diff --git a/app/components/app-menu/settings/nostr.gjs b/app/components/app-menu/settings/nostr.gjs
index 970a29e..d332111 100644
--- a/app/components/app-menu/settings/nostr.gjs
+++ b/app/components/app-menu/settings/nostr.gjs
@@ -1,11 +1,94 @@
 import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 import { on } from '@ember/modifier';
+import { action } from '@ember/object';
+import { tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';
 import { service } from '@ember/service';
 import { fn } from '@ember/helper';
 import Icon from '#components/icon';
+import { normalizeRelayUrl } from '../../../utils/nostr';
+
+const stripProtocol = (url) => (url ? url.replace(/^wss?:\/\//, '') : '');
 
 export default class AppMenuSettingsNostr extends Component {
   @service settings;
+  @service nostrData;
+
+  @tracked newReadRelay = '';
+  @tracked newWriteRelay = '';
+
+  @action
+  updateNewReadRelay(event) {
+    this.newReadRelay = event.target.value;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  updateNewWriteRelay(event) {
+    this.newWriteRelay = event.target.value;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  addReadRelay() {
+    const url = normalizeRelayUrl(this.newReadRelay);
+    if (!url) return;
+
+    const current =
+      this.settings.nostrReadRelays || this.nostrData.defaultReadRelays;
+    const set = new Set([...current, url]);
+    this.settings.update('nostrReadRelays', Array.from(set));
+    this.newReadRelay = '';
+  }
+
+  @action
+  removeReadRelay(url) {
+    const current =
+      this.settings.nostrReadRelays || this.nostrData.defaultReadRelays;
+    const filtered = current.filter((r) => r !== url);
+    this.settings.update('nostrReadRelays', filtered);
+  }
+
+  @action
+  handleReadRelayKeydown(event) {
+    if (event.key === 'Enter') {
+      this.addReadRelay();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @action
+  handleWriteRelayKeydown(event) {
+    if (event.key === 'Enter') {
+      this.addWriteRelay();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @action
+  resetReadRelays() {
+    this.settings.update('nostrReadRelays', null);
+  }
+
+  @action
+  addWriteRelay() {
+    const url = normalizeRelayUrl(this.newWriteRelay);
+    if (!url) return;
+
+    const current =
+      this.settings.nostrWriteRelays || this.nostrData.defaultWriteRelays;
+    const set = new Set([...current, url]);
+    this.settings.update('nostrWriteRelays', Array.from(set));
+    this.newWriteRelay = '';
+  }
+
+  @action
+  removeWriteRelay(url) {
+    const current =
+      this.settings.nostrWriteRelays || this.nostrData.defaultWriteRelays;
+    const filtered = current.filter((r) => r !== url);
+    this.settings.update('nostrWriteRelays', filtered);
+  }
+
+  @action
+  resetWriteRelays() {
+    this.settings.update('nostrWriteRelays', null);
+  }
 
