diff --git a/damus/Models/Contacts.swift b/damus/Models/Contacts.swift
index 5c131780..f004495a 100644
--- a/damus/Models/Contacts.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/Contacts.swift
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ func remove_relay(ev: NostrEvent, current_relays: [RelayDescriptor], keypair: Fu
 func add_relay(ev: NostrEvent, keypair: FullKeypair, current_relays: [RelayDescriptor], relay: RelayURL, info: RelayInfo) -> NostrEvent? {
     var relays = ensure_relay_info(relays: current_relays, content: ev.content)
     
-    
-    guard relays.index(forKey: relay) == nil else {
+    // If kind:3 content is empty, or if the relay doesn't exist in the list, we want to create a kind:3 event with the new relay
+    guard ev.content.isEmpty || relays.index(forKey: relay) == nil else {
         return nil
     }
     
diff --git a/damus/Views/AddRelayView.swift b/damus/Views/AddRelayView.swift
index 32b84d3b..42a930a8 100644
--- a/damus/Views/AddRelayView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/AddRelayView.swift
@@ -105,14 +105,12 @@ struct AddRelayView: View {
 
                 state.pool.connect(to: [new_relay])
 
-                guard let new_ev = add_relay(ev: ev, keypair: keypair, current_relays: state.pool.our_descriptors, relay: url, info: info) else {
-                    return
+                if let new_ev = add_relay(ev: ev, keypair: keypair, current_relays: state.pool.our_descriptors, relay: url, info: info) {
+                    process_contact_event(state: state, ev: ev)
+
+                    state.pool.send(.event(new_ev))
                 }
 
-                process_contact_event(state: state, ev: ev)
-
-                state.pool.send(.event(new_ev))
-
                 if let relay_metadata = make_relay_metadata(relays: state.pool.our_descriptors, keypair: keypair) {
                     state.postbox.send(relay_metadata)
                 }