diff --git a/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts b/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
index d3bd506..8053874 100644
--- a/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/MetadataController.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class MetadataController extends EventEmitter {
 
     // If cached metadata is found, check its validity
     if (cachedMetadataEvent) {
-      // Check if the cached metadata is older than one week
+      // Check if the cached metadata is older than one day
       if (isOlderThanOneDay(cachedMetadataEvent.cachedAt)) {
         // If older than one week, find the metadata from relays in background
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/RelayController.ts b/src/controllers/RelayController.ts
index 860a3d4..40945ad 100644
--- a/src/controllers/RelayController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/RelayController.ts
@@ -96,8 +96,12 @@ export class RelayController {
     relayUrls: string[] = []
   ): Promise<Event[]> => {
     if (!relayUrls.includes(SIGIT_RELAY)) {
-      // Add app relay to relays array if not exists already
-      relayUrls.push(SIGIT_RELAY)
+      /**
+       * NOTE: To avoid side-effects on external relayUrls array passed as argument
+       * re-assigned relayUrls with added sigit relay instead of just appending to same array
+       */
+
+      relayUrls = [...relayUrls, SIGIT_RELAY] // Add app relay to relays array if not exists already
     }
 
     // connect to all specified relays
@@ -216,8 +220,11 @@ export class RelayController {
     eventHandler: (event: Event) => void
   ) => {
     if (!relayUrls.includes(SIGIT_RELAY)) {
-      // Add app relay to relays array if not exists already
-      relayUrls.push(SIGIT_RELAY)
+      /**
+       * NOTE: To avoid side-effects on external relayUrls array passed as argument
+       * re-assigned relayUrls with added sigit relay instead of just appending to same array
+       */
+      relayUrls = [...relayUrls, SIGIT_RELAY] // Add app relay to relays array if not exists already
     }
 
     // connect to all specified relays
@@ -277,8 +284,11 @@ export class RelayController {
     relayUrls: string[] = []
   ): Promise<string[]> => {
     if (!relayUrls.includes(SIGIT_RELAY)) {
-      // Add app relay to relays array if not exists already
-      relayUrls.push(SIGIT_RELAY)
+      /**
+       * NOTE: To avoid side-effects on external relayUrls array passed as argument
+       * re-assigned relayUrls with added sigit relay instead of just appending to same array
+       */
+      relayUrls = [...relayUrls, SIGIT_RELAY] // Add app relay to relays array if not exists already
     }
 
     // connect to all specified relays
diff --git a/src/utils/relays.ts b/src/utils/relays.ts
index 6c4b4e9..c38767c 100644
--- a/src/utils/relays.ts
+++ b/src/utils/relays.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ const getRelayMap = async (
     authors: [npub]
   }
 
-  console.count('getRelayMap')
   const event = await relayController
     .fetchEvent(eventFilter, DEFAULT_LOOK_UP_RELAY_LIST)
     .catch((err) => {
@@ -155,10 +154,9 @@ const getRelayMap = async (
       }
     })
 
-    Object.keys(relaysMap).forEach((relayUrl) => {
-      console.log('being called from getRelayMap')
+    Object.keys(relaysMap).forEach((relayUrl) =>
       relayController.connectRelay(relayUrl)
-    })
+    )
 
     getRelayInfo(Object.keys(relaysMap))