diff --git a/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts b/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
index 2dabaa9..b2c116d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   verifyEvent,
   Event
 } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { ProfileMetadata } from '../types'
+import { ProfileMetadata, RelaySet } from '../types'
 import { NostrController } from '.'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 
@@ -64,6 +64,66 @@ export class MetadataController {
     throw new Error('Mo metadata found.')
   }
 
+  public findRelayListMetadata = async (hexKey: string) => {
+    const eventFilter: Filter = {
+      kinds: [kinds.RelayList],
+      authors: [hexKey]
+    }
+
+    const pool = new SimplePool()
+
+    let relayEvent = await pool
+      .get([this.specialMetadataRelay], eventFilter)
+      .catch((err) => {
+        console.error(err)
+        return null
+      })
+
+    if (!relayEvent) {
+      const mostPopularRelays = import.meta.env.VITE_MOST_POPULAR_RELAYS
+      const hardcodedPopularRelays = (mostPopularRelays || '').split(' ')
+      const relays = [...hardcodedPopularRelays]
+
+      relayEvent = await pool.get(relays, eventFilter).catch((err) => {
+        console.error(err)
+        return null
+      })
+    }
+
+    if (relayEvent) {
+      const relaySet: RelaySet = {
+        read: [],
+        write: []
+      }
+
+      // a list of r tags with relay URIs and a read or write marker.
+      const relayTags = relayEvent.tags.filter((tag) => tag[0] === 'r')
+
+      // Relays marked as read / write are called READ / WRITE relays, respectively
+      relayTags.forEach((tag) => {
+        if (tag.length >= 3) {
+          const marker = tag[2]
+
+          if (marker === 'read') {
+            relaySet.read.push(tag[1])
+          } else if (marker === 'write') {
+            relaySet.write.push(tag[1])
+          }
+        }
+
+        // If the marker is omitted, the relay is used for both purposes
+        if (tag.length === 2) {
+          relaySet.read.push(tag[1])
+          relaySet.write.push(tag[1])
+        }
+      })
+
+      return relaySet
+    }
+
+    throw new Error('No relay list metadata found.')
+  }
+
   public extractProfileMetadataContent = (event: VerifiedEvent) => {
     try {
       return JSON.parse(event.content) as ProfileMetadata
@@ -94,9 +154,9 @@ export class MetadataController {
     }
 
     await this.nostrController
-      .publishEvent(signedMetadataEvent, this.specialMetadataRelay)
-      .then((res) => {
-        toast.success(`Metadata: ${res}`)
+      .publishEvent(signedMetadataEvent, [this.specialMetadataRelay])
+      .then((relays) => {
+        toast.success(`Metadata event published on: ${relays.join('\n')}`)
       })
       .catch((err) => {
         toast.error(err.message)
diff --git a/src/controllers/NostrController.ts b/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
index e9e34d4..a2b0f1e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from 'tseep'
 import NDK, {
   NDKEvent,
   NDKNip46Signer,
@@ -9,12 +8,13 @@ import NDK, {
 import {
   Event,
   EventTemplate,
-  Relay,
+  SimplePool,
   UnsignedEvent,
   finalizeEvent,
   nip04,
   nip19
 } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { EventEmitter } from 'tseep'
 import { updateNsecbunkerPubkey } from '../store/actions'
 import { AuthState, LoginMethods } from '../store/auth/types'
 import store from '../store/store'
@@ -195,14 +195,29 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Function will publish provided event to the provided relay
+   * Function will publish provided event to the provided relays
    */
-  publishEvent = async (event: Event, relayUrl: string) => {
-    const relay = await Relay.connect(relayUrl)
-    await relay.publish(event)
-    relay.close()
+  publishEvent = async (event: Event, relays: string[]) => {
+    const simplePool = new SimplePool()
 
-    return `event published to relay: ${relayUrl}`
+    const promises = simplePool.publish(relays, event)
+
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(promises)
+
+    const publishedRelays: string[] = []
+
+    console.log('results of publish event :>> ', results)
+
+    results.forEach((result, index) => {
+      if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
+        publishedRelays.push(relays[index])
+      }
+    })
+
+    if (publishedRelays.length === 0)
+      throw new Error(`Couldn't publish to any relay`)
+
+    return publishedRelays
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/pages/home/index.tsx b/src/pages/home/index.tsx
index cf0bad2..2381ec9 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/home/index.tsx
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ export const HomePage = () => {
     setLoadingSpinnerDesc('Signing auth event for uploading zip')
     const authEvent = await nostrController.signEvent(event)
 
+    // todo: use env variable
     const FILE_STORAGE_URL = 'https://blossom.sigit.io'
 
     const response = await axios.put(`${FILE_STORAGE_URL}/upload`, file, {
@@ -304,9 +305,16 @@ export const HomePage = () => {
 
     setLoadingSpinnerDesc('encrypting content for DM')
 
-    // todo: add timeout
-    const encrypted = await nostrController
-      .nip04Encrypt(pubkey, content)
+    const timeoutPromise = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        reject(new Error('Timeout occurred'))
+      }, 15000) // timeout duration = 15 sec
+    })
+
+    const encrypted = await Promise.race([
+      nostrController.nip04Encrypt(pubkey, content),
+      timeoutPromise
+    ])
       .then((res) => {
         return res
       })
@@ -339,15 +347,30 @@ export const HomePage = () => {
 
     if (!signedEvent) return
 
-    // const metadata = metadataMap[pubkey]
-
     setLoadingSpinnerDesc('Publishing encrypted DM')
 
-    // todo: do not use hardcoded relay
+    const metadataController = new MetadataController()
+    const relaySet = await metadataController
+      .findRelayListMetadata(pubkey)
+      .catch((err) => {
+        toast.error(
+          err.message || 'An error occurred while finding relay list metadata'
+        )
+        return null
+      })
+
+    if (!relaySet) return
+
+    // NOTE: according to Nip65
+    // DMs SHOULD only be broadcasted to the author's WRITE relays and to the receiver's READ relays to keep maximum privacy.
+    if (relaySet.read.length === 0) {
+      toast.error('No relay found for publishing encrypted DM')
+    }
+
     await nostrController
-      .publishEvent(signedEvent, 'wss://relay.damus.io')
-      .then(() => {
-        toast.success('DM sent to first signer')
+      .publishEvent(signedEvent, relaySet.read)
+      .then((relays) => {
+        toast.success(`Encrypted DM sent on: ${relays.join('\n')}`)
       })
       .catch((err) => {
         console.log('err :>> ', err)
diff --git a/src/types/nostr.ts b/src/types/nostr.ts
index 00e5ade..87a9b27 100644
--- a/src/types/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/types/nostr.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ export interface SignedEvent {
   id: string
   sig: string
 }
+
+export interface RelaySet {
+  read: string[]
+  write: string[]
+}