diff --git a/src/controllers/NostrController.ts b/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
index 95f4c08..13787e5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/NostrController.ts
@@ -223,29 +223,31 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
 
   /**
    * Function will publish provided event to the provided relays
+   *
+   * @param event - The event to publish.
+   * @param relays - An array of relay URLs to publish the event to.
+   * @returns A promise that resolves to an array of relays where the event was successfully published.
    */
   publishEvent = async (event: Event, relays: string[]) => {
     const simplePool = new SimplePool()
 
+    // Publish the event to all relays
     const promises = simplePool.publish(relays, event)
 
-    const results = await Promise.allSettled(promises)
+    // Use Promise.race to wait for the first successful publish
+    const firstSuccessfulPublish = await Promise.race(
+      promises.map((promise, index) =>
+        promise.then(() => relays[index]).catch(() => null)
+      )
+    )
 
-    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) {
+    if (!firstSuccessfulPublish) {
+      // If no publish was successful, collect the reasons for failures
       const failedPublishes: any[] = []
       const fallbackRejectionReason =
         'Attempt to publish an event has been rejected with unknown reason.'
 
+      const results = await Promise.allSettled(promises)
       results.forEach((res, index) => {
         if (res.status === 'rejected') {
           failedPublishes.push({
@@ -260,7 +262,14 @@ export class NostrController extends EventEmitter {
       throw failedPublishes
     }
 
-    return publishedRelays
+    // Continue publishing to other relays in the background
+    promises.forEach((promise, index) => {
+      promise.catch((err) => {
+        console.log(`Failed to publish to ${relays[index]}`, err)
+      })
+    })
+
+    return [firstSuccessfulPublish]
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/utils/nostr.ts b/src/utils/nostr.ts
index 24f5a9f..ff38faa 100644
--- a/src/utils/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/utils/nostr.ts
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ export const updateUsersAppData = async (meta: Meta) => {
   console.log(`publishing event kind: ${kinds.Application}`)
   const publishResult = await Promise.race([
     nostrController.publishEvent(signedEvent, writeRelays),
-    timeout(1000 * 60 * 2)
+    timeout(1000 * 30)
   ]).catch((err) => {
     console.log('err :>> ', err)
     if (err.message === 'Timeout') {
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ export const sendNotification = async (receiver: string, meta: Meta) => {
   // Attempt to publish the event to the relays, with a timeout of 2 minutes
   await Promise.race([
     nostrController.publishEvent(wrappedEvent, relaySet.read),
-    timeout(1000 * 60 * 2)
+    timeout(1000 * 30)
   ]).catch((err) => {
     // Log an error if publishing the notification event fails
     console.log(