diff --git a/src/classes/thread-loader.ts b/src/classes/thread-loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92e8144a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/classes/thread-loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import { BehaviorSubject } from "rxjs";
+import { getReferences } from "../helpers/nostr-event";
+import { NostrEvent } from "../types/nostr-event";
+import { NostrRequest } from "./nostr-request";
+import { NostrSubscription } from "./nostr-subscription";
+
+export class ThreadLoader {
+  loading = new BehaviorSubject(false);
+  focusId = new BehaviorSubject("");
+  rootId = new BehaviorSubject("");
+  events = new BehaviorSubject<Record<string, NostrEvent>>({});
+
+  private relays: string[];
+  private subscription: NostrSubscription;
+
+  constructor(relays: string[], eventId: string) {
+    this.relays = relays;
+
+    this.subscription = new NostrSubscription(relays);
+
+    this.subscription.onEvent.subscribe((event) => {
+      this.events.next({ ...this.events.value, [event.id]: event });
+    });
+
+    this.updateEventId(eventId);
+  }
+
+  loadEvent() {
+    this.loading.next(true);
+    const request = new NostrRequest(this.relays);
+    request.onEvent.subscribe((event) => {
+      this.events.next({ ...this.events.value, [event.id]: event });
+
+      this.checkAndUpdateRoot();
+
+      request.cancel();
+      this.loading.next(false);
+    });
+    request.start({ ids: [this.focusId.value] });
+  }
+
+  private checkAndUpdateRoot() {
+    const event = this.events.value[this.focusId.value];
+
+    if (event) {
+      const refs = getReferences(event);
+      const rootId = refs.rootId || event.id;
+      // only update the root if its different
+      if (rootId !== this.rootId.value) {
+        this.rootId.next(rootId);
+        this.loadRoot();
+        this.updateSubscription();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  loadRoot() {
+    if (this.rootId.value) {
+      const request = new NostrRequest(this.relays);
+      request.onEvent.subscribe((event) => {
+        this.events.next({ ...this.events.value, [event.id]: event });
+
+        request.cancel();
+      });
+      request.start({ ids: [this.rootId.value] });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private updateSubscription() {
+    if (this.rootId.value) {
+      this.subscription.update({ "#e": [this.rootId.value], kinds: [1] });
+      if (this.subscription.state !== NostrSubscription.OPEN) {
+        this.subscription.open();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  updateEventId(eventId: string) {
+    if (this.loading.value) {
+      console.warn("trying to set eventId while loading");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.focusId.next(eventId);
+
+    const event = this.events.value[eventId];
+    if (!event) {
+      this.loadEvent();
+    } else {
+      this.checkAndUpdateRoot();
+    }
+  }
+
+  open() {
+    if (!this.loading.value && this.events.value[this.focusId.value]) {
+      this.loadEvent();
+    }
+    this.updateSubscription();
+  }
+  close() {
+    this.subscription.close();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/post/post-contents.tsx b/src/components/post/post-contents.tsx
index 3abbbb930..54e8a6eb9 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post-contents.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post/post-contents.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const embeds: { regexp: RegExp; render: (match: RegExpMatchArray, trusted: boole
     render: (match) => (
       <AspectRatio ratio={16 / 10} maxWidth="30rem">
         <iframe
-          src={`https://www.youtube.com/embed/${match[6]}`}
+          src={`https://www.youtube.com/embed/${match[5]}`}
           title="YouTube video player"
           frameBorder="0"
           allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const embeds: { regexp: RegExp; render: (match: RegExpMatchArray, trusted: boole
   },
   // Video
   {
-    regexp: /(https?:\/\/)([\da-z\.-]+\.[a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w\.-]+\.(mp4|mkv|webm))/im,
+    regexp: /(https?:\/\/)([\da-z\.-]+\.[a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w\.-]+\.(mp4|mkv|webm|mov))/im,
     render: (match) => (
       <AspectRatio ratio={16 / 9} maxWidth="30rem">
         <video key={match[0]} src={match[0]} controls />
diff --git a/src/helpers/nostr-event.ts b/src/helpers/nostr-event.ts
index 57a6c47ff..46dccbc41 100644
--- a/src/helpers/nostr-event.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/nostr-event.ts
@@ -23,16 +23,19 @@ export function getReferences(event: NostrEvent) {
   let replyId = eTags.find((t) => t[3] === "reply")?.[1];
   let rootId = eTags.find((t) => t[3] === "root")?.[1];
 
-  if (rootId && !replyId) {
+  if (!rootId || !replyId) {
     // a direct reply dose not need a "reply" reference
     // https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/10.md
-    replyId = rootId;
+
+    // this is not necessarily to spec. but if there is only one id (root or reply) then assign it to both
+    // this handles the cases where a client only set a "reply" tag and no root
+    rootId = replyId = rootId || replyId;
   }
 
   // legacy behavior
   // https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/10.md#positional-e-tags-deprecated
   if (!rootId && !replyId && eTags.length >= 1) {
-    console.warn(`Using legacy threading behavior for ${event.id}`, event);
+    // console.info(`Using legacy threading behavior for ${event.id}`, event);
 
     // first tag is the root
     rootId = eTags[0][1];
diff --git a/src/helpers/thread.ts b/src/helpers/thread.ts
index 8eb3ec5bb..0b51e5d6d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/thread.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/thread.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export type LinkedEvent = {
   children: LinkedEvent[];
 };
 
-export function linkEvents(events: NostrEvent[], rootId: string) {
+export function linkEvents(events: NostrEvent[]) {
   const idToChildren: Record<string, NostrEvent[]> = {};
 
   const replies = new Map<string, LinkedEvent>();
@@ -35,12 +35,9 @@ export function linkEvents(events: NostrEvent[], rootId: string) {
   for (const [id, reply] of replies) {
     reply.root = reply.refs.rootId ? replies.get(reply.refs.rootId) : undefined;
 
