diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 54aa9d35..e62c22fc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
         "uuid": "^8.3.2",
         "websocket": "^1.0.34",
         "websocket-polyfill": "^0.0.3",
-        "why-is-node-running": "^3.2.0"
+        "why-is-node-running": "^3.2.0",
+        "ws": "^8.18.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/chai": "^4.3.4",
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
         "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.3",
         "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
         "@types/websocket": "^1.0.6",
+        "@types/ws": "^8.5.12",
         "nodemon": "^2.0.20",
         "ts-node": "10.7.0",
         "typescript": "5.5.4"
@@ -748,6 +750,16 @@
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/ws": {
+      "version": "8.5.12",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/ws/-/ws-8.5.12.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3tPRkv1EtkDpzlgyKyI8pGsGZAGPEaXeu0DOj5DI25Ja91bdAYddYHbADRYVrZMRbfW+1l5YwXVDKohDJNQxkQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/node": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@uphold/request-logger": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@uphold/request-logger/-/request-logger-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -5755,6 +5767,27 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-l4Sp/DRseor9wL6EvV2+TuQn63dMkPjZ/sp9XkghTEbV9KlPS1xUsZ3u7/IQO4wxtcFB4bgpQPRcR3QCvezPcQ=="
     },
+    "node_modules/ws": {
+      "version": "8.18.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.18.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8VbfWfHLbbwu3+N6OKsOMpBdT4kXPDDB9cJk2bJ6mh9ucxdlnNvH1e+roYkKmN9Nxw2yjz7VzeO9oOz2zJ04Pw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
+        "utf-8-validate": ">=5.0.2"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "bufferutil": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "utf-8-validate": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/xtend": {
       "version": "4.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a712d68..0887cf1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "websocket": "^1.0.34",
     "websocket-polyfill": "^0.0.3",
-    "why-is-node-running": "^3.2.0"
+    "why-is-node-running": "^3.2.0",
+    "ws": "^8.18.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^4.3.4",
@@ -76,8 +77,9 @@
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.3",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
     "@types/websocket": "^1.0.6",
+    "@types/ws": "^8.5.12",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.20",
     "ts-node": "10.7.0",
     "typescript": "5.5.4"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 259b2ebf..05fce535 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import { getLogger } from './services/helpers/logger.js';
 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 () => {