diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
index 4d470f24..ff1b958f 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/ditto.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { getInstanceMetadata } from '@/utils/instance.ts';
 import { deleteTag } from '@/utils/tags.ts';
 import { DittoZapSplits, getZapSplits } from '@/utils/zap-split.ts';
 import { screenshotsSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
-import { booleanParamSchema, percentageSchema, wsUrlSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
+import { booleanParamSchema, percentageSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { hydrateEvents } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
 import { renderNameRequest } from '@/views/ditto.ts';
 import { accountFromPubkey } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ import { updateListAdminEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 
 const markerSchema = z.enum(['read', 'write']);
 
+/** WebSocket URL. */
+const wsUrlSchema = z.string().refine((val): val is `wss://${string}` | `ws://${string}` => {
+  try {
+    const { protocol } = new URL(val);
+    return protocol === 'wss:' || protocol === 'ws:';
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}, 'Invalid WebSocket URL');
+
 const relaySchema = z.object({
   url: wsUrlSchema,
   marker: markerSchema.optional(),
@@ -62,7 +72,7 @@ function renderRelays(event: NostrEvent): RelayEntity[] {
   return event.tags.reduce((acc, [name, url, marker]) => {
     if (name === 'r') {
       const relay: RelayEntity = {
-        url,
+        url: url as `wss://${string}`,
         marker: markerSchema.safeParse(marker).success ? marker as 'read' | 'write' : undefined,
       };
       acc.push(relay);
diff --git a/packages/ditto/schema.ts b/packages/ditto/schema.ts
index 56c9b998..c67aa5f6 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/schema.ts
@@ -22,16 +22,6 @@ const hashtagSchema = z.string().regex(/^\w{1,30}$/);
  */
 const safeUrlSchema = z.string().max(2048).url();
 
-/** WebSocket URL. */
-const wsUrlSchema = z.string().refine((val) => {
-  try {
-    const { protocol } = new URL(val);
-    return protocol === 'wss:' || protocol === 'ws:';
-  } catch {
-    return false;
-  }
-}, 'Invalid WebSocket URL');
-
 /** https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/issues/1630#issuecomment-1365983831 */
 const booleanParamSchema = z.enum(['true', 'false']).transform((value) => value === 'true');
 
@@ -93,5 +83,4 @@ export {
   safeUrlSchema,
   sizesSchema,
   walletSchema,
-  wsUrlSchema,
 };
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages.ts b/packages/ditto/storages.ts
index d5d0f029..aae165f2 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 // deno-lint-ignore-file require-await
 import { type DittoDB, DittoPolyPg } from '@ditto/db';
 import { NPool, NRelay1 } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
-import { logi } from '@soapbox/logi';
 
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { wsUrlSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { DittoPgStore } from '@/storages/DittoPgStore.ts';
-import { getRelays } from '@/utils/outbox.ts';
 import { seedZapSplits } from '@/utils/zap-split.ts';
+import { DittoPool } from '@/storages/DittoPool.ts';
 
