diff --git a/nostr/client/client.py b/nostr/client/client.py
index 6e70f71..4d10647 100644
--- a/nostr/client/client.py
+++ b/nostr/client/client.py
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
-from typing import *
-import ssl
-import time
+import base64
 import json
 import os
-import base64
-
-from ..event import Event
-from ..relay_manager import RelayManager
-from ..message_type import ClientMessageType
-from ..key import PrivateKey, PublicKey
+import time
+from typing import *
 
+from ..event import EncryptedDirectMessage, Event, EventKind
 from ..filter import Filter, Filters
-from ..event import Event, EventKind, EncryptedDirectMessage
-from ..relay_manager import RelayManager
+from ..key import PrivateKey, PublicKey
 from ..message_type import ClientMessageType
+from ..relay_manager import RelayManager
+from ..subscription import Subscription
 
 # from aes import AESCipher
 from . import cbc
@@ -38,12 +34,11 @@ class NostrClient:
         if connect:
             self.connect()
 
-    def connect(self):
+    async def connect(self, subscriptions: dict[str, Subscription] = {}):
         for relay in self.relays:
-            self.relay_manager.add_relay(relay)
-        self.relay_manager.open_connections(
-            {"cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE}
-        )  # NOTE: This disables ssl certificate verification
+            self.relay_manager.add_relay(relay, subscriptions)
+
+
 
     def close(self):
         self.relay_manager.close_connections()
diff --git a/nostr/relay.py b/nostr/relay.py
index 246b985..b6207b5 100644
--- a/nostr/relay.py
+++ b/nostr/relay.py
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ class Relay:
     def publish(self, message: str):
         self.queue.put(message)
 
+    def publish_subscriptions(self):
+        for _, subscription in self.subscriptions.items():
+            s = subscription.to_json_object()
+            json_str = json.dumps(["REQ", s["id"], s["filters"][0]])
+            self.publish(json_str)
+
     def queue_worker(self):
         print("#### IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", self.url)
         while True:
diff --git a/nostr/relay_manager.py b/nostr/relay_manager.py
index f6eba36..0ec324a 100644
--- a/nostr/relay_manager.py
+++ b/nostr/relay_manager.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import json
+
+import ssl
 import threading
 
 from .event import Event
 from .filter import Filters
 from .message_pool import MessagePool
-from .message_type import ClientMessageType
 from .relay import Relay, RelayPolicy
+from .subscription import Subscription
 
 
 class RelayException(Exception):
@@ -20,19 +21,30 @@ class RelayManager:
         self.message_pool = MessagePool()
 
     def add_relay(
-        self, url: str, read: bool = True, write: bool = True, subscriptions={}
-    ):
+        self, url: str, read: bool = True, write: bool = True, subscriptions: dict[str, Subscription] = {}
+    ) -> Relay:
         if url in self.relays:
             return
+        
         policy = RelayPolicy(read, write)
         relay = Relay(url, policy, self.message_pool, subscriptions.copy())
         self.relays[url] = relay
 
+        self.open_connection(
+            relay,
+            {"cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE}
+        )  # NOTE: This disables ssl certificate verification
+
+        relay.publish_subscriptions()
+        return relay
+
     def remove_relay(self, url: str):
-        self.relays[url].close()
-        self.relays.pop(url)
         self.threads[url].join(timeout=1)
         self.threads.pop(url)
+        self.queue_threads[url].join(timeout=1)
+        self.queue_threads.pop(url)
+        self.relays[url].close()
+        self.relays.pop(url)
 
     def add_subscription(self, id: str, filters: Filters):
         for relay in self.relays.values():
@@ -42,25 +54,22 @@ class RelayManager:
         for relay in self.relays.values():
             relay.close_subscription(id)
 
-    def open_connections(self, ssl_options: dict = None, proxy: dict = None):
-        for relay in self.relays.values():
-            if relay.url not in self.threads:            
-                self.threads[relay.url] = threading.Thread(
-                    target=relay.connect,
-                    args=(ssl_options, proxy),
-                    name=f"{relay.url}-thread",
-                    daemon=True,
-                )
 
-                self.threads[relay.url].start()
+    def open_connection(self, relay: Relay, ssl_options: dict = None, proxy: dict = None):          
+        self.threads[relay.url] = threading.Thread(
+            target=relay.connect,
+            args=(ssl_options, proxy),
+            name=f"{relay.url}-thread",
+            daemon=True,
+        )
+        self.threads[relay.url].start()
 
-            if relay.url not in self.queue_threads:
-                self.queue_threads[relay.url] = threading.Thread(
-                    target=relay.queue_worker,
-                    name=f"{relay.url}-queue",
-                    daemon=True,
-                )
-                self.queue_threads[relay.url].start()
+        self.queue_threads[relay.url] = threading.Thread(
+            target=relay.queue_worker,
+            name=f"{relay.url}-queue",
+            daemon=True,
+        )
+        self.queue_threads[relay.url].start()
 
     def close_connections(self):
         for relay in self.relays.values():
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index beff9db..eb5391a 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -17,31 +17,13 @@ from .services import (
 
 
 async def init_relays():
-    # we save any subscriptions teporarily to re-add them after reinitializing the client
-    subscriptions = {}
-    for relay in nostr.client.relay_manager.relays.values():
-        # relay.add_subscription(id, filters)
-        for subscription_id, filters in relay.subscriptions.items():
-            subscriptions[subscription_id] = filters
-
     # reinitialize the entire client
     nostr.__init__()
     # get relays from db
     relays = await get_relays()
     # set relays and connect to them
     nostr.client.relays = list(set([r.url for r in relays.__root__ if r.url]))
-    nostr.client.connect()
-
-    await asyncio.sleep(2)
-    # re-add subscriptions
-    for subscription_id, subscription in subscriptions.items():
-        nostr.client.relay_manager.add_subscription(
-            subscription_id, subscription.filters
-        )
-        s = subscription.to_json_object()
-        json_str = json.dumps(["REQ", s["id"], s["filters"][0]])
-        nostr.client.relay_manager.publish_message(json_str)
-    return
+    await nostr.client.connect()
 
 
 async def subscribe_events():
diff --git a/views_api.py b/views_api.py
index 12f4f79..88193ad 100644
--- a/views_api.py
+++ b/views_api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from fastapi import Depends, WebSocket
 from loguru import logger
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .crud import add_relay, delete_relay, get_relays
 from .helpers import normalize_public_key
 from .models import Relay, RelayList, TestMessage, TestMessageResponse
 from .nostr.key import EncryptedDirectMessage, PrivateKey
+from .nostr.relay import Relay as NostrRelay
 from .services import NostrRouter, nostr
 from .tasks import init_relays
 
@@ -60,8 +61,15 @@ async def api_add_relay(relay: Relay) -> Optional[RelayList]:
         )
     relay.id = urlsafe_short_hash()
     await add_relay(relay)
-    # we can't add relays during runtime yet
-    await init_relays()
+
+    all_relays: List[NostrRelay] = nostr.client.relay_manager.relays.values()
+    if len(all_relays):
+        subscriptions = all_relays[0].subscriptions
+        nostr.client.relays.append(relay.url)
+        nostr.client.relay_manager.add_relay(subscriptions)
+       
+        nostr.client.relay_manager.connect_relay(relay.url)
+
     return await get_relays()