diff --git a/apps/desktop2/src/components/conversation.tsx b/apps/desktop2/src/components/conversation.tsx
index 2f9c30b6..335bd3ec 100644
--- a/apps/desktop2/src/components/conversation.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop2/src/components/conversation.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function Conversation({
 	className?: string;
 }) {
 	const { ark } = useRouteContext({ strict: false });
-	const thread = ark.parse_event_thread(event.tags);
+	const thread = ark.get_thread(event.tags);
 
 	return (
 		<Note.Provider event={event}>
diff --git a/packages/ark/src/ark.ts b/packages/ark/src/ark.ts
index 59d4434f..fe480bc8 100644
--- a/packages/ark/src/ark.ts
+++ b/packages/ark/src/ark.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import {
-	type Contact,
 	type Event,
 	type EventWithReplies,
 	type Interests,
 	type Keys,
-	Kind,
 	type LumeColumn,
 	type Metadata,
 	type Settings,
@@ -413,12 +411,19 @@ export class Ark {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public parse_event_thread(tags: string[][]) {
+	public get_thread(tags: string[][]) {
 		let root: string = null;
 		let reply: string = null;
 
 		// Get all event references from tags, ignore mention
 		const events = tags.filter((el) => el[0] === "e" && el[3] !== "mention");
+		const relays = tags.filter((el) => el[0] === "e" && el[2].length);
+
+		if (relays.length >= 1) {
+			for (const relay of relays) {
+				if (relay[2]?.length) this.add_relay(relay[2]);
+			}
+		}
 
 		if (events.length === 1) {
 			root = events[0][1];
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/nostr/relay.rs b/src-tauri/src/nostr/relay.rs
index 4cb6aed3..d1c3ec8b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/nostr/relay.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/nostr/relay.rs
@@ -84,9 +84,14 @@ pub async fn list_connected_relays(state: State<'_, Nostr>) -> Result<Vec<Url>,
 #[tauri::command]
 pub async fn connect_relay(relay: &str, state: State<'_, Nostr>) -> Result<bool, ()> {
   let client = &state.client;
-  if let Ok(_) = client.add_relay(relay).await {
-    let _ = client.connect_relay(relay);
-    Ok(true)
+  if let Ok(status) = client.add_relay(relay).await {
+    if status == true {
+      println!("connecting to relay: {}", relay);
+      let _ = client.connect_relay(relay);
+      Ok(true)
+    } else {
+      Ok(false)
+    }
   } else {
     Ok(false)
   }