diff --git a/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx b/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
index e7cd380..75d0d41 100644
--- a/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export const NDKContextProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
     // Find the user's relays (10s timeout).
     const relayUrls = await Promise.race([
       getRelayListForUser(hexKey, ndk),
-      timeout(10000)
+      timeout(3000)
     ])
       .then((ndkRelayList) => {
         if (ndkRelayList) return ndkRelayList[userRelaysType]
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ export const NDKContextProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
       .fetchEvents(
         filter,
         { closeOnEose: true, cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.PARALLEL },
-        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(relayUrls, ndk, true)
+        relayUrls.length
+          ? NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(relayUrls, ndk, true)
+          : undefined
       )
       .then((ndkEventSet) => {
         const ndkEvents = Array.from(ndkEventSet)
diff --git a/src/hooks/useComments.ts b/src/hooks/useComments.ts
index 8b107bc..e62f918 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useComments.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useComments.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ export const useComments = (
           closeOnEose: false,
           cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.CACHE_FIRST
         },
-        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(Array.from(relayUrls), ndk)
+        relayUrls.size
+          ? NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(Array.from(relayUrls), ndk)
+          : undefined
       )
 
       subscription.on('event', (ndkEvent) => {