diff --git a/lib/console_ui.dart b/lib/console_ui.dart
index 7ff0d57..e5046c0 100644
--- a/lib/console_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/console_ui.dart
@@ -1351,10 +1351,13 @@ Future<void> socialMenuUi(Store node) async {
     while(socialMenuContinue) {
 
       if( !firstTime) {
+        //stdout.write("calling paie");
         await processAnyIncomingEvents(node); // this takes 300 ms
-        firstTime = false;
+        //stdout.write("returned from paie");
       }
 
+      firstTime = false;
+
       // the main menu
       int option = showMenu([
                              'Your Feed',         // 1
@@ -1374,7 +1377,9 @@ Future<void> socialMenuUi(Store node) async {
         case 1:
           bool selectorTrees_followActionsNoNotifications (Tree t) => t.treeSelectorUserPostAndLike(getFollows( userPublicKey).union(gDefaultFollows).union({userPublicKey}), enableNotifications: false);
           node.printStoreTrees(0, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(hours:gHoursDefaultPrint)), selectorTrees_followActionsNoNotifications, true);
+
           await processAnyIncomingEvents(node, true);
+
           break;
 
         case 2:
diff --git a/lib/settings.dart b/lib/settings.dart
index b422b63..3f9cc91 100644
--- a/lib/settings.dart
+++ b/lib/settings.dart
@@ -50,15 +50,16 @@ int gHoursDefaultPrint      = 6; // print latest given hours only
 int numFileEvents = 0, numFilePosts = 0, numUserPosts = 0, numFeedPosts = 0, numOtherPosts = 0;
 
 
-// edited on 17 march 2024 	
+// edited on 29 sept 2024 	
 String defaultServerUrl       = "wss://relay.damus.io";
 Set<String> gListRelayUrls = { defaultServerUrl,
-                              "wss://nostr-01.bolt.observer",
                               "wss://nostr.wine",
-                              "wss://relay2.nostrchat.io",
-                              "wss://nostr.swiss-enigma.ch"
+                              "wss://relay.nostr.info",
+                              "wss://nos.lol",
+                              "wss://relay.nostr.band"
                               };
 
+
 // well known disposable test private key
 const String gDefaultPublicKey  = "";
 String userPrivateKey = "";
diff --git a/scripts/announce.sh b/scripts/announce.sh
index 36e563e..1c5ed82 100644
--- a/scripts/announce.sh
+++ b/scripts/announce.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #  echo '\n' ; for line in `cowsay hi` ;  do echo  -e "${line}\\\n" ; done
 
 IFS=$'\n'
-channel=test99
+channel=25e5c
 # { echo -e "3\n1\n${channel}\nHello, this is a random test.\nx\nx\nx" ; cat /dev/stdin; } | ./nostr_console_ubuntu_x64 --prikey=`openssl rand -hex 32` 
 
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ channel=test99
 message=""
 message=$message'\n' ; for line in `cowsay hi` ;  do message=$message"${line} \n" ; done
 echo $message
-{ echo -e "3\n1\n${channel}\nHello, this is a random test.\nx\nx\nx" ; cat /dev/stdin; } | ./nostr_console --prikey=`openssl rand -hex 32` 
\ No newline at end of file
+{ echo -e "3\n1\n${channel}\nHello, this is a random test.\nx\nx\nx" ; cat /dev/stdin; } | dart run ../bin/nostr_console.dart --prikey=`openssl rand -hex 32` 
diff --git a/scripts/gotoChannel.sh b/scripts/gotoChannel.sh
index bf6afa0..41d35a9 100644
--- a/scripts/gotoChannel.sh
+++ b/scripts/gotoChannel.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# tested on Linux/Ubuntu
-# will go to the channel mentioned in this variable; change it to go to that channel
-# arguments passed to this script are passed to the nostr_console 
+# * tested on Linux/Ubuntu
+# * will go to the channel mentioned in this variable; change it to go to that channel
+# * arguments passed to this script are passed to the nostr_console 
 
-channel=52ca
-{ echo -e "3\n1\n${channel}" ; cat /dev/stdin; } | ./nostr_console_ubuntu_x64 $@
+
+#channel=52ca nostr console channel
+
+channel=25e5c # nostr channel 
+{ echo -e "3\n1\n${channel}" ; cat /dev/stdin; } | dart run ../bin/nostr_console.dart $@
 
diff --git a/scripts/relay_list_all.txt b/scripts/relay_list_all.txt
index a281514..eb2a243 100644
--- a/scripts/relay_list_all.txt
+++ b/scripts/relay_list_all.txt
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ nostr_relays=(
     "wss://nostr.zebedee.cloud"
     "wss://nostr.coinos.io"
     "wss://nostr-01.bolt.observer"
-    #"wss://nostr.openchain.fr"
 
     "wss://nostr-relay.wlvs.space"
+    "wss://nostr-relay-dev.wlvs.space"
+
     "wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net"
     "wss://nos.lol"
-    "wss://nostr-relay-dev.wlvs.space"
-    #"wss://nostr.shawnyeager.net"
-    #"wss://relay.nostr.info"
+
+
     "wss://nostr.semisol.dev"
     "wss://relay.nostr.info"
 
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ nostr_relays=(
     "wss://nostr.onsats.org"
     "wss://nostr-relay.digitalmob.ro"
 
-    "wss://offchain.pub"
-
     "wss://relay.valireum.net"
     "wss://nostr-relay.trustbtc.org"
     "wss://relay.stoner.com"
@@ -73,12 +71,14 @@ nostr_relays=(
 
     "wss://brb.io"
 
-    "wss://dummyurl.example.com"
-
-     )
+    "wss://dummyurl.example.com")
 
 
 
 # reference
 # nostr.info
 # https://nostr.watch/relays/find
+
+#"wss://nostr.openchain.fr"
+#"wss://nostr.shawnyeager.net"
+#"wss://relay.nostr.info"
diff --git a/scripts/test_servers.sh b/scripts/test_servers.sh
index 5ad9bd4..d26ee25 100644
--- a/scripts/test_servers.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_servers.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ source $configfile
 limit=300
 numHours=1
 
-echo -e "Requesting all events in last $numHours hours with a limit of $limit by executing the following command for each:"
+#echo -e "Requesting all events in last $numHours hours with a limit of $limit by executing the following command for each:"
 sinceSeconds=`date -d "-$numHours hour" +%s` ; 
 
-N=2
-inLastNDays=`date -d "$N days" +%s`
-
+#N=2
+#inLastNDays=`date -d "$N days" +%s`
 #echo "Events in last $N days"
 #req="[\"REQ\",\"id_mention_#p_nostr.coinos.io\",{\"#p\":[\"82341f882b6eabcd2ba7f1ef90aad961cf074af15b9ef44a09f9d2a8fbfbe6a2\"],\"limit\":20000,\"since\":$inLastNDays},{\"authors\":[\"82341f882b6eabcd2ba7f1ef90aad961cf074af15b9ef44a09f9d2a8fbfbe6a2\"]}]"