-    reply.reply = reply.refs.replyId
-      ? replies.get(reply.refs.replyId)
-      : undefined;
+    reply.reply = reply.refs.replyId ? replies.get(reply.refs.replyId) : undefined;
 
-    reply.children =
-      idToChildren[id]?.map((e) => replies.get(e.id) as LinkedEvent) ?? [];
+    reply.children = idToChildren[id]?.map((e) => replies.get(e.id) as LinkedEvent) ?? [];
   }
 
   return replies;
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-thread-loader.ts b/src/hooks/use-thread-loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ba7e829c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/use-thread-loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+import { useUnmount } from "react-use";
+import { ThreadLoader } from "../classes/thread-loader";
+import { linkEvents } from "../helpers/thread";
+import settings from "../services/settings";
+import useSubject from "./use-subject";
+
+type Options = {
+  enabled?: boolean;
+};
+
+export function useThreadLoader(eventId: string, opts?: Options) {
+  const relays = useSubject(settings.relays);
+
+  const ref = useRef<ThreadLoader | null>(null);
+  const loader = (ref.current = ref.current || new ThreadLoader(relays, eventId));
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (eventId !== loader.focusId.value) loader.updateEventId(eventId);
+  }, [eventId]);
+
+  const enabled = opts?.enabled ?? true;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (enabled) loader.open();
+    else loader.close();
+  }, [enabled]);
+
+  useUnmount(() => {
+    loader.close();
+  });
+
+  const events = useSubject(loader.events);
+  const loading = useSubject(loader.loading);
+  const rootId = useSubject(loader.rootId);
+  const focusId = useSubject(loader.focusId);
+  const linked = useMemo(() => linkEvents(Object.values(events)), [events]);
+
+  return {
+    loader,
+    events,
+    linked,
+    rootId,
+    focusId,
+    loading,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/services/relays/relay.ts b/src/services/relays/relay.ts
index d361c3697..fbbdbb543 100644
--- a/src/services/relays/relay.ts
+++ b/src/services/relays/relay.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export class Relay {
   ws?: WebSocket;
   permission: Permission = Permission.ALL;
 
+  private queue: NostrOutgoingMessage[] = [];
+
   constructor(url: string, permission: Permission = Permission.ALL) {
     this.url = url;
 
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ export class Relay {
     this.ws.onopen = () => {
       this.onOpen.next(this);
 
+      this.sendQueued();
+
       if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
         console.info(`Relay: ${this.url} connected`);
       }
@@ -69,13 +73,25 @@ export class Relay {
     if (this.permission & Permission.WRITE) {
       if (this.connected) {
         this.ws?.send(JSON.stringify(json));
-      }
+      } else this.queue.push(json);
     }
   }
   close() {
     this.ws?.close();
   }
 
+  private sendQueued() {
+    if (this.connected) {
+      if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+        console.info(`Relay: ${this.url} sending ${this.queue.length} queued messages`);
+      }
+      for (const message of this.queue) {
+        this.send(message);
+      }
+      this.queue = [];
+    }
+  }
+
   get okay() {
     return this.connected || this.connecting;
   }
diff --git a/src/views/event.tsx b/src/views/event.tsx
index 4d7a44e56..dd0e0bfe7 100644
--- a/src/views/event.tsx
+++ b/src/views/event.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import { Alert, AlertDescription, AlertIcon, AlertTitle, Flex } from "@chakra-ui/react";
-import useSubject from "../hooks/use-subject";
-import settings from "../services/settings";
+import { Alert, AlertDescription, AlertIcon, AlertTitle, Flex, Spinner } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { Page } from "../components/page";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { normalizeToHex } from "../helpers/nip-19";
 import { Post } from "../components/post";
-import { useMemo } from "react";
+import { useThreadLoader } from "../hooks/use-thread-loader";
 
 export const EventPage = () => {
   const params = useParams();
@@ -30,37 +28,28 @@ export const EventPage = () => {
   );
 };
 
-// function useEvent(id: string, relays: string[]) {
-//   const sub = useMemo(() => eventsService.requestEvent(id, relays), [id]);
-//   const event = useSubject(sub);
-
-//   return event;
-// }
-
 export type EventViewProps = {
-  /** id of event in hex format */
   eventId: string;
 };
 
 export const EventView = ({ eventId }: EventViewProps) => {
-  // const relays = useSubject(settings.relays);
+  const id = normalizeToHex(eventId) ?? "";
+  const { linked, events, rootId, focusId, loading } = useThreadLoader(id, { enabled: !!id });
 
-  // const event = useEvent(eventId, relays);
+  if (loading) return <Spinner />;
 
-  // const replySub = useSubscription(relays, { "#e": [eventId], kinds: [1] });
-  // const { events } = useEventDir(replySub);
+  const entry = linked.get(focusId);
+  if (entry) {
+    const isRoot = rootId === focusId;
 
-  // const timeline = Object.values(events).sort(
-  //   (a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at
-  // );
-
-  // return (
-  //   <Flex direction="column" gap="2" flexGrow="1" overflow="auto">
-  //     {event && <Post event={event} />}
-  //     {timeline.map((event) => (
-  //       <Post key={event.id} event={event} />
-  //     ))}
-  //   </Flex>
-  // );
-  return <h1>coming soon</h1>;
+    return (
+      <Flex direction="column" gap="4">
+        {!isRoot && (entry.root ? <Post event={entry.root.event} /> : <span>Missing Root</span>)}
+        <Post event={entry.event} />
+      </Flex>
+    );
+  } else if (events[focusId]) {
+    return <Post event={events[focusId]} />;
+  }
+  return <span>Missing Event</span>;
 };