diff --git a/src/hooks/useComments.ts b/src/hooks/useComments.ts
index 6be5932..fb57eb8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useComments.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useComments.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { CommentEvent, ModDetails, UserRelaysType } from 'types'
-import { log, LogType } from 'utils'
+import { log, LogType, timeout } from 'utils'
 import { useNDKContext } from './useNDKContext'
 
 export const useComments = (mod: ModDetails) => {
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ export const useComments = (mod: ModDetails) => {
 
     const setupSubscription = async () => {
       // Find the mod author's relays.
-      const authorReadRelays = await getRelayListForUser(mod.author, ndk)
+
+      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
@@ -40,13 +44,21 @@ export const useComments = (mod: ModDetails) => {
         '#a': [mod.aTag]
       }
 
+      const relayUrls = new Set<string>()
+
+      ndk.pool.urls().forEach((relayUrl) => {
+        relayUrls.add(relayUrl)
+      })
+
+      authorReadRelays.forEach((relayUrl) => relayUrls.add(relayUrl))
+
       subscription = ndk.subscribe(
         filter,
         {
           closeOnEose: false,
           cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.CACHE_FIRST
         },
-        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(authorReadRelays, ndk, true)
+        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(Array.from(relayUrls), ndk)
       )
 
       subscription.on('event', (ndkEvent) => {