diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 05fce535..886202be 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import { initMainHandler } from './services/main/init.js';
 import { LoadMainSettingsFromEnv } from './services/main/settings.js';
 import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
 //@ts-ignore
-import { WebSocket } from 'ws'
-Object.assign(global, { WebSocket: WebSocket });
 const { nprofileEncode } = nip19
 
 const start = async () => {
diff --git a/src/services/nostr/handler.ts b/src/services/nostr/handler.ts
index 2de233ef..b9823c73 100644
--- a/src/services/nostr/handler.ts
+++ b/src/services/nostr/handler.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 //import { SimplePool, Sub, Event, UnsignedEvent, getEventHash, signEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
+import * as ws from 'ws'
+Object.assign(global, { WebSocket: ws });
 import { SimplePool, Event, UnsignedEvent, getEventHash, finalizeEvent, Relay, nip44 } from 'nostr-tools'
 //import { encryptData, decryptData, getSharedSecret, decodePayload, encodePayload, EncryptedData, nip44 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { ERROR, getLogger } from '../helpers/logger.js'