diff --git a/src/nostrMiddleware.ts b/src/nostrMiddleware.ts
index 034dbce8..4dd3b281 100644
--- a/src/nostrMiddleware.ts
+++ b/src/nostrMiddleware.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export default (serverMethods: Types.ServerMethods, mainHandler: Main, nostrSett
 
     return {
         Stop: () => { mainHandler.adminManager.setNostrConnected(false); return nostr.Stop },
-        Send: (...args) => nostr.Send(...args),
+        Send: async (...args) => nostr.Send(...args),
         Ping: () => nostr.Ping(),
         Reset: (settings: NostrSettings) => nostr.Reset(settings)
     }
diff --git a/src/services/main/debitManager.ts b/src/services/main/debitManager.ts
index 28579d31..53375217 100644
--- a/src/services/main/debitManager.ts
+++ b/src/services/main/debitManager.ts
@@ -153,13 +153,14 @@ export class DebitManager {
     }
 
     notifyPaymentSuccess = (debitRes: NdebitSuccess, event: { pub: string, id: string, appId: string }) => {
+        this.logger("✅ [DEBIT REQUEST] Payment successful, sending OK response to", event.pub.slice(0, 16) + "...", "for event", event.id.slice(0, 16) + "...")
         this.sendDebitResponse(debitRes, event)
     }
 
     sendDebitResponse = (debitRes: NdebitFailure | NdebitSuccess, event: { pub: string, id: string, appId: string }) => {
+        this.logger("📤 [DEBIT RESPONSE] Sending Kind 21002 response:", JSON.stringify(debitRes), "to", event.pub.slice(0, 16) + "...")
         const e = newNdebitResponse(JSON.stringify(debitRes), event)
         this.storage.NostrSender().Send({ type: 'app', appId: event.appId }, { type: 'event', event: e, encrypt: { toPub: event.pub } })
-
     }
 
     payNdebitInvoice = async (event: NostrEvent, pointerdata: NdebitData): Promise<HandleNdebitRes> => {
diff --git a/src/services/nostr/handler.ts b/src/services/nostr/handler.ts
index d1fa46ec..b9ecfe70 100644
--- a/src/services/nostr/handler.ts
+++ b/src/services/nostr/handler.ts
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ const handleNostrSettings = (settings: NostrSettings) => {
         send(event)
     })
 } */
-const sendToNostr: NostrSend = (initiator, data, relays) => {
+const sendToNostr: NostrSend = async (initiator, data, relays) => {
     if (!subProcessHandler) {
         getLogger({ component: "nostrMiddleware" })(ERROR, "nostr was not initialized")
         return
     }
-    subProcessHandler.Send(initiator, data, relