diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
index 9101a08fb..fe960b6d1 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/Amethyst.kt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Amethyst : Application() {
     // Service that will run at all times to receive events from Pokey
     val pokeyReceiver = PokeyReceiver()
 
-    // creates okHttpClients based on the conditions of the connection and tor status
+    // manages all the other connections separately from relays.
     val okHttpClients =
         DualHttpClientManager(
             userAgent = appAgent,
@@ -92,12 +92,22 @@ class Amethyst : Application() {
             scope = applicationIOScope,
         )
 
+    // manages all relay connections
+    val okHttpClientForRelays =
+        DualHttpClientManager(
+            userAgent = appAgent,
+            proxyPortProvider = torManager.activePortOrNull,
+            isMobileDataProvider = connManager.isMobileOrNull,
+            keyCache = keyCache,
+            scope = applicationIOScope,
+        )
+
     val torProxySettingsAnchor = ProxySettingsAnchor()
 
     // Connects the NostrClient class with okHttp
     val websocketBuilder =
         OkHttpWebSocket.Builder { url ->
-            okHttpClients.getHttpClient(torProxySettingsAnchor.useProxy(url))
+            okHttpClientForRelays.getHttpClient(torProxySettingsAnchor.useProxy(url))
         }
 
     // Caches all events in Memory