is_banned(domain) or (
-                    self.config.whitelist_enabled
-                    and not self.config.is_whitelisted(domain)
-                ):
-                    self.del_inbox(domain)
-
-            new_db = False
-
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            pass
-
-        except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
-            if self.config.db.stat().st_size > 0:
-                raise e from None
+        self["version"] = data.get("version", 1)
+        self["private-key"] = data.get("private-key")
+        self["relay-list"] = data.get("relay-list", {})
+        self["follow-requests"] = data.get("follow-requests")
 
         if not self.privkey:
             logging.info("No actor keys present, generating 4096-bit RSA keypair.")
             self.generate_key()
+            self.save()
 
         else:
             self.PRIVKEY = RSA.importKey(self.privkey)
 
-        self.save()
-        return not new_db
-
     def save(self):
         with self.config.db.open("w") as fd:
             json.dump(self, fd, indent=4)