diff --git a/.changeset/stale-meals-report.md b/.changeset/stale-meals-report.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd60a9fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-meals-report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"nostrudel": patch
+---
+
+Fix threads not loading when navigating directly to them
diff --git a/src/classes/thread-loader.ts b/src/classes/thread-loader.ts
index e53b5b733..115c249b6 100644
--- a/src/classes/thread-loader.ts
+++ b/src/classes/thread-loader.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getReferences } from "../helpers/nostr/events";
 import { NostrEvent } from "../types/nostr-event";
 import { NostrRequest } from "./nostr-request";
 import { NostrMultiSubscription } from "./nostr-multi-subscription";
-import Subject, { PersistentSubject } from "./subject";
+import { PersistentSubject } from "./subject";
 
 export class ThreadLoader {
   loading = new PersistentSubject(false);
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ export class ThreadLoader {
     }
   }
 
+  setRelays(relays: string[]) {
+    this.relays = relays;
+    this.subscription.setRelays(relays);
+    this.loadEvent();
+  }
+
   private updateSubscription() {
     if (this.rootId.value) {
       this.subscription.setQuery({ "#e": [this.rootId.value], kinds: [1] });
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-thread-loader.ts b/src/hooks/use-thread-loader.ts
index 2e0536a57..b204645f3 100644
--- a/src/hooks/use-thread-loader.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/use-thread-loader.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 import { useUnmount } from "react-use";
+
 import { ThreadLoader } from "../classes/thread-loader";
 import { linkEvents } from "../helpers/thread";
 import { useReadRelayUrls } from "./use-client-relays";
 import useSubject from "./use-subject";
+import useRelaysChanged from "./use-relays-changed";
 
 type Options = {
   enabled?: boolean;
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ export function useThreadLoader(eventId: string, additionalRelays: string[] = []
     else loader.close();
   }, [enabled]);
 
+  useRelaysChanged(relays, () => {
+    loader.setRelays(relays);
+  });
+
   useUnmount(() => {
     loader.close();
   });
diff --git a/src/services/single-event.ts b/src/services/single-event.ts
index 5beab3188..57b149fb2 100644
--- a/src/services/single-event.ts
+++ b/src/services/single-event.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class SingleEventService {
     const event = this.eventCache.get(id);
     if (event) return event;
 
-    this.pending.set(id, this.pending.get(id)?.concat(relays) ?? safeRelayUrls(relays));
+    this.pending.set(id, this.pending.get(id)?.concat(safeRelayUrls(relays)) ?? safeRelayUrls(relays));
     const deferred = createDefer<NostrEvent>();
     this.pendingPromises.set(id, deferred);
     return deferred;