diff --git a/event.go b/event.go
index 2197abc..cbc0ec5 100644
--- a/event.go
+++ b/event.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ example:
 						return err
 					}
 				} else {
-					evt.PubKey = kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
+					evt.PubKey, _ = kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
 				}
 
 				// try to generate work with this difficulty -- runs forever
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ example:
 					// error publishing
 					if strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "msg: auth-required:") && (sec != "" || bunker != nil) && doAuth {
 						// if the relay is requesting auth and we can auth, let's do it
-						log("performing auth as %s... ", kr.GetPublicKey(ctx))
+						pk, _ := kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
+						log("performing auth as %s... ", pk)
 						if err := relay.Auth(ctx, func(authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
 							return kr.SignEvent(ctx, authEvent)
 						}); err == nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5ae81bc..384eea4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.7.5
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7
 	github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3
-	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.36.3
+	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.37.2
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c6a7a94..b3c3565 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovk
 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 v0.36.3 h1:50fNFO8vQNMEIZ+6qUq0M5hlqEtA13WrtrKcz10eg9k=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.36.3/go.mod h1:TGKGj00BmJRXvRe0LlpDN3KKbELhhPXgBwUEhzu3Oq0=
+github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.37.2 h1:42rriFqqz07EdydERwYeQnewl+Rah1Gq46I+Wh0KYYg=
+github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.37.2/go.mod h1:TGKGj00BmJRXvRe0LlpDN3KKbELhhPXgBwUEhzu3Oq0=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.7.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 8df8381..d8eb013 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ func connectToAllRelays(
 	forcePreAuth bool,
 	opts ...nostr.PoolOption,
 ) []*nostr.Relay {
+	sys.Pool = nostr.NewSimplePool(context.Background(),
+		append(opts,
+			nostr.WithEventMiddleware(sys.TrackEventHints),
+			nostr.WithPenaltyBox(),
+		)...,
+	)
+
 	relays := make([]*nostr.Relay, 0, len(relayUrls))
 relayLoop:
 	for _, url := range relayUrls {
@@ -137,7 +144,7 @@ relayLoop:
 						if (*challengeTag)[1] == "" {
 							return fmt.Errorf("auth not received yet *****")
 						}
-						return signer(authEvent)
+						return signer(ctx, nostr.RelayEvent{Event: authEvent, Relay: relay})
 					}); err == nil {
 						// auth succeeded
 						break challengeWaitLoop
diff --git a/helpers_key.go b/helpers_key.go
index 977d677..62a6f80 100644
--- a/helpers_key.go
+++ b/helpers_key.go
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ func gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) (keyer.Keyer,
 	if bunker != nil {
 		kr = keyer.NewBunkerSignerFromBunkerClient(bunker)
 	} else {
-		kr = keyer.NewPlainKeySigner(key)
+		kr, err = keyer.NewPlainKeySigner(key)
 	}
 
-	return kr, nil
+	return kr, err
 }
 
 func gatherSecretKeyOrBunkerFromArguments(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) (string, *nip46.BunkerClient, error) {
diff --git a/paginate.go b/paginate.go
index 9d796f0..77ee9a7 100644
--- a/paginate.go
+++ b/paginate.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 func paginateWithParams(
 	interval time.Duration,
 	globalLimit uint64,
-) func(ctx context.Context, urls []string, filters nostr.Filters) chan nostr.IncomingEvent {
-	return func(ctx context.Context, urls []string, filters nostr.Filters) chan nostr.IncomingEvent {
+) func(ctx context.Context, urls []string, filters nostr.Filters) chan nostr.RelayEvent {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, urls []string, filters nostr.Filters) chan nostr.RelayEvent {
 		// filters will always be just one
 		filter := filters[0]
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func paginateWithParams(
 			}
 		}
 		var globalCount uint64 = 0
-		globalCh := make(chan nostr.IncomingEvent)
+		globalCh := make(chan nostr.RelayEvent)
 
 		repeatedCache := make([]string, 0, 300)
 		nextRepeatedCache := make([]string, 0, 300)
diff --git a/req.go b/req.go
index 49f5d91..99dd1fb 100644
--- a/req.go
+++ b/req.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ example:
 				relayUrls,
 				c.Bool("force-pre-auth"),
 				nostr.WithAuthHandler(
-					func(authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
+					func(ctx context.Context, authEvent nostr.RelayEvent) error {
 						if !c.Bool("auth") && !c.Bool("force-pre-auth") {
 							return fmt.Errorf("auth not authorized")
 						}
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ example:
 							return err
 						}
 
-						pk := kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
+						pk, _ := kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
 						log("performing auth as %s... ", pk)
 
-						return kr.SignEvent(ctx, authEvent)
+						return kr.SignEvent(ctx, authEvent.Event)
 					},
 				),
 			)