diff --git a/src/controllers/metadata.ts b/src/controllers/metadata.ts
index f4cf64f..1a54b81 100644
--- a/src/controllers/metadata.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/metadata.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,23 @@ export class MetadataController {
   public adminRelays = new Set<string>()
 
   private constructor() {
-    this.ndk = new NDK({
-      explicitRelayUrls: [
-        'wss://user.kindpag.es',
-        'wss://purplepag.es',
-        'wss://relay.damus.io/',
-        import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY
-      ]
-    })
+    console.log(
+      'import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY :>> ',
+      import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY
+    )
+
+    try {
+      this.ndk = new NDK({
+        explicitRelayUrls: [
+          'wss://user.kindpag.es',
+          'wss://purplepag.es',
+          'wss://relay.damus.io/',
+          import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY
+        ]
+      })
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw `Error occurred in initializing ndk instance`
+    }
 
     console.log('this.ndk :>> ', this.ndk)
 
@@ -35,11 +44,6 @@ export class MetadataController {
         console.log('error in ndk connection', err)
       })
 
-    console.log(
-      'import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY :>> ',
-      import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY
-    )
-
     this.adminNpubs = import.meta.env.VITE_ADMIN_NPUBS.split(',')
   }