diff --git a/src/components/PostEditor/NormalPostContent.tsx b/src/components/PostEditor/NormalPostContent.tsx
index f90ca1c0..793e96dd 100644
--- a/src/components/PostEditor/NormalPostContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PostEditor/NormalPostContent.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { useToast } from '@/hooks/use-toast'
 import { createCommentDraftEvent, createShortTextNoteDraftEvent } from '@/lib/draft-event'
+import { getRootEventTag } from '@/lib/event.ts'
 import { useNostr } from '@/providers/NostrProvider'
 import client from '@/services/client.service'
 import { ChevronDown, ImageUp, LoaderCircle } from 'lucide-react'
-import { Event, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { Event, kinds, nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import TextareaWithMentions from '../TextareaWithMentions.tsx'
@@ -46,9 +47,35 @@ export default function NormalPostContent({
       setPosting(true)
       try {
         const additionalRelayUrls: string[] = []
-        if (parentEvent) {
+        if (parentEvent && !specifiedRelayUrls) {
           const relayList = await client.fetchRelayList(parentEvent.pubkey)
-          additionalRelayUrls.push(...relayList.read.slice(0, 5))
+          additionalRelayUrls.push(...relayList.read.slice(0, 3))
+          const rootEventTag = getRootEventTag(parentEvent)
+          if (rootEventTag) {
+            const [, rootEventId, rootEventRelay, , rootAuthor] = rootEventTag
+            if (rootAuthor) {
+              if (rootAuthor !== parentEvent.pubkey) {
+                const rootAuthorRelayList = await client.fetchRelayList(rootAuthor)
+                additionalRelayUrls.push(...rootAuthorRelayList.read.slice(0, 3))
+              }
+            } else {
+              try {
+                const rootEvent = await client.fetchEvent(
+                  nip19.neventEncode(
+                    rootEventRelay
+                      ? { id: rootEventId }
+                      : { id: rootEventId, relays: [rootEventRelay] }
+                  )
+                )
+                if (rootEvent && rootEvent.pubkey !== parentEvent.pubkey) {
+                  const rootAuthorRelayList = await client.fetchRelayList(rootEvent.pubkey)
+                  additionalRelayUrls.push(...rootAuthorRelayList.read.slice(0, 3))
+                }
+              } catch {
+                // ignore
+              }
+            }
+          }
         }
         const draftEvent =
           parentEvent && parentEvent.kind !== kinds.ShortTextNote
diff --git a/src/lib/event.ts b/src/lib/event.ts
index 5cdd3335..4458fa85 100644
--- a/src/lib/event.ts
+++ b/src/lib/event.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function getParentEventId(event?: Event) {
   }
 }
 
-export function getRootEventId(event?: Event) {
+export function getRootEventTag(event?: Event) {
   if (!event) return undefined
   let tag = event.tags.find(isRootETag)
   if (!tag) {
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ export function getRootEventId(event?: Event) {
       ([tagName, tagValue]) => tagName === 'e' && !embeddedEventIds.includes(tagValue)
     )
   }
+  return tag
+}
+
+export function getRootEventId(event?: Event) {
+  const tag = getRootEventTag(event)
   if (!tag) return undefined
 
   try {
diff --git a/src/providers/NostrProvider/index.tsx b/src/providers/NostrProvider/index.tsx
index f49468f0..e20cb797 100644
--- a/src/providers/NostrProvider/index.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/NostrProvider/index.tsx
@@ -355,15 +355,16 @@ export function NostrProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
     }: { additionalRelayUrls?: string[]; specifiedRelayUrls?: string[] } = {}
   ) => {
     const event = await signEvent(draftEvent)
-    await client.publishEvent(
-      specifiedRelayUrls?.length
-        ? specifiedRelayUrls
-        : (relayList?.write ?? [])
-            .concat(additionalRelayUrls ?? [])
-            .concat(client.getCurrentRelayUrls())
-            .concat(BIG_RELAY_URLS),
-      event
-    )
+    const relays = specifiedRelayUrls?.length
+      ? specifiedRelayUrls
+      : (relayList?.write.slice(0, 5) ?? [])
+          .concat(additionalRelayUrls ?? [])
+          .concat(client.getCurrentRelayUrls())
+    if (!relays.length) {
+      relays.push(...BIG_RELAY_URLS)
+    }
+
+    await client.publishEvent(relays, event)
     return event
   }
 
diff --git a/src/services/client.service.ts b/src/services/client.service.ts
index be9d93b5..33ddf4ab 100644
--- a/src/services/client.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client.service.ts
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
   }
 
   async publishEvent(relayUrls: string[], event: NEvent) {
+    const uniqueRelayUrls = Array.from(new Set(relayUrls))
     const result = await Promise.any(
-      relayUrls.map(async (url) => {
+      uniqueRelayUrls.map(async (url) => {
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-this-alias
         const that = this
         const relay = await this.pool.ensureRelay(url)