diff --git a/src/resources/Disputes.js b/src/resources/Disputes.js
index 1af7b55..262e1a5 100644
--- a/src/resources/Disputes.js
+++ b/src/resources/Disputes.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Disputes {
     const amountShift = event.args._amount.toNumber()
     // juror won/lost tokens
     if (address === account) {
-      const userProfile = await this._StoreProviderInstance.getUserProfile(
+      const userProfile = await this._StoreProviderInstance.setUpUserProfile(
         account
       )
       const contractAddress = this._ArbitratorInstance.getContractAddress()
diff --git a/src/resources/Notifications.js b/src/resources/Notifications.js
index 038d74c..7f8b2d2 100644
--- a/src/resources/Notifications.js
+++ b/src/resources/Notifications.js
@@ -234,8 +234,7 @@ class Notifications {
    */
   getUnreadStoredNotifications = async account => {
     this._requireStoreProvider()
-
-    const profile = await this._StoreProviderInstance.getUserProfile(account)
+    const profile = await this._StoreProviderInstance.setUpUserProfile(account)
     const currentArbitrator = this._ArbitratorInstance.getContractAddress()
     // return notifications that are for current arbitrator and are unread
     return _.filter(
@@ -605,7 +604,7 @@ class Notifications {
 
     // If we have store provider fetch contracts and disputes from the store.
     if (this._StoreProviderInstance) {
-      const userProfile = await this._StoreProviderInstance.getUserProfile(
+      const userProfile = await this._StoreProviderInstance.setUpUserProfile(
         account
       )
 
diff --git a/src/utils/StoreProviderWrapper.js b/src/utils/StoreProviderWrapper.js
index 81a0e59..14cb501 100644
--- a/src/utils/StoreProviderWrapper.js
+++ b/src/utils/StoreProviderWrapper.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class StoreProviderWrapper {
    * @returns {number} The last block number.
    */
   getLastBlock = async userAddress => {
-    const userProfile = await this.getUserProfile(userAddress)
+    const userProfile = await this.setUpUserProfile(userAddress)
 
     return userProfile.lastBlock || 0
   }
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ class StoreProviderWrapper {
   setUpUserProfile = async userAddress => {
     let userProfile = await this.getUserProfile(userAddress)
     if (_.isNull(userProfile)) {
-      this.updateUserProfile(userAddress, {})
-      userProfile = await this.queueReadRequest(
-        `${this._storeUri}/${userAddress}`
-      )
+      const response = await this.updateUserProfile(userAddress, {})
+      if (response.status !== 201)
+        throw new Error(errorConstants.REQUEST_FAILED(response.responseText))
+      userProfile = response.body
     }
 
     return userProfile
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class StoreProviderWrapper {
     params
   ) => {
     const getBodyFn = async () => {
-      const userProfile = await this.getUserProfile(userAddress)
+      const userProfile = await this.setUpUserProfile(userAddress)
 
       const currentDisputeProfile =
         _.filter(
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ class StoreProviderWrapper {
     isRead = true
   ) => {
     const getBodyFn = async () => {
-      const userProfile = await this.getUserProfile(userAddress)
+      const userProfile = await this.setUpUserProfile(userAddress)
 
       const notificationIndex = await _.findIndex(
         userProfile.notifications,