 export class Storages {
   private static _db: Promise<DittoPgStore> | undefined;
@@ -55,53 +53,8 @@ export class Storages {
   public static async client(): Promise<NPool<NRelay1>> {
     if (!this._client) {
       this._client = (async () => {
-        const db = await this.db();
-
-        const [relayList] = await db.query([
-          { kinds: [10002], authors: [await Conf.signer.getPublicKey()], limit: 1 },
-        ]);
-
-        const tags = relayList?.tags ?? [];
-
-        const activeRelays = tags.reduce((acc, [name, url, marker]) => {
-          const valid = wsUrlSchema.safeParse(url).success;
-
-          if (valid && name === 'r' && (!marker || marker === 'write')) {
-            acc.push(url);
-          }
-          return acc;
-        }, []);
-
-        logi({
-          level: 'info',
-          ns: 'ditto.pool',
-          msg: `connecting to ${activeRelays.length} relays`,
-          relays: activeRelays,
-        });
-
-        return new NPool({
-          open(url) {
-            return new NRelay1(url, {
-              // Skip event verification (it's done in the pipeline).
-              verifyEvent: () => true,
-              log(log) {
-                logi(log);
-              },
-            });
-          },
-          reqRouter: async (filters) => {
-            return new Map(activeRelays.map((relay) => {
-              return [relay, filters];
-            }));
-          },
-          eventRouter: async (event) => {
-            const relaySet = await getRelays(await Storages.db(), event.pubkey);
-            relaySet.delete(Conf.relay);
-
-            const relays = [...relaySet].slice(0, 4);
-            return relays;
-          },
-        });
+        const relay = await this.db();
+        return new DittoPool({ conf: Conf, relay });
       })();
     }
     return this._client;
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPool.ts b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPool.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53545128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPool.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// deno-lint-ignore-file require-await
+import { DittoConf } from '@ditto/conf';
+import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NPool, type NRelay, NRelay1 } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { logi } from '@soapbox/logi';
+
+interface DittoPoolOpts {
+  conf: DittoConf;
+  relay: NRelay;
+  maxEventRelays?: number;
+}
+
+export class DittoPool extends NPool<NRelay1> {
+  private _opts: DittoPoolOpts;
+
+  constructor(opts: DittoPoolOpts) {
+    super({
+      open(url) {
+        return new NRelay1(url, {
+          // Skip event verification (it's done in the pipeline).
+          verifyEvent: () => true,
+          log: logi,
+        });
+      },
+      reqRouter: (filters) => {
+        return this.reqRouter(filters);
+      },
+      eventRouter: async (event) => {
+        return this.eventRouter(event);
+      },
+    });
+
+    this._opts = opts;
+  }
+
+  private async reqRouter(filters: NostrFilter[]): Promise<Map<string, NostrFilter[]>> {
+    const routes = new Map<string, NostrFilter[]>();
+
+    for (const relayUrl of await this.getRelayUrls({ marker: 'read' })) {
+      routes.set(relayUrl, filters);
+    }
+
+    return routes;
+  }
+
+  private async eventRouter(event: NostrEvent): Promise<string[]> {
+    const { conf, maxEventRelays = 4 } = this._opts;
+    const { pubkey } = event;
+
+    const relaySet = await this.getRelayUrls({ pubkey, marker: 'write' });
+    relaySet.delete(conf.relay);
+
+    return [...relaySet].slice(0, maxEventRelays);
+  }
+
+  private async getRelayUrls(opts: { pubkey?: string; marker?: 'read' | 'write' } = {}): Promise<Set<string>> {
+    const { conf, relay } = this._opts;
+
+    const relays = new Set<`wss://${string}`>();
+    const authors = new Set<string>([await conf.signer.getPublicKey()]);
+
+    if (opts.pubkey) {
+      authors.add(opts.pubkey);
+    }
+
+    const events = await relay.query([
+      { kinds: [10002], authors: [...authors] },
+    ]);
+
+    // Ensure user's own relay list is counted first.
+    if (opts.pubkey) {
+      events.sort((a) => a.pubkey === opts.pubkey ? -1 : 1);
+    }
+
+    for (const event of events) {
+      for (const [name, relayUrl, marker] of event.tags) {
+        if (name === 'r' && (!marker || !opts.marker || marker === opts.marker)) {
+          try {
+            const url = new URL(relayUrl);
+            if (url.protocol === 'wss:') {
+              relays.add(url.toString() as `wss://${string}`);
+            }
+          } catch {
+            // fallthrough
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return relays;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/outbox.test.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/outbox.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 62dac2d0..00000000
--- a/packages/ditto/utils/outbox.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import { MockRelay } from '@nostrify/nostrify/test';
-import { eventFixture } from '@/test.ts';
-import { getRelays } from '@/utils/outbox.ts';
-import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert';
-
-Deno.test('Get write relays - kind 10002', async () => {
-  const db = new MockRelay();
-
-  const relayListMetadata = await eventFixture('kind-10002-alex');
-
-  await db.event(relayListMetadata);
-
-  const relays = await getRelays(db, relayListMetadata.pubkey);
-
-  assertEquals(relays.size, 6);
-});
-
-Deno.test('Get write relays with invalid URL - kind 10002', async () => {
-  const db = new MockRelay();
-
-  const relayListMetadata = await eventFixture('kind-10002-alex');
-  relayListMetadata.tags[0] = ['r', 'yolo'];
-
-  await db.event(relayListMetadata);
-
-  const relays = await getRelays(db, relayListMetadata.pubkey);
-
-  assertEquals(relays.size, 5);
-});
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/outbox.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/outbox.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 074518bc..00000000
--- a/packages/ditto/utils/outbox.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import { NStore } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
-
-import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-
-export async function getRelays(store: NStore, pubkey: string): Promise<Set<string>> {
-  const relays = new Set<`wss://${string}`>();
-
-  const events = await store.query([
-    { kinds: [10002], authors: [pubkey, await Conf.signer.getPublicKey()], limit: 2 },
-  ]);
-
-  for (const event of events) {
-    for (const [name, relay, marker] of event.tags) {
-      if (name === 'r' && (marker === 'write' || !marker)) {
-        try {
-          const url = new URL(relay);
-          if (url.protocol === 'wss:') {
-            relays.add(url.toString() as `wss://${string}`);
-          }
-        } catch (_e) {
-          // fall through
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return relays;
-}