diff --git a/src/deps.ts b/src/deps.ts
index a6b893cd..d0bf79c9 100644
--- a/src/deps.ts
+++ b/src/deps.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export {
 } from 'https://deno.land/x/hono@v3.10.1/mod.ts';
 export { cors, logger, serveStatic } from 'https://deno.land/x/hono@v3.10.1/middleware.ts';
 export { z } from 'https://deno.land/x/zod@v3.21.4/mod.ts';
-export { Author, RelayPool } from 'https://dev.jspm.io/nostr-relaypool@0.6.30';
+export { Author } from 'https://dev.jspm.io/nostr-relaypool@0.6.30';
 export {
   type Event,
   type EventTemplate,
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ export * as cron from 'https://deno.land/x/deno_cron@v1.0.0/cron.ts';
 export { S3Client } from 'https://deno.land/x/s3_lite_client@0.6.1/mod.ts';
 export { default as IpfsHash } from 'npm:ipfs-only-hash@^4.0.0';
 export { default as uuid62 } from 'npm:uuid62@^1.0.2';
-export { Machina } from 'https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/nostr-machina/-/raw/08a157d39f2741c9a3a4364cb97db36e71d8c03a/mod.ts';
+export {
+  Machina,
+  RelayPool,
+} from 'https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/nostr-machina/-/raw/9773dbf00f29338f4bde17b136b3a54569d66afa/mod.ts';
 export * as Sentry from 'https://deno.land/x/sentry@7.78.0/index.js';
 export { sentry as sentryMiddleware } from 'npm:@hono/sentry@^1.0.0';
 export * as Comlink from 'npm:comlink@^4.4.1';
diff --git a/src/firehose.ts b/src/firehose.ts
index ea6be62a..ee5c38d1 100644
--- a/src/firehose.ts
+++ b/src/firehose.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { type Event } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { activeRelays, pool } from '@/pool.ts';
+import { jsonSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
+import { relayEventSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 
 import * as pipeline from './pipeline.ts';
@@ -7,18 +9,21 @@ import * as pipeline from './pipeline.ts';
 // This file watches events on all known relays and performs
 // side-effects based on them, such as trending hashtag tracking
 // and storing events for notifications and the home feed.
-pool.subscribe(
-  [{ kinds: [0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10002], limit: 0, since: nostrNow() }],
-  activeRelays,
-  handleEvent,
-  undefined,
-  undefined,
-);
+const sub = pool.req({
+  filtersFn: () => [{ kinds: [0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10002], limit: 0, since: nostrNow() }],
+  relays: activeRelays,
+});
+
+sub.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
+  const result = jsonSchema.pipe(relayEventSchema).safeParse(event.data);
+  if (result.success) {
+    const [_cmd, _subId, event] = result.data;
+    handleEvent(event);
+  }
+});
 
 /** Handle events through the firehose pipeline. */
 function handleEvent(event: Event): Promise<void> {
-  console.info(`firehose: Event<${event.kind}> ${event.id}`);
-
   return pipeline
     .handleEvent(event)
     .catch(() => {});
diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index 4f0c51ab..cf721c49 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import type { EventData } from '@/types.ts';
 async function handleEvent(event: Event): Promise<void> {
   if (!(await verifySignatureWorker(event))) return;
   if (encounterEvent(event)) return;
+  console.info(`pipeline: Event<${event.kind}> ${event.id}`);
   const data = await getEventData(event);
 
   await Promise.all([
diff --git a/src/pool.ts b/src/pool.ts
index 07ac6b62..d7ca99e0 100644
--- a/src/pool.ts
+++ b/src/pool.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ const activeRelays = await getActiveRelays();
 
 console.log(`pool: connecting to ${activeRelays.length} relays.`);
 
-const pool = new RelayPool(activeRelays, {
-  // The pipeline verifies events.
-  skipVerification: true,
-  // The logging feature overwhelms the CPU and creates too many logs.
-  logErrorsAndNotices: false,
-});
+const pool = new RelayPool();
 
 /** Publish an event to the given relays, or the entire pool. */
-function publish(event: Event, relays: string[] = activeRelays) {
-  return pool.publish(event, relays);
+function publish(_event: Event, _relays: string[] = activeRelays) {
+  // TODO:
+  // return pool.publish(event, relays);
 }
 
 export { activeRelays, pool, publish };
diff --git a/src/schemas/nostr.ts b/src/schemas/nostr.ts
index 7fb888c7..511d93c1 100644
--- a/src/schemas/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/nostr.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ type ClientCOUNT = z.infer<typeof clientCountSchema>;
 /** Client message to a Nostr relay. */
 type ClientMsg = z.infer<typeof clientMsgSchema>;
 
+const relayEventSchema = z.tuple([z.literal('EVENT'), z.string().min(1), eventSchema]);
+
 /** Kind 0 content schema. */
 const metaContentSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ export {
   mediaDataSchema,
   metaContentSchema,
   nostrIdSchema,
+  relayEventSchema,
   relayInfoDocSchema,
   signedEventSchema,
 };