   <template>
     {{! template-lint-disable no-nested-interactive }}
@@ -40,6 +123,96 @@ export default class AppMenuSettingsNostr extends Component {
             </option>
           </select>
         </div>
+
+        <div class="form-group">
+          <label for="new-read-relay">Read Relays</label>
+          <ul class="relay-list">
+            {{#each this.nostrData.activeReadRelays as |relay|}}
+              <li>
+                <span>{{stripProtocol relay}}</span>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  class="btn-remove-relay"
+                  title="Remove relay"
+                  aria-label="Remove"
+                  {{on "click" (fn this.removeReadRelay relay)}}
+                >
+                  <Icon @name="x" @size={{14}} @color="currentColor" />
+                </button>
+              </li>
+            {{/each}}
+          </ul>
+          <div class="add-relay-input">
+            <input
+              id="new-read-relay"
+              type="text"
+              class="form-control"
+              placeholder="relay.example.com"
+              value={{this.newReadRelay}}
+              {{on "input" this.updateNewReadRelay}}
+              {{on "keydown" this.handleReadRelayKeydown}}
+            />
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              class="btn btn-secondary"
+              {{on "click" this.addReadRelay}}
+            >Add</button>
+          </div>
+          {{#if this.settings.nostrReadRelays}}
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              class="btn-link reset-relays"
+              {{on "click" this.resetReadRelays}}
+            >
+              Reset to Defaults
+            </button>
+          {{/if}}
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="form-group">
+          <label for="new-write-relay">Write Relays</label>
+          <ul class="relay-list">
+            {{#each this.nostrData.activeWriteRelays as |relay|}}
+              <li>
+                <span>{{stripProtocol relay}}</span>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  class="btn-remove-relay"
+                  title="Remove relay"
+                  aria-label="Remove"
+                  {{on "click" (fn this.removeWriteRelay relay)}}
+                >
+                  <Icon @name="x" @size={{14}} @color="currentColor" />
+                </button>
+              </li>
+            {{/each}}
+          </ul>
+          <div class="add-relay-input">
+            <input
+              id="new-write-relay"
+              type="text"
+              class="form-control"
+              placeholder="relay.example.com"
+              value={{this.newWriteRelay}}
+              {{on "input" this.updateNewWriteRelay}}
+              {{on "keydown" this.handleWriteRelayKeydown}}
+            />
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              class="btn btn-secondary"
+              {{on "click" this.addWriteRelay}}
+            >Add</button>
+          </div>
+          {{#if this.settings.nostrWriteRelays}}
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              class="btn-link reset-relays"
+              {{on "click" this.resetWriteRelays}}
+            >
+              Reset to Defaults
+            </button>
+          {{/if}}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </details>
   </template>
diff --git a/app/components/place-photo-upload.gjs b/app/components/place-photo-upload.gjs
index 46410cc..7d8b52b 100644
--- a/app/components/place-photo-upload.gjs
+++ b/app/components/place-photo-upload.gjs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { or, not } from 'ember-truth-helpers';
 export default class PlacePhotoUpload extends Component {
   @service nostrAuth;
   @service nostrRelay;
+  @service nostrData;
   @service blossom;
   @service toast;
 
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ export default class PlacePhotoUpload extends Component {
       }
 
       const event = await factory.sign(template);
-      await this.nostrRelay.publish(event);
+      await this.nostrRelay.publish(this.nostrData.activeWriteRelays, event);
 
       this.toast.show('Photos published successfully');
       this.status = '';
diff --git a/app/services/nostr-data.js b/app/services/nostr-data.js
index 455af6e..5a1d257 100644
--- a/app/services/nostr-data.js
+++ b/app/services/nostr-data.js
@@ -6,16 +6,21 @@ import { MailboxesModel } from 'applesauce-core/models/mailboxes';
 import { npubEncode } from 'applesauce-core/helpers/pointers';
 import { persistEventsToCache } from 'applesauce-core/helpers/event-cache';
 import { NostrIDB, openDB } from 'nostr-idb';
+import { normalizeRelayUrl } from '../utils/nostr';
 
-const BOOTSTRAP_RELAYS = [
+const DIRECTORY_RELAYS = [
   'wss://purplepag.es',
   'wss://relay.damus.io',
   'wss://nos.lol',
 ];
 
+const DEFAULT_READ_RELAYS = ['wss://nostr.kosmos.org'];
+const DEFAULT_WRITE_RELAYS = [];
+
 export default class NostrDataService extends Service {
   @service nostrRelay;
   @service nostrAuth;
+  @service settings;
 
   store = new EventStore();
 
@@ -69,6 +74,45 @@ export default class NostrDataService extends Service {
     });
   }
 
