diff --git a/backend/spec/models.md b/backend/spec/models.md
index 3d09ee5..4cb452c 100644
--- a/backend/spec/models.md
+++ b/backend/spec/models.md
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ Tenants are customers of the service, identified by a nostr `pubkey`. Public met
 
 A relay is a nostr relay owned by a `tenant` and hosted by the attached zooid instance. Relay subdomains MUST be unique.
 
-- `id` - a random ID identifying the relay
+- `id` - calculated based on `subdomain` + 8 random hex chars
 - `tenant` - the tenant's pubkey
-- `schema` - the relay's db schema (read_only, calculated based on `subdomain` + `id`)
+- `schema` - the relay's db schema (read only, same as `id`)
 - `subdomain` - the relay's subdomain
 - `plan` - the relay's plan
 - `stripe_subscription_item_id` (nullable) - the Stripe subscription item id. Only set for relays on paid plans.
diff --git a/backend/src/api.rs b/backend/src/api.rs
index a7576b2..677897e 100644
--- a/backend/src/api.rs
+++ b/backend/src/api.rs
@@ -275,9 +275,6 @@ impl Api {
             return Err(RelayValidationError::PremiumFeature);
         }
 
-        if relay.schema.is_empty() {
-            relay.schema = format!("{}_{}", relay.subdomain.replace('-', "_"), relay.id);
-        }
         if relay.status.is_empty() {
             relay.status = RELAY_STATUS_ACTIVE.to_string();
         }
@@ -754,10 +751,16 @@ async fn create_relay(
     let auth = state.api.extract_auth_pubkey(&headers)?;
     state.api.require_admin_or_tenant(&auth, &payload.tenant)?;
 
+    let relay_id = format!(
+        "{}_{}",
+        payload.subdomain.replace('-', "_"),
+        &uuid::Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]
+    );
+
     let mut relay = Relay {
-        id: uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
+        id: relay_id.clone(),
         tenant: payload.tenant,
-        schema: String::new(),
+        schema: relay_id.clone(),
         subdomain: payload.subdomain,
         plan: payload.plan,
         stripe_subscription_item_id: None,
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index c11ff72..cfbc876 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ dev:
   cd frontend && bun dev &
   wait
 
+dev-backend:
+  cd backend && onchange src -ik -- bash -c 'RUST_LOG=backend=info cargo run'
+
 dev-frontend:
   cd frontend && bun run dev
 
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ build-backend:
   cd backend && cargo build
 
 build-frontend:
-  cd frontend && bun run build
+  cd frontend && bun i && bun run build
 
 fmt: fmt-backend