diff --git a/src/hooks/useComments.ts b/src/hooks/useComments.ts
index 355a01a..f11dbce 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useComments.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useComments.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import {
+  getRelayListForUser,
   NDKFilter,
   NDKKind,
+  NDKRelaySet,
   NDKSubscription,
   NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage
 } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import { CommentEvent, ModDetails } from 'types'
+import { CommentEvent, ModDetails, UserRelaysType } from 'types'
+import { log, LogType, timeout } from 'utils'
 import { useNDKContext } from './useNDKContext'
 
 export const useComments = (mod: ModDetails) => {
@@ -16,20 +19,51 @@ export const useComments = (mod: ModDetails) => {
     let subscription: NDKSubscription // Define the subscription variable here for cleanup
 
     const setupSubscription = async () => {
+      // Find the mod author's relays.
+
+      const authorReadRelays = await Promise.race([
+        getRelayListForUser(mod.author, ndk),
+        timeout(10 * 1000) // add a 10 sec timeout
+      ])
+        .then((ndkRelayList) => {
+          if (ndkRelayList) return ndkRelayList[UserRelaysType.Read]
+          return [] // Return an empty array if ndkRelayList is undefined
+        })
+        .catch((err) => {
+          log(
+            true,
+            LogType.Error,
+            `An error occurred in fetching user's (${mod.author}) ${UserRelaysType.Read}`,
+            err
+          )
+          return [] as string[]
+        })
+
       const filter: NDKFilter = {
         kinds: [NDKKind.Text],
-        '#a': [mod.aTag],
-        '#p': [mod.author]
+        '#a': [mod.aTag]
       }
 
-      subscription = ndk.subscribe(filter, {
-        closeOnEose: false,
-        cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.CACHE_FIRST
+      const relayUrls = new Set<string>()
+
+      ndk.pool.urls().forEach((relayUrl) => {
+        relayUrls.add(relayUrl)
       })
 
-      console.log('ndk.pool.urls() :>> ', ndk.pool.urls())
+      authorReadRelays.forEach((relayUrl) => relayUrls.add(relayUrl))
+
+      subscription = ndk.subscribe(
+        filter,
+        {
+          closeOnEose: false,
+          cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.CACHE_FIRST
+        },
+        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(Array.from(relayUrls), ndk)
+      )
 
       subscription.on('event', (ndkEvent) => {
+        console.log('ndkEvent :>> ', ndkEvent)
+
         setCommentEvents((prev) => {
           if (prev.find((e) => e.id === ndkEvent.id)) {
             return [...prev]