diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59f612b..3e0f11a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Skills compose by adoption-list order (`10123`) and trigger tags carry runtime e
 
 Didactyl will support local inference, which is very privacy preserving. Remote inference does however have it's advantages, and in those cases Didactyl supports using Bitcoin Lightning and eCash inference providers.
 
-## Current Status — v0.2.33
+## Current Status — v0.2.34
 
 **Active build — this project is barely working. Experiment at your own risk.**
 
-> Last release update: v0.2.33 — Fix user-settings backfill: republish on normal restart when admin_pubkey/dm_protocol missing
+> Last release update: v0.2.34 — Remove since filter from kind 1059 DM subscription to fix NIP-17 gift-wrap receive - randomized created_at on gift wraps was being filtered out by g_start_time
 
 - Connects to configured relays with auto-reconnect and relay state transition logging
 - Publishes configured startup events per relay as each relay becomes connected
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index c3219b9..59241fa 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 // Using DIDACTYL_ prefix to avoid conflicts with nostr_core_lib VERSION macros
 #define DIDACTYL_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define DIDACTYL_VERSION_MINOR 2
-#define DIDACTYL_VERSION_PATCH 33
-#define DIDACTYL_VERSION "v0.2.33"
+#define DIDACTYL_VERSION_PATCH 34
+#define DIDACTYL_VERSION "v0.2.34"
 
 // Agent metadata
 #define DIDACTYL_NAME "Didactyl"
diff --git a/src/nostr_handler.c b/src/nostr_handler.c
index c180535..2616481 100644
--- a/src/nostr_handler.c
+++ b/src/nostr_handler.c
@@ -2848,6 +2848,9 @@ int nostr_handler_subscribe_dms(dm_callback_t callback, void* user_data) {
     const int need_kind4 = (g_cfg->dm_protocol == DM_PROTOCOL_NIP04 || g_cfg->dm_protocol == DM_PROTOCOL_BOTH) ? 1 : 0;
     const int need_kind1059 = (g_cfg->dm_protocol == DM_PROTOCOL_NIP17 || g_cfg->dm_protocol == DM_PROTOCOL_BOTH) ? 1 : 0;
 
+    DEBUG_INFO("[didactyl] DM subscribe: dm_protocol=%d need_kind4=%d need_kind1059=%d g_start_time=%ld",
+               (int)g_cfg->dm_protocol, need_kind4, need_kind1059, (long)g_start_time);
+
     if (!need_kind4 && !need_kind1059) {
         DEBUG_WARN("[didactyl] DM subscription skipped: no protocol selected");
         return -1;
@@ -2898,7 +2901,6 @@ int nostr_handler_subscribe_dms(dm_callback_t callback, void* user_data) {
         cJSON_AddItemToObject(filter1059, "kinds", kinds1059);
         cJSON_AddItemToArray(p_values1059, cJSON_CreateString(g_cfg->keys.public_key_hex));
         cJSON_AddItemToObject(filter1059, "#p", p_values1059);
-        cJSON_AddNumberToObject(filter1059, "since", (double)g_start_time);
         cJSON_AddNumberToObject(filter1059, "limit", 400);
     }