diff --git a/src/app/core/commands.ts b/src/app/core/commands.ts
index d8e9fa48..81eb2d7f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/commands.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/commands.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import {Pool, AuthStatus, SocketStatus} from "@welshman/net"
 import {Router} from "@welshman/router"
 import {
   pubkey,
+  sign,
   signer,
   session,
   repository,
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ export const setInboxRelayPolicy = (url: string, enabled: boolean) => {
 export const canEnforceNip70 = async (url: string) => {
   const socket = Pool.get().get(url)
 
-  await socket.auth.attemptAuth(e => signer.get()?.sign(e))
+  await socket.auth.attemptAuth(sign)
 
   return socket.auth.status !== AuthStatus.None
 }
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ export const attemptRelayAccess = async (url: string, claim = "") => {
     return `Failed to connect`
   }
 
-  await socket.auth.attemptAuth(e => signer.get()?.sign(e))
+  await socket.auth.attemptAuth(sign)
 
   // Only raise an error if it's not a timeout.
   // If it is, odds are the problem is with our signer, not the relay
@@ -504,9 +505,7 @@ export const createAlert = async (params: CreateAlertParams): Promise<CreateAler
   }
 
   // If we don't do this we'll get an event rejection
-  await Pool.get()
-    .get(NOTIFIER_RELAY)
-    .auth.attemptAuth(e => signer.get()?.sign(e))
+  await Pool.get().get(NOTIFIER_RELAY).auth.attemptAuth(sign)
 
   const thunk = await publishAlert(params as AlertParams)
   const error = await waitForThunkError(thunk)
diff --git a/src/app/core/state.ts b/src/app/core/state.ts
index 3852220e..5636613f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/state.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/state.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ import {
   userFollows,
   ensurePlaintext,
   thunks,
+  sign,
   signer,
   makeOutboxLoader,
   appContext,
@@ -961,12 +962,10 @@ export const deriveTimeout = (timeout: number) => {
 }
 
 export const deriveRelayAuthError = (url: string, claim = "") => {
-  const $signer = signer.get()
-  const socket = Pool.get().get(url)
   const stripPrefix = (m: string) => m.replace(/^\w+: /, "")
 
   // Kick off the auth process
-  socket.auth.attemptAuth($signer.sign)
+  Pool.get().get(url).auth.attemptAuth(sign)
 
   // Attempt to join the relay
   const thunk = publishThunk({
@@ -989,10 +988,17 @@ export const deriveRelayAuthError = (url: string, claim = "") => {
 
       if (error) {
         const isIgnored = error.startsWith("mute: ")
+        const isAborted = error.includes("Signing was aborted")
         const isEmptyInvite = !claim && error.includes("invite code")
         const isStrictNip29Relay = error.includes("missing group (`h`) tag")
 
-        if (!isStrictNip29Relay && !isIgnored && !isEmptyInvite && !isStrictNip29Relay) {
+        if (
+          !isStrictNip29Relay &&
+          !isIgnored &&
+          !isAborted &&
+          !isEmptyInvite &&
+          !isStrictNip29Relay
+        ) {
           return stripPrefix(error) || "join request rejected"
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/app/util/policies.ts b/src/app/util/policies.ts
index 2d7b73b5..ecb194f1 100644
--- a/src/app/util/policies.ts
+++ b/src/app/util/policies.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import {on, call, dissoc, assoc, uniq} from "@welshman/lib"
-import type {StampedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
+import {on, always, call, dissoc, assoc, uniq} from "@welshman/lib"
 import type {Socket, RelayMessage, ClientMessage} from "@welshman/net"
 import {
   makeSocketPolicyAuth,
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   isClientEvent,
   isClientClose,
 } from "@welshman/net"
-import {signer} from "@welshman/app"
+import {sign} from "@welshman/app"
 import {
   userSettingsValues,
   getSetting,
@@ -19,10 +18,7 @@ import {
   relaysMostlyRestricted,
 } from "@app/core/state"
 
-export const authPolicy = makeSocketPolicyAuth({
-  sign: (event: StampedEvent) => signer.get()?.sign(event),
-  shouldAuth: (socket: Socket) => true,
-})
+export const authPolicy = makeSocketPolicyAuth({sign, shouldAuth: always(true)})
 
 export const trustPolicy = (socket: Socket) => {
   const buffer: RelayMessage[] = []