diff --git a/.rustfmt.toml b/.rustfmt.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a26366d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rustfmt.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+edition = "2021"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 66fb8849..8edacc81 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1271,6 +1271,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "tracing",
+ "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2741,7 +2742,7 @@ version = "0.5.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dcbff9bc912032c62bf65ef1d5aea88983b420f4f839db1e9b0c281a25c9c799"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-crate 1.3.1",
+ "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
@@ -2753,7 +2754,7 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "96667db765a921f7b295ffee8b60472b686a51d4f21c2ee4ffdb94c7013b65a6"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-crate 1.3.1",
+ "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.77",
@@ -2765,7 +2766,7 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af1844ef2428cc3e1cb900be36181049ef3d3193c63e43026cfe202983b27a56"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-crate 3.2.0",
+ "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.77",
@@ -3166,15 +3167,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml_edit 0.19.15",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-crate"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ecf48c7ca261d60b74ab1a7b20da18bede46776b2e55535cb958eb595c5fa7b"
-dependencies = [
- "toml_edit 0.22.20",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.86"
@@ -4452,7 +4444,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "toml_edit 0.22.20",
+ "toml_edit 0.22.21",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4477,9 +4469,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.22.20"
+version = "0.22.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "583c44c02ad26b0c3f3066fe629275e50627026c51ac2e595cca4c230ce1ce1d"
+checksum = "3b072cee73c449a636ffd6f32bd8de3a9f7119139aff882f44943ce2986dc5cf"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde",
diff --git a/enostr/Cargo.toml b/enostr/Cargo.toml
index 4b742289..2af528a0 100644
--- a/enostr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/enostr/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ nostrdb = { git = "https://github.com/damus-io/nostrdb-rs", rev = "9bbafd8a2e904
 hex = "0.4.3"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 env_logger = "0.11.1"
+url = "2.5.2"
diff --git a/enostr/src/relay/message.rs b/enostr/src/relay/message.rs
index b48e5aea..dea89e8d 100644
--- a/enostr/src/relay/message.rs
+++ b/enostr/src/relay/message.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,17 @@ impl<'a> RelayMessage<'a> {
         // Event
         // Relay response format: ["EVENT", <subscription id>, <event JSON>]
         if &msg[0..=7] == "[\"EVENT\"" {
-            return Ok(Self::event(msg, "fixme"));
+            let mut start = 9;
+            while let Some(&b' ') = msg.as_bytes().get(start) {
+                start += 1; // Move past optional spaces
+            }
+            if let Some(comma_index) = msg[start..].find(',') {
+                let subid_end = start + comma_index;
+                let subid = &msg[start..subid_end].trim().trim_matches('"');
+                return Ok(Self::event(msg, subid));
+            } else {
+                return Ok(Self::event(msg, "fixme"));
+            }
         }
 
         // EOSE (NIP-15)
diff --git a/enostr/src/relay/pool.rs b/enostr/src/relay/pool.rs
index f4aab0ce..de4e1efc 100644
--- a/enostr/src/relay/pool.rs
+++ b/enostr/src/relay/pool.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use nostrdb::Filter;
 
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
+use url::Url;
+
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use ewebsock::{WsEvent, WsMessage};
 
@@ -152,6 +154,11 @@ impl RelayPool {
         url: String,
         wakeup: impl Fn() + Send + Sync + Clone + 'static,
     ) -> Result<()> {
+        let url = Self::canonicalize_url(url);
+        // Check if the URL already exists in the pool.
+        if self.has(&url) {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         let relay = Relay::new(url, wakeup)?;
         let pool_relay = PoolRelay::new(relay);
 
@@ -160,6 +167,14 @@ impl RelayPool {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    // standardize the format (ie, trailing slashes)
+    fn canonicalize_url(url: String) -> String {
+        match Url::parse(&url) {
+            Ok(parsed_url) => parsed_url.to_string(),
+            Err(_) => url, // If parsing fails, return the original URL.
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Attempts to receive a pool event from a list of relays. The
     /// function searches each relay in the list in order, attempting to
     /// receive a message from each. If a message is received, return it.