diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index d3e5acd5..6d282377 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "exclude": ["./public"],
   "imports": {
     "@/": "./src/",
-    "@nostrify/nostrify": "jsr:@nostrify/nostrify@^0.12.1",
+    "@nostrify/nostrify": "jsr:@nostrify/nostrify@^0.14.2",
     "@std/cli": "jsr:@std/cli@^0.223.0",
     "@std/json": "jsr:@std/json@^0.223.0",
     "@std/streams": "jsr:@std/streams@^0.223.0",
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts b/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
index 8fa1e24c..668218dc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
@@ -68,28 +68,32 @@ const streamingController: AppController = (c) => {
     const filter = await topicToFilter(stream, c.req.query(), pubkey);
     if (!filter) return;
 
-    for await (const msg of Storages.pubsub.req([filter], { signal: controller.signal })) {
-      if (msg[0] === 'EVENT') {
-        const [event] = await hydrateEvents({
-          events: [msg[2]],
-          storage: eventsDB,
-          signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000),
-        });
+    try {
+      for await (const msg of Storages.pubsub.req([filter], { signal: controller.signal })) {
+        if (msg[0] === 'EVENT') {
+          const [event] = await hydrateEvents({
+            events: [msg[2]],
+            storage: eventsDB,
+            signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1000),
+          });
 
-        if (event.kind === 1) {
-          const status = await renderStatus(event, { viewerPubkey: pubkey });
-          if (status) {
-            send('update', status);
+          if (event.kind === 1) {
+            const status = await renderStatus(event, { viewerPubkey: pubkey });
+            if (status) {
+              send('update', status);
+            }
           }
-        }
 
-        if (event.kind === 6) {
-          const status = await renderReblog(event, { viewerPubkey: pubkey });
-          if (status) {
-            send('update', status);
+          if (event.kind === 6) {
+            const status = await renderReblog(event, { viewerPubkey: pubkey });
+            if (status) {
+              send('update', status);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
+    } catch (e) {
+      debug('streaming error:', e);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/nostr/relay.ts b/src/controllers/nostr/relay.ts
index 6705a89f..1fa53c1f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/nostr/relay.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/nostr/relay.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,14 @@ function connectStream(socket: WebSocket) {
 
     send(['EOSE', subId]);
 
-    for await (const msg of Storages.pubsub.req(filters, { signal: controller.signal })) {
-      if (msg[0] === 'EVENT') {
-        send(['EVENT', subId, msg[2]]);
+    try {
+      for await (const msg of Storages.pubsub.req(filters, { signal: controller.signal })) {
+        if (msg[0] === 'EVENT') {
+          send(['EVENT', subId, msg[2]]);
+        }
       }
+    } catch (_e) {
+      controllers.delete(subId);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/api.ts b/src/utils/api.ts
index 79b383de..cd4e6e21 100644
--- a/src/utils/api.ts
+++ b/src/utils/api.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ type EventStub = TypeFest.SetOptional<EventTemplate, 'content' | 'created_at' |
 
 /** Publish an event through the pipeline. */
 async function createEvent(t: EventStub, c: AppContext): Promise<NostrEvent> {
-  const pubkey = c.get('pubkey');
-
-  if (!pubkey) {
-    throw new HTTPException(401);
-  }
-
   const signer = new APISigner(c);
 
   const event = await signer.signEvent({