+  get defaultReadRelays() {
+    const mailboxes = (this.mailboxes?.inboxes || [])
+      .map(normalizeRelayUrl)
+      .filter(Boolean);
+    const defaults = DEFAULT_READ_RELAYS.map(normalizeRelayUrl).filter(Boolean);
+    return Array.from(new Set([...defaults, ...mailboxes]));
+  }
+
+  get defaultWriteRelays() {
+    const mailboxes = (this.mailboxes?.outboxes || [])
+      .map(normalizeRelayUrl)
+      .filter(Boolean);
+    const defaults =
+      DEFAULT_WRITE_RELAYS.map(normalizeRelayUrl).filter(Boolean);
+    return Array.from(new Set([...defaults, ...mailboxes]));
+  }
+
+  get activeReadRelays() {
+    if (this.settings.nostrReadRelays) {
+      return Array.from(
+        new Set(
+          this.settings.nostrReadRelays.map(normalizeRelayUrl).filter(Boolean)
+        )
+      );
+    }
+    return this.defaultReadRelays;
+  }
+
+  get activeWriteRelays() {
+    if (this.settings.nostrWriteRelays) {
+      return Array.from(
+        new Set(
+          this.settings.nostrWriteRelays.map(normalizeRelayUrl).filter(Boolean)
+        )
+      );
+    }
+    return this.defaultWriteRelays;
+  }
+
   async loadProfile(pubkey) {
     if (!pubkey) return;
 
@@ -79,22 +123,6 @@ export default class NostrDataService extends Service {
 
     this._cleanupSubscriptions();
 
-    const relays = new Set(BOOTSTRAP_RELAYS);
-
-    // Try to get extension relays
-    if (typeof window.nostr !== 'undefined' && window.nostr.getRelays) {
-      try {
-        const extRelays = await window.nostr.getRelays();
-        for (const url of Object.keys(extRelays)) {
-          relays.add(url);
-        }
-      } catch {
-        console.warn('Failed to get NIP-07 relays');
-      }
-    }
-
-    const relayList = Array.from(relays);
-
     // Setup models to track state reactively FIRST
     // This way, if cached events populate the store, the UI updates instantly.
     this._profileSub = this.store
@@ -142,8 +170,11 @@ export default class NostrDataService extends Service {
     }
 
     // 2. Request new events from the network in the background and dump them into the store
+    const profileRelays = Array.from(
+      new Set([...DIRECTORY_RELAYS, ...this.activeWriteRelays])
+    );
     this._requestSub = this.nostrRelay.pool
-      .request(relayList, [
+      .request(profileRelays, [
         {
           authors: [pubkey],
           kinds: [0, 10002, 10063],
diff --git a/app/services/nostr-relay.js b/app/services/nostr-relay.js
index 98e7e9f..320a38b 100644
--- a/app/services/nostr-relay.js
+++ b/app/services/nostr-relay.js
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import { RelayPool } from 'applesauce-relay';
 export default class NostrRelayService extends Service {
   pool = new RelayPool();
 
-  // For Phase 1, we hardcode the local relay
-  relays = ['ws://127.0.0.1:7777'];
-
-  async publish(event) {
+  async publish(relays, event) {
+    if (!relays || relays.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('No relays provided to publish the event.');
+    }
     // The publish method is a wrapper around the event method that returns a Promise<PublishResponse[]>
     // and automatically handles reconnecting and retrying.
-    const responses = await this.pool.publish(this.relays, event);
+    const responses = await this.pool.publish(relays, event);
 
     // Check if at least one relay accepted the event
     const success = responses.some((res) => res.ok);
diff --git a/app/services/settings.js b/app/services/settings.js
index 6d3efc8..669a4ed 100644
--- a/app/services/settings.js
+++ b/app/services/settings.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
   photonApi: 'https://photon.komoot.io/api/',
   showQuickSearchButtons: true,
   nostrPhotoFallbackUploads: false,
+  nostrReadRelays: null,
+  nostrWriteRelays: null,
 };
 
 export default class SettingsService extends Service {
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ export default class SettingsService extends Service {
   @tracked showQuickSearchButtons = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.showQuickSearchButtons;
   @tracked nostrPhotoFallbackUploads =
     DEFAULT_SETTINGS.nostrPhotoFallbackUploads;
+  @tracked nostrReadRelays = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.nostrReadRelays;
+  @tracked nostrWriteRelays = DEFAULT_SETTINGS.nostrWriteRelays;
 
   overpassApis = [
     {
@@ -102,6 +106,8 @@ export default class SettingsService extends Service {
     this.photonApi = finalSettings.photonApi;
     this.showQuickSearchButtons = finalSettings.showQuickSearchButtons;
     this.nostrPhotoFallbackUploads = finalSettings.nostrPhotoFallbackUploads;
+    this.nostrReadRelays = finalSettings.nostrReadRelays;
+    this.nostrWriteRelays = finalSettings.nostrWriteRelays;
 
     // Save to ensure migrated settings are stored in the new format
     this.saveSettings();
@@ -114,6 +120,8 @@ export default class SettingsService extends Service {
       photonApi: this.photonApi,
       showQuickSearchButtons: this.showQuickSearchButtons,
       nostrPhotoFallbackUploads: this.nostrPhotoFallbackUploads,
+      nostrReadRelays: this.nostrReadRelays,
+      nostrWriteRelays: this.nostrWriteRelays,
     };
     localStorage.setItem('marco:settings', JSON.stringify(settings));
   }
diff --git a/app/styles/app.css b/app/styles/app.css
index eb668b1..b39146f 100644
--- a/app/styles/app.css
+++ b/app/styles/app.css
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   --link-color-visited: #6a4fbf;
   --marker-color-primary: #ea4335;
   --marker-color-dark: #b31412;
+  --danger-color: var(--marker-color-primary);
+  --danger-color-dark: var(--marker-color-dark);
 }
 
 html,
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .photo-upload-item .btn-remove-photo:hover {
-  background: var(--marker-color-primary);
+  background: var(--danger-color);
 }
 
 .spin-animation {
@@ -565,6 +567,64 @@ body {
   padding: 0 1.4rem 1rem;
   animation: details-slide-down 0.2s ease-out;
   font-size: 0.9rem;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 16px;
+}
+
+.relay-list {
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0 0 0.75rem;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 4px;
+}
+
+.relay-list li {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 0.25rem 0;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  word-break: break-all;
+}
+
+.btn-remove-relay {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 24px;
+  height: 24px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background-color: #fff;
+  border: 1px solid var(--danger-color);
+  color: var(--danger-color);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  padding: 0;
+  transition: all 0.1s ease;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.btn-remove-relay svg {
+  stroke: currentcolor;
+}
+
+.btn-remove-relay:hover,
+.btn-remove-relay:active {
+  background-color: var(--danger-color);
+  color: #fff;
+}
+
+.add-relay-input {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.btn-link.reset-relays {
+  margin-top: 0.75rem;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
 }
 
 @keyframes details-slide-down {
@@ -639,6 +699,11 @@ select.form-control {
 }
 
 .settings-section .form-group {
+  margin-top: 0.5rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.settings-section .form-group:first-of-type {
   margin-top: 1rem;
 }
 
@@ -1598,3 +1663,17 @@ button.create-place {
   max-width: 100%;
   border-radius: 0.25rem;
 }
+
+.btn-link {
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  color: var(--link-color);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font: inherit;
+}
+
+.btn-link:hover {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
diff --git a/app/utils/nostr.js b/app/utils/nostr.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d68c973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/nostr.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export function normalizeRelayUrl(url) {
+  if (!url) return '';
+  let normalized = url.trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (!normalized) return '';
+
+  if (!normalized.startsWith('ws://') && !normalized.startsWith('wss://')) {
+    normalized = 'wss://' + normalized;
+  }
+
+  while (normalized.endsWith('/')) {
+    normalized = normalized.slice(0, -1);
+  }
+
+  return normalized;
+}