diff --git a/services.py b/services.py
index ab65dae..e03ad1d 100644
--- a/services.py
+++ b/services.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class NostrRouter:
             except WebSocketDisconnect:
                 self.connected = False
                 break
-            # print(json_str)
 
             # registers a subscription if the input was a REQ request
             subscription_id, json_str_rewritten = await self._add_nostr_subscription(
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ class NostrRouter:
                         }
 
                         # this reconstructs the original response from the relay
-                        # reconstruct oriiginal subscription id
+                        # reconstruct original subscription id
                         s_original = s[len(f"{self.subscription_id_rewrite}_") :]
                         event_to_forward = ["EVENT", s_original, event_json]
                         # print(json.dumps(event_to_forward))
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@ class NostrRouter:
     async def stop(self):
         for t in self.tasks:
             t.cancel()
+        self.connected = False
 
     def _marshall_nostr_filters(self, data: Union[dict, list]):
         filters = data if isinstance(data, list) else [data]
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 1566f65..790337c 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import ssl
+import json
 import threading
 
 from .crud import get_relays
@@ -15,6 +16,13 @@ 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
@@ -22,6 +30,16 @@ async def init_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