diff --git a/packages/app/config/iris.json b/packages/app/config/iris.json
index 591743c5..b1519d4b 100644
--- a/packages/app/config/iris.json
+++ b/packages/app/config/iris.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   "eventLinkPrefix": "note",
   "profileLinkPrefix": "npub",
   "defaultRelays": {
+    "ws://localhost:7777": { "read": true, "write": true },
     "wss://relay.snort.social/": { "read": true, "write": true },
     "wss://nostr.wine/": { "read": true, "write": false },
     "wss://eden.nostr.land/": { "read": true, "write": false },
diff --git a/packages/system/src/connection.ts b/packages/system/src/connection.ts
index 8536690f..c1fc4cef 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/connection.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import { ConnectionStats } from "./connection-stats";
 import { NostrEvent, ReqCommand, ReqFilter, TaggedNostrEvent, u256 } from "./nostr";
 import { RelayInfo } from "./relay-info";
 import EventKind from "./event-kind";
-import { getHex64 } from "./utils";
-import inMemoryDB from "./InMemoryDB";
 
 /**
  * Relay settings
@@ -202,11 +200,13 @@ export class Connection extends EventEmitter<ConnectionEvents> {
     this.#activity = unixNowMs();
     if ((e.data as string).length > 0) {
       // skip message processing if we've already seen it
+      /* there's some problem in retrieval from inMemoryDB? try disabling for now
       const msgId = getHex64(e.data as string, "id");
       if (inMemoryDB.has(msgId)) {
         console.log("already have");
         return;
       }
+       */
 
       const msg = JSON.parse(e.data as string) as Array<string | NostrEvent | boolean>;
       const tag = msg[0] as string;