diff --git a/bunker.go b/bunker.go
index b8e25bd..1a0d24a 100644
--- a/bunker.go
+++ b/bunker.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip46"
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 			return err
 		}
 		npub, _ := nip19.EncodePublicKey(pubkey)
-		log("listening at %s%v%s:\n  %spubkey:%s %s\n  %snpub:%s %s\n  %sconnection code:%s %s\n  %sbunker:%s %s\n\n",
-			BOLD_ON, relayURLs, BOLD_OFF,
-			BOLD_ON, BOLD_OFF, pubkey,
-			BOLD_ON, BOLD_OFF, npub,
-			BOLD_ON, BOLD_OFF, fmt.Sprintf("%s#secret?%s", npub, qs.Encode()),
-			BOLD_ON, BOLD_OFF, fmt.Sprintf("bunker://%s?%s", pubkey, qs.Encode()),
+		bold := color.New(color.Bold).Sprint
+		log("listening at %v:\n  pubkey: %s \n  npub: %s\n  bunker: %s\n\n",
+			bold(relayURLs),
+			bold(pubkey),
+			bold(npub),
+			bold(fmt.Sprintf("bunker://%s?%s", pubkey, qs.Encode())),
 		)
 
 		alwaysYes := c.Bool("yes")
@@ -93,15 +93,19 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 			}
 
 			jreq, _ := json.MarshalIndent(req, "  ", "  ")
-			log("- got request from '%s': %s\n", ie.Event.PubKey, string(jreq))
+			log("- got request from '%s': %s\n", color.New(color.Bold, color.FgBlue).Sprint(ie.Event.PubKey), string(jreq))
 			jresp, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "  ", "  ")
 			log("~ responding with %s\n", string(jresp))
 
 			if alwaysYes || harmless || askProceed(ie.Event.PubKey) {
-				if err := ie.Relay.Publish(c.Context, eventResponse); err == nil {
-					log("* sent response!\n")
-				} else {
-					log("* failed to send response: %s\n", err)
+				for _, relayURL := range relayURLs {
+					if relay, _ := pool.EnsureRelay(relayURL); relay != nil {
+						if err := relay.Publish(c.Context, eventResponse); err == nil {
+							log("* sent response through %s\n", relay.URL)
+						} else {
+							log("* failed to send response: %s\n", err)
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -117,21 +121,23 @@ func askProceed(source string) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	prompt := promptui.Select{
-		Label: "proceed?",
-		Items: []string{
-			"no",
-			"yes",
-			"always from this source",
-		},
-	}
-	n, _, _ := prompt.Run()
-	switch n {
-	case 0:
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "request from %s:\n", color.New(color.Bold, color.FgBlue).Sprint(source))
+	res, err := ask("  proceed to fulfill this request? (yes/no/always from this) (y/n/a): ", "",
+		func(answer string) bool {
+			if answer != "y" && answer != "n" && answer != "a" {
+				return true
+			}
+			return false
+		})
+	if err != nil {
 		return false
-	case 1:
+	}
+	switch res {
+	case "n":
+		return false
+	case "y":
 		return true
-	case 2:
+	case "a":
 		allowedSources = append(allowedSources, source)
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cd4fe2d..f1b2328 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7
-	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0
-	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.28.4
+	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.28.6
 	github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk v0.0.5
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.25.7
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10 // indirect
+	github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 659e784..a23cf72 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -74,15 +74,13 @@ github.com/jrick/logrotate v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LNinyqDIJnpAur+b8yyulnQw/wDuN1+BYKlT
 github.com/kkdai/bstream v0.0.0-20161212061736-f391b8402d23/go.mod h1:J+Gs4SYgM6CZQHDETBtE9HaSEkGmuNXF86RwHhHUvq4=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
-github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0 h1:3V4HzJk1TtXW1MTZMP7mdlwbBpIinw3HztaIlYthEiA=
-github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0/go.mod h1:ka04sppxSGFAtxX0qhlYQjISsg9mR4GWtQEhdbn6Pgg=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.28.4 h1:chGBpdCQvM9aInf/vVDishY8GHapgqFc/RLl2WDnHQM=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.28.4/go.mod h1:l9NRRaHPN+QwkqrjNKhnfYjQ0+nKP1xZrVxePPGUs+A=
+github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.28.6 h1:iOyzk+6ReG0lvyRAar7w7omFmUk5mnXDyFYkJ+zEjiw=
+github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.28.6/go.mod h1:aFcp8NO3erHg+glzBfh4wpaMrV1/ahcUPAgITdptxwA=
 github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk v0.0.5 h1:rec+FcDizDVO0W25PX0lgYMXvP7zNNOgI3Fu9UCm4BY=
 github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk v0.0.5/go.mod h1:iJJsikesCGLNFZ9dLqhLPDzdt924EagUmdQxT3w2Lmk=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
@@ -129,7 +127,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 h1:pVaXccu2ozPjCXewfr1S7xza/zcXTity9cCdXQYSjIM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181122145206-62eef0e2fa9b/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190904154756-749cb33beabd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 9a7e27e..858f6a4 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	LINE_PROCESSING_ERROR = iota
-
-	BOLD_ON  = "\033[1m"
-	BOLD_OFF = "\033[21m"
 )
 
 var log = func(msg string, args ...any) {