diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/blocks.js b/src/controllers/accounts/blocks.js
index a3f6cba3ff..185d922970 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/blocks.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/blocks.js
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ blocksController.getBlocks = async function (req, res) {
 	const resultsPerPage = 50;
 	const start = Math.max(0, page - 1) * resultsPerPage;
 	const stop = start + resultsPerPage - 1;
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
+	const { uid, username, userslug, blocksCount } = payload;
 
-	const { uid, username, userslug, blocksCount } = await user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['uid', 'username', 'userslug', 'blocksCount']);
-	const payload = {};
 	const uids = await user.blocks.list(uid);
 	const data = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:user.getBlocks', {
 		uids: uids,
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/categories.js b/src/controllers/accounts/categories.js
index 4dfaf95f31..04222c1468 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/categories.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/categories.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const meta = require('../../meta');
 const categoriesController = module.exports;
 
 categoriesController.get = async function (req, res) {
-	const { username, userslug } = await user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['username', 'userslug']);
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
+	const { username, userslug } = payload;
 	const [states, allCategoriesData] = await Promise.all([
 		user.getCategoryWatchState(res.locals.uid),
 		categories.buildForSelect(res.locals.uid, 'find', ['descriptionParsed', 'depth', 'slug']),
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ categoriesController.get = async function (req, res) {
 		}
 	});
 
-	const payload = {};
 	payload.categories = categoriesData;
 	payload.title = `[[pages:account/watched-categories, ${username}]]`;
 	payload.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/consent.js b/src/controllers/accounts/consent.js
index c4ec132a11..ecd8915bd7 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/consent.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/consent.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 const db = require('../../database');
 const meta = require('../../meta');
-const user = require('../../user');
 const helpers = require('../helpers');
 
 const consentController = module.exports;
@@ -11,11 +10,10 @@ consentController.get = async function (req, res, next) {
 	if (!meta.config.gdpr_enabled) {
 		return next();
 	}
-
-	const { username, userslug } = await user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['username', 'userslug']);
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
+	const { username, userslug } = payload;
 	const consented = await db.getObjectField(`user:${res.locals.uid}`, 'gdpr_consent');
 
-	const payload = {};
 	payload.gdpr_consent = parseInt(consented, 10) === 1;
 	payload.digest = {
 		frequency: meta.config.dailyDigestFreq || 'off',
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/follow.js b/src/controllers/accounts/follow.js
index 44ad00d3de..58dba7f3c0 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/follow.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/follow.js
@@ -15,18 +15,16 @@ followController.getFollowers = async function (req, res, next) {
 };
 
 async function getFollow(tpl, name, req, res) {
+	const { userData: payload } = res.locals;
 	const {
 		username, userslug, followerCount, followingCount,
-	} = await user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, [
-		'username', 'userslug', 'followerCount', 'followingCount',
-	]);
+	} = payload;
 
 	const page = parseInt(req.query.page, 10) || 1;
 	const resultsPerPage = 50;
 	const start = Math.max(0, page - 1) * resultsPerPage;
 	const stop = start + resultsPerPage - 1;
 
-	const payload = {};
 	payload.title = `[[pages:${tpl}, ${username}]]`;
 
 	const method = name === 'following' ? 'getFollowing' : 'getFollowers';
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/groups.js b/src/controllers/accounts/groups.js
index 27c0797afe..3a9d66243e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/groups.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/groups.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const groupsController = module.exports;
 groupsController.get = async function (req, res) {
 	const { username, userslug } = await user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['username', 'userslug']);
 
-	const payload = {};
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
 
 	let groupsData = await groups.getUserGroups([res.locals.uid]);
 	groupsData = groupsData[0];
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/info.js b/src/controllers/accounts/info.js
index b62de6b486..7081acc7df 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/info.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/info.js
@@ -13,19 +13,17 @@ infoController.get = async function (req, res) {
 	const start = (page - 1) * itemsPerPage;
 	const stop = start + itemsPerPage - 1;
 
-	const [{ username, userslug }, isPrivileged] = await Promise.all([
-		user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['username', 'userslug']),
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
+	const { username, userslug } = payload;
+	const [isPrivileged, history, sessions, usernames, emails] = await Promise.all([
 		user.isPrivileged(req.uid),
-	]);
-	const [history, sessions, usernames, emails, notes] = await Promise.all([
 		user.getModerationHistory(res.locals.uid),
 		user.auth.getSessions(res.locals.uid, req.sessionID),
 		user.getHistory(`user:${res.locals.uid}:usernames`),
 		user.getHistory(`user:${res.locals.uid}:emails`),
-		getNotes({ uid: res.locals.uid, isPrivileged }, start, stop),
 	]);
 
-	const payload = {};
+	const notes = await getNotes({ uid: res.locals.uid, isPrivileged }, start, stop);
 
 	payload.history = history;
 	payload.sessions = sessions;
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/posts.js b/src/controllers/accounts/posts.js
index d1881454cb..53ca842cb8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/posts.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/posts.js
@@ -177,10 +177,9 @@ async function getPostsFromUserSet(template, req, res) {
 	const data = templateToData[template];
 	const page = Math.max(1, parseInt(req.query.page, 10) || 1);
 
-	const [{ username, userslug }, settings] = await Promise.all([
-		user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['username', 'userslug']),
-		user.getSettings(req.uid),
-	]);
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
+	const { username, userslug } = payload;
+	const settings = await user.getSettings(req.uid);
 
 	const itemsPerPage = data.type === 'topics' ? settings.topicsPerPage : settings.postsPerPage;
 	const start = (page - 1) * itemsPerPage;
@@ -207,7 +206,6 @@ async function getPostsFromUserSet(template, req, res) {
 	}
 	const { itemCount, itemData } = result;
 
-	const payload = {};
 	payload[data.type] = itemData[data.type];
 	payload.nextStart = itemData.nextStart;
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/sessions.js b/src/controllers/accounts/sessions.js
index 74896346d7..520f466f5b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/sessions.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/sessions.js
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ const helpers = require('../helpers');
 const sessionController = module.exports;
 
 sessionController.get = async function (req, res) {
-	const { username, userslug } = await user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['username', 'userslug']);
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
+	const { username, userslug } = payload;
 
-	const payload = {
-		sessions: await user.auth.getSessions(res.locals.uid, req.sessionID),
-		title: '[[pages:account/sessions]]',
-		breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{ text: username, url: `/user/${userslug}` }, { text: '[[pages:account/sessions]]' }]),
-	};
+	payload.sessions = await user.auth.getSessions(res.locals.uid, req.sessionID);
+	payload.title = '[[pages:account/sessions]]';
+	payload.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([
+		{ text: username, url: `/user/${userslug}` },
+		{ text: '[[pages:account/sessions]]' },
+	]);
 
 	res.render('account/sessions', payload);
 };
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/tags.js b/src/controllers/accounts/tags.js
index 736b67aae0..a4a30404c3 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/tags.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/tags.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const db = require('../../database');
-const user = require('../../user');
 const helpers = require('../helpers');
 
 const tagsController = module.exports;
@@ -10,10 +9,10 @@ tagsController.get = async function (req, res) {
 	if (req.uid !== res.locals.uid) {
 		return helpers.notAllowed(req, res);
 	}
-	const { username, userslug } = await user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['username', 'userslug']);
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
+	const { username, userslug } = payload;
 	const tagData = await db.getSortedSetRange(`uid:${res.locals.uid}:followed_tags`, 0, -1);
 
-	const payload = {};
 	payload.tags = tagData;
 	payload.title = `[[pages:account/watched-tags, ${username}]]`;
 	payload.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/uploads.js b/src/controllers/accounts/uploads.js
index edfbe23740..b438b472f2 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/uploads.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/uploads.js
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ const nconf = require('nconf');
 
 const db = require('../../database');
 const helpers = require('../helpers');
-const user = require('../../user');
 const meta = require('../../meta');
 const pagination = require('../../pagination');
 
 const uploadsController = module.exports;
 
 uploadsController.get = async function (req, res) {
-	const { username, userslug } = await user.getUserFields(res.locals.uid, ['username', 'userslug']);
+	const payload = res.locals.userData;
+	const { username, userslug } = payload;
 	const page = Math.max(1, parseInt(req.query.page, 10) || 1);
 	const itemsPerPage = 25;
 	const start = (page - 1) * itemsPerPage;
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ uploadsController.get = async function (req, res) {
 		db.getSortedSetRevRange(`uid:${res.locals.uid}:uploads`, start, stop),
 	]);
 
-	const payload = {};
 	payload.uploads = uploadNames.map(uploadName => ({
 		name: uploadName,
 		url: path.resolve(nconf.get('upload_url'), uploadName),