diff --git a/src/components/extra_notifications/extra_notifications.js b/src/components/extra_notifications/extra_notifications.js
index 851656ae5..d20cbb67e 100644
--- a/src/components/extra_notifications/extra_notifications.js
+++ b/src/components/extra_notifications/extra_notifications.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { mapState } from 'pinia'
-import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
 
 import { useAnnouncementsStore } from 'src/stores/announcements.js'
 import { useChatsStore } from 'src/stores/chats.js'
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
 import { useInterfaceStore } from 'src/stores/interface.js'
 import { useMergedConfigStore } from 'src/stores/merged_config.js'
 import { useSyncConfigStore } from 'src/stores/sync_config.js'
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const ExtraNotifications = {
       return (
         this.mergedConfig.showExtraNotifications &&
         this.mergedConfig.showFollowRequestsInExtraNotifications &&
-        this.followRequestCount
+        this.followRequestsCount
       )
     },
     hasAnythingToShow() {
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ const ExtraNotifications = {
     currentUser() {
       return useUsersStore().currentUser
     },
-    ...mapGetters(['followRequestCount']),
     ...mapState(useAnnouncementsStore, {
       unreadAnnouncementCount: 'unreadAnnouncementCount',
     }),
     ...mapState(useMergedConfigStore, ['mergedConfig']),
     ...mapState(useChatsStore, ['unreadChatsCount']),
+    ...mapState(useFollowRequestsStore, ['followRequestsCount']),
   },
   methods: {
     openNotificationSettings() {
diff --git a/src/components/extra_notifications/extra_notifications.vue b/src/components/extra_notifications/extra_notifications.vue
index 388435950..329c5c1c3 100644
--- a/src/components/extra_notifications/extra_notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/extra_notifications/extra_notifications.vue
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
           class="fa-scale-110 icon"
           icon="user-plus"
         />
-        {{ $t('notifications.unread_follow_requests', { num: followRequestCount }, followRequestCount) }}
+        {{ $t('notifications.unread_follow_requests', { num: followRequestsCount }, followRequestsCount) }}
       </router-link>
     </div>
     <i18n-t
diff --git a/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js b/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
index c4b43811a..a8492b887 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
+++ b/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { defineAsyncComponent } from 'vue'
 
 import BasicUserCard from '../basic_user_card/basic_user_card.vue'
 
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
 import { useMergedConfigStore } from 'src/stores/merged_config.js'
 import { useNotificationsStore } from 'src/stores/notifications.js'
 import { useOAuthStore } from 'src/stores/oauth.js'
@@ -54,12 +55,11 @@ const FollowRequestCard = {
       approveUser({
         id: this.user.id,
         credentials: useOAuthStore().token,
+      }).then(() => {
+        const notifId = this.findFollowRequestNotificationId()
+        useFollowRequestsStore().remove(this.user.id)
+        notifId && useNotificationsStore().markSingleNotificationAsSeen(notifId)
       })
-      // TODO fix
-      this.$store.dispatch('removeFollowRequest', this.user)
-
-      const notifId = this.findFollowRequestNotificationId()
-      useNotificationsStore().markSingleNotificationAsSeen(notifId)
       this.hideApproveConfirmDialog()
     },
     denyUser() {
@@ -70,15 +70,13 @@ const FollowRequestCard = {
       }
     },
     doDeny() {
-      const notifId = this.findFollowRequestNotificationId()
-
       denyUser({
         id: this.user.id,
         credentials: useOAuthStore().token,
       }).then(() => {
-        useNotificationsStore().dismissNotificationLocal(notifId)
-        // TODO fix
-        this.$store.dispatch('removeFollowRequest', this.user)
+        const notifId = this.findFollowRequestNotificationId()
+        useFollowRequestsStore().remove(this.user.id)
+        notifId && useNotificationsStore().markSingleNotificationAsSeen(notifId)
       })
       this.hideDenyConfirmDialog()
     },
diff --git a/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.js b/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.js
index 513298afc..5936e2303 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.js
+++ b/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
+
 import FollowRequestCard from 'src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.vue'
 
 const FollowRequests = {
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ const FollowRequests = {
   },
   computed: {
     requests() {
-      return this.$store.state.api.followRequests
+      return useFollowRequestsStore().requests.values()
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/src/components/mobile_nav/mobile_nav.js b/src/components/mobile_nav/mobile_nav.js
index 97645ca73..e7fe404e0 100644
--- a/src/components/mobile_nav/mobile_nav.js
+++ b/src/components/mobile_nav/mobile_nav.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 
 import { useAnnouncementsStore } from 'src/stores/announcements.js'
 import { useChatsStore } from 'src/stores/chats.js'
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
 import { useInstanceStore } from 'src/stores/instance.js'
 import { useMergedConfigStore } from 'src/stores/merged_config.js'
 import { useNotificationsStore } from 'src/stores/notifications.js'
@@ -67,10 +68,10 @@ const MobileNav = {
       return (
         this.unseenNotifications.length +
         countExtraNotifications(
-          this.$store,
           useMergedConfigStore().mergedConfig,
           useChatsStore().unreadChatsCount,
           useAnnouncementsStore().unreadAnnouncementCount,
+          useFollowRequestsStore().followRequestsCount,
         )
       )
     },
diff --git a/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.js b/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.js
index c3e760efb..f5de8bb2c 100644
--- a/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.js
+++ b/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { mapState } from 'pinia'
-import { mapState as mapVuexState } from 'vuex'
 
 import BookmarkFoldersMenuContent from 'src/components/bookmark_folders_menu/bookmark_folders_menu_content.vue'
 import Checkbox from 'src/components/checkbox/checkbox.vue'
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import NavigationPins from 'src/components/navigation/navigation_pins.vue'
 
 import { useAnnouncementsStore } from 'src/stores/announcements'
 import { useChatsStore } from 'src/stores/chats.js'
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
 import { useInstanceStore } from 'src/stores/instance.js'
 import { useInstanceCapabilitiesStore } from 'src/stores/instance_capabilities.js'
 import { useSyncConfigStore } from 'src/stores/sync_config.js'
@@ -130,9 +130,7 @@ const NavPanel = {
         new Set(store.prefsStorage.collections.pinnedNavItems),
     }),
     ...mapState(useUsersStore, ['currentUser']),
-    ...mapVuexState({
-      followRequestCount: (state) => state.api.followRequests.length,
-    }),
+    ...mapState(useFollowRequestsStore, ['followRequestsCount']),
     ...mapState(useChatsStore, ['unreadChatsCount']),
     timelinesItems() {
       return filterNavigation(
diff --git a/src/components/navigation/navigation.js b/src/components/navigation/navigation.js
index 39fa2c993..7a2e29646 100644
--- a/src/components/navigation/navigation.js
+++ b/src/components/navigation/navigation.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export const ROOT_ITEMS = {
     label: 'nav.friend_requests',
     badgeStyle: 'notification',
     criteria: ['lockedUser'],
-    badgeGetter: 'followRequestCount',
+    badgeGetter: 'followRequestsCount',
   },
   about: {
     route: 'about',
diff --git a/src/components/navigation/navigation_pins.js b/src/components/navigation/navigation_pins.js
index 2efa94ee4..f16336ef3 100644
--- a/src/components/navigation/navigation_pins.js
+++ b/src/components/navigation/navigation_pins.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { mapState } from 'pinia'
-import { mapState as mapVuexState } from 'vuex'
 
 import {
   filterNavigation,
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 
 import { useAnnouncementsStore } from 'src/stores/announcements'
 import { useBookmarkFoldersStore } from 'src/stores/bookmark_folders'
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
 import { useInstanceStore } from 'src/stores/instance.js'
 import { useInstanceCapabilitiesStore } from 'src/stores/instance_capabilities.js'
 import { useListsStore } from 'src/stores/lists'
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ const NavPanel = {
       'localBubble',
     ]),
     ...mapState(useUsersStore, ['currentUser']),
-    ...mapVuexState({
-      followRequestCount: (state) => state.api.followRequests.length,
-    }),
+    ...mapState(useFollowRequestsStore, ['followRequestsCount']),
     pinnedList() {
       if (!this.currentUser) {
         return filterNavigation(
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
index 2272c78af..734671521 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import NotificationFilters from './notification_filters.vue'
 
 import { useAnnouncementsStore } from 'src/stores/announcements.js'
 import { useChatsStore } from 'src/stores/chats.js'
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
 import { useInterfaceStore } from 'src/stores/interface.js'
 import { useMergedConfigStore } from 'src/stores/merged_config.js'
 import { useNotificationsStore } from 'src/stores/notifications.js'
@@ -107,10 +108,10 @@ const Notifications = {
     },
     extraNotificationsCount() {
       return countExtraNotifications(
-        this.$store,
         useMergedConfigStore().mergedConfig,
         useChatsStore().unreadChatsCount,
         useAnnouncementsStore().unreadAnnouncementCount,
+        useFollowRequestsStore().followRequestsCount,
       )
     },
     unseenCountTitle() {
diff --git a/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.js b/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.js
index 2d2886d58..40d922228 100644
--- a/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.js
+++ b/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { unseenNotifications } from '../../services/notification_utils/notificat
 
 import { useAnnouncementsStore } from 'src/stores/announcements'
 import { useChatsStore } from 'src/stores/chats.js'
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
 import { useInstanceStore } from 'src/stores/instance.js'
 import { useInstanceCapabilitiesStore } from 'src/stores/instance_capabilities.js'
 import { useInterfaceStore } from 'src/stores/interface'
@@ -85,9 +86,6 @@ const SideDrawer = {
     unseenNotificationsCount() {
       return this.unseenNotifications.length
     },
-    followRequestCount() {
-      return this.$store.state.api.followRequests.length
-    },
     timelinesRoute() {
       let name
       if (useInterfaceStore().lastTimeline) {
@@ -100,6 +98,7 @@ const SideDrawer = {
         return { name }
       }
     },
+    ...mapState(useFollowRequestsStore, ['followRequestsCount']),
     ...mapState(useAnnouncementsStore, [
       'supportsAnnouncements',
       'unreadAnnouncementCount',
diff --git a/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.vue b/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.vue
index c810d93a0..a42287b3c 100644
--- a/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.vue
+++ b/src/components/side_drawer/side_drawer.vue
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@
               icon="user-plus"
             /> {{ $t("nav.friend_requests") }}
             <span
-              v-if="followRequestCount > 0"
+              v-if="followRequestsCount > 0"
               class="badge -notification"
             >
-              {{ followRequestCount }}
+              {{ followRequestsCount }}
             </span>
           </router-link>
         </li>
diff --git a/src/modules/api.js b/src/modules/api.js
index 290fbfc27..1395752e0 100644
--- a/src/modules/api.js
+++ b/src/modules/api.js
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 import { Socket } from 'phoenix'
 
 import { useInstanceCapabilitiesStore } from 'src/stores/instance_capabilities.js'
-import { useOAuthStore } from 'src/stores/oauth.js'
 import { useShoutStore } from 'src/stores/shout.js'
 
-import followRequestFetcher from 'src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service'
-
 const api = {
   state: {
     fetchers: {},
     socket: null,
-    followRequests: [],
-  },
-  getters: {
-    followRequestCount: (state) => state.followRequests.length,
   },
   mutations: {
     addFetcher(state, { fetcherName, fetcher }) {
@@ -29,27 +22,8 @@ const api = {
     setSocket(state, socket) {
       state.socket = socket
     },
-    setFollowRequests(state, value) {
-      state.followRequests = value
-    },
   },
   actions: {
-    // Follow requests
-    startFetchingFollowRequests(store) {
-      if (store.state.fetchers.followRequests) return
-      const fetcher = followRequestFetcher.startFetching({
-        store,
-        credentials: useOAuthStore().token,
-      })
-
-      store.commit('addFetcher', { fetcherName: 'followRequests', fetcher })
-    },
-    stopFetchingFollowRequests(store) {
-      const fetcher = store.state.fetchers.followRequests
-      if (!fetcher) return
-      store.commit('removeFetcher', { fetcherName: 'followRequests', fetcher })
-    },
-
     // Pleroma websocket
     setWsToken(store, token) {
       store.commit('setWsToken', token)
diff --git a/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 492c4e648..000000000
--- a/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import { useUsersStore } from 'src/stores/users.js'
-
-import { fetchFollowRequests } from 'src/api/user.js'
-import { promiseInterval } from 'src/services/promise_interval/promise_interval.js'
-
-const fetchAndUpdate = ({ store, credentials }) => {
-  return fetchFollowRequests({ credentials })
-    .then(
-      (result) => {
-        const { data: requests } = result
-        store.commit('setFollowRequests', requests)
-        useUsersStore().addNewUsers(result)
-      },
-      (rej) => {
-        console.error(rej)
-      },
-    )
-    .catch((e) => {
-      console.error(e)
-    })
-}
-
-const startFetching = ({ credentials, store }) => {
-  const boundFetchAndUpdate = () => fetchAndUpdate({ credentials, store })
-  boundFetchAndUpdate()
-  return promiseInterval(boundFetchAndUpdate, 10000)
-}
-
-const followRequestFetcher = {
-  startFetching,
-}
-
-export default followRequestFetcher
diff --git a/src/services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js b/src/services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js
index 1fdb7bec1..803a56322 100644
--- a/src/services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js
+++ b/src/services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js
@@ -98,13 +98,11 @@ export const unseenNotifications = (
 }
 
 export const countExtraNotifications = (
-  store,
   mergedConfig,
   unreadChatsCount,
-  unreadAnnouncementCount,
+  unreadAnnouncementsCount,
+  followRequestsCount,
 ) => {
-  const rootGetters = store.rootGetters || store.getters
-
   if (!mergedConfig.showExtraNotifications) {
     return 0
   }
@@ -112,10 +110,10 @@ export const countExtraNotifications = (
   return [
     mergedConfig.showChatsInExtraNotifications ? unreadChatsCount : 0,
     mergedConfig.showAnnouncementsInExtraNotifications
-      ? unreadAnnouncementCount
+      ? unreadAnnouncementsCount
       : 0,
     mergedConfig.showFollowRequestsInExtraNotifications
-      ? rootGetters.followRequestCount
+      ? followRequestsCount
       : 0,
   ].reduce((a, c) => a + c, 0)
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/fetchers/follow_requests.js b/src/stores/fetchers/follow_requests.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8794ab07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/fetchers/follow_requests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
+import { useUsersStore } from 'src/stores/users.js'
+
+import { fetchFollowRequests } from 'src/api/user.js'
+import { promiseInterval } from 'src/services/promise_interval/promise_interval.js'
+
+const followRequestFetcher = ({ credentials }) => {
+  const interval = ref(null)
+
+  const fetchAndUpdate = () => {
+    return fetchFollowRequests({ credentials })
+      .then((result) => {
+        const { data: requests } = result
+        useFollowRequestsStore().setFollowRequests(requests)
+        useUsersStore().addNewUsers(result)
+      })
+      .catch((e) => {
+        console.error(e)
+      })
+  }
+
+  const startFetching = () => {
+    if (interval.value) throw new Error('Interval already exists!')
+
+    fetchAndUpdate()
+
+    interval.value = promiseInterval(fetchAndUpdate, 10000)
+  }
+
+  const stopFetching = () => {
+    interval.value.stop()
+    interval.value = null
+  }
+
+  return {
+    fetchAndUpdate,
+    startFetching,
+    stopFetching,
+  }
+}
+
+export default followRequestFetcher
diff --git a/src/stores/follow_requests.js b/src/stores/follow_requests.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..064d57253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/follow_requests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
+
+import followRequestFetcher from 'src/stores/fetchers/follow_requests.js'
+import { useOAuthStore } from 'src/stores/oauth.js'
+
+export const useFollowRequestsStore = defineStore('followRequests', {
+  state: () => ({
+    fetcher: null,
+    requests: new Map(),
+  }),
+  getters: {
+    followRequestsCount(state) {
+      return state.requests.size
+    },
+  },
+  actions: {
+    startFetching() {
+      if (this.fetcher) throw 'Fetcher already exists!'
+
+      this.fetcher = followRequestFetcher({
+        credentials: useOAuthStore().token,
+      })
+
+      this.fetcher.startFetching()
+    },
+    stopFetching() {
+      if (!this.fetcher) throw "Fetcher doesn't exists!"
+      this.fetcher.stopFetching(), (this.fetcher = null)
+    },
+    setFollowRequests(requests) {
+      this.requests = new Map(requests.map((user) => [user.id, user]))
+    },
+    remove(id) {
+      this.requests.delete(id)
+    }
+  },
+})
diff --git a/src/stores/users.js b/src/stores/users.js
index 90c87c0f3..71a9ddc94 100644
--- a/src/stores/users.js
+++ b/src/stores/users.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useAnnouncementsStore } from 'src/stores/announcements.js'
 import { useBookmarkFoldersStore } from 'src/stores/bookmark_folders.js'
 import { useChatsStore } from 'src/stores/chats.js'
 import { useEmojiStore } from 'src/stores/emoji.js'
+import { useFollowRequestsStore } from 'src/stores/follow_requests.js'
 import { useInstanceStore } from 'src/stores/instance.js'
 import { useInstanceCapabilitiesStore } from 'src/stores/instance_capabilities.js'
 import { useInterfaceStore } from 'src/stores/interface.js'
@@ -678,9 +679,10 @@ export const useUsersStore = defineStore('users', {
         useListsStore().startFetching()
         useBookmarkFoldersStore().startFetching()
 
-        if (user.locked) {
-          dispatch('startFetchingFollowRequests')
-        }
+        // if (user.locked) {
+        dispatch('startFetchingFollowRequests')
+        useFollowRequestsStore().startFetching()
+        // }
 
         if (useMergedConfigStore().mergedConfig.useStreamingApi) {
           useStreamingStore().initSocket(true)
@@ -724,6 +726,9 @@ export const useUsersStore = defineStore('users', {
       useListsStore().stopFetching()
       useBookmarkFoldersStore().stopFetching()
       useChatsStore().stopFetching()
+      // if (this.currentUser.locked) {
+      useFollowRequestsStore().stopFetching()
+      // }
 
       store?.dispatch('stopFetchingFollowRequests')