diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index 8867fc1..13d27eb 100644
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (rl *Relay) HandleWebsocket(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(
 		context.WithValue(
 			context.Background(),
-			WS_KEY, ws,
+			wsKey, ws,
 		),
 	)
 
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ func (rl *Relay) HandleWebsocket(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					// a context just for the "stored events" request handler
 					reqCtx, cancelReqCtx := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
 
+					// expose subscription id in the context
+					reqCtx = context.WithValue(reqCtx, subscriptionIdKey, env.SubscriptionID)
+
 					// handle each filter separately -- dispatching events as they're loaded from databases
 					for _, filter := range env.Filters {
 						err := rl.handleRequest(reqCtx, env.SubscriptionID, &eose, ws, filter)
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 888b4c6..f032128 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 )
 
-const (
-	AUTH_CONTEXT_KEY = iota
-	WS_KEY
-)
-
 func pointerHasher[V any](_ maphash.Seed, k *V) uint64 {
 	return uint64(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(k)))
 }
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index b2dbe84..2bbab86 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sebest/xff"
 )
 
+const (
+	wsKey = iota
+	subscriptionIdKey
+)
+
 func GetConnection(ctx context.Context) *WebSocket {
-	return ctx.Value(WS_KEY).(*WebSocket)
+	return ctx.Value(wsKey).(*WebSocket)
 }
 
 func GetAuthed(ctx context.Context) string {
@@ -19,6 +24,10 @@ func GetIP(ctx context.Context) string {
 	return xff.GetRemoteAddr(GetConnection(ctx).Request)
 }
 
+func GetSubscriptionID(ctx context.Context) string {
+	return ctx.Value(subscriptionIdKey).(string)
+}
+
 func GetOpenSubscriptions(ctx context.Context) []nostr.Filter {
 	if subs, ok := listeners.Load(GetConnection(ctx)); ok {
 		res := make([]nostr.Filter, 0, listeners.Size()*2)