diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index 7589738..c955781 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ import { NewPage } from "./page/new";
 import { TorrentPage } from "./page/torrent";
 import { SearchPage } from "./page/search";
 import { System, initSystem } from "./system";
+import { RelaysPage } from "./page/relays";
 
-const Routes = [
+const routes = [
   {
     element: <Layout />,
     loader: async () => {
@@ -41,15 +42,19 @@ const Routes = [
         path: "/search/:term?",
         element: <SearchPage />,
       },
+      {
+        path: "/relays",
+        element: <RelaysPage />,
+      },
     ],
   },
 ] as Array<RouteObject>;
 
-const Router = createBrowserRouter(Routes);
+const router = createBrowserRouter(routes);
 ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!).render(
   <React.StrictMode>
     <SnortContext.Provider value={System}>
-      <RouterProvider router={Router} />
+      <RouterProvider router={router} />
     </SnortContext.Provider>
   </React.StrictMode>,
 );
diff --git a/src/page/layout.tsx b/src/page/layout.tsx
index d786350..709c94f 100644
--- a/src/page/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/page/layout.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,35 @@ import { Button } from "../element/button";
 import { LoginSession, LoginState, useLogin } from "../login";
 import { ProfileImage } from "../element/profile-image";
 import { Search } from "../element/search";
+import { useRelays } from "../relays";
+import { useContext, useEffect } from "react";
+import { SnortContext } from "@snort/system-react";
+import { RelaySettings, SystemInterface } from "@snort/system";
 
 export function Layout() {
   const login = useLogin();
+  const system = useContext(SnortContext);
+  const { relays } = useRelays();
+
+  async function updateRelayConnections(system: SystemInterface, relays: Record<string, RelaySettings>) {
+    if (import.meta.env.VITE_SINGLE_RELAY) {
+      system.ConnectToRelay(import.meta.env.VITE_SINGLE_RELAY, { read: true, write: true });
+    } else {
+      for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(relays)) {
+        // note: don't awit this, causes race condition with sending requests to relays
+        system.ConnectToRelay(k, v);
+      }
+      for (const [k, v] of system.pool) {
+        if (!relays[k] && !v.ephemeral) {
+          system.DisconnectRelay(k);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    updateRelayConnections(system, Object.fromEntries(relays.map((a) => [a, { read: true, write: true }])));
+  }, [system, relays]);
 
   async function DoLogin() {
     if ("nostr" in window) {
@@ -18,14 +44,18 @@ export function Layout() {
 
   return (
     <div className="container mx-auto">
-      <header className="flex justify-between items-center pt-4 pb-6">
+      <header className="flex gap-4 items-center pt-4 pb-6">
         <Link to={"/"} className="flex gap-2 items-center">
           <img src="/logo_256.jpg" className="rounded-full" height={40} width={40} />
           <h1 className="font-bold uppercase">dtan.xyz</h1>
         </Link>
-        <div className="w-1/2">
+        <div className="w-1/3">
           <Search />
         </div>
+        <div className="grow"></div>
+        <Link to="/relays">
+          <Button type="secondary">Relays</Button>
+        </Link>
         {login ? (
           <LoggedInHeader login={login} />
         ) : (
diff --git a/src/page/relays.tsx b/src/page/relays.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f469542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/page/relays.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { Button } from "../element/button";
+import { useRelays } from "../relays";
+import { sanitizeRelayUrl } from "@snort/shared";
+
+export function RelaysPage() {
+  const relays = useRelays();
+  const [newRelay, setNewRelay] = useState("");
+  return (
+    <>
+      <h2>Relays</h2>
+      <br />
+      <div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
+        {relays.relays.map((a) => (
+          <div key={a} className="bg-neutral-800 px-3 py-2 rounded-xl flex justify-between items-center">
+            {a}
+            <Button type="danger" onClick={() => relays.remove(a)}>
+              Remove
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+      <br />
+      <div className="flex gap-4">
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          value={newRelay}
+          onChange={(e) => setNewRelay(e.target.value)}
+          className="px-4 py-2 rounded-xl bg-neutral-800 focus-visible:outline-none"
+          placeholder="wss://myrelay.com"
+        />
+        <Button
+          type="primary"
+          onClick={() => {
+            const url = sanitizeRelayUrl(newRelay);
+            if (url) {
+              relays.add(url);
+              setNewRelay("");
+            }
+          }}
+        >
+          Add
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/relays.tsx b/src/relays.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d07dfec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/relays.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { ExternalStore, appendDedupe, sanitizeRelayUrl } from "@snort/shared";
+import { useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
+
+const storageKey = "relays";
+class RelaysStore extends ExternalStore<Array<string>> {
+  #relays: Array<string> = [];
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const loaded = localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
+    if (loaded) {
+      this.#relays = JSON.parse(loaded);
+    } else {
+      this.#relays = ["wss://nos.lol/", "wss://relay.damus.io/", "wss://relay.nostr.band/"];
+      this.#save();
+    }
+  }
+
+  add(u: string) {
+    const url = sanitizeRelayUrl(u);
+    if (url) {
+      this.#relays = appendDedupe(this.#relays, [url]);
+      this.#save();
+    }
+  }
+
+  remove(u: string) {
+    const url = sanitizeRelayUrl(u);
+    if (url) {
+      this.#relays = this.#relays.filter((a) => a !== url);
+      this.#save();
+    }
+  }
+
+  #save() {
+    localStorage.setItem(storageKey, JSON.stringify(this.#relays));
+    this.notifyChange();
+  }
+
+  takeSnapshot(): string[] {
+    return [...this.#relays];
+  }
+}
+
+const relayStore = new RelaysStore();
+
+export function useRelays() {
+  const relays = useSyncExternalStore(
+    (s) => relayStore.hook(s),
+    () => relayStore.snapshot(),
+  );
+
+  return {
+    relays,
+    add: (a: string) => relayStore.add(a),
+    remove: (a: string) => relayStore.remove(a),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/system.ts b/src/system.ts
index 6dc3a8b..48ec60e 100644
--- a/src/system.ts
+++ b/src/system.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,5 @@ export async function initSystem() {
     System.Init(),
   ];
 
-  for (const r of ["wss://nos.lol", "wss://relay.damus.io", "wss://relay.nostr.band"]) {
-    System.ConnectToRelay(r, { read: true, write: true });
-  }
   await Promise.all(tasks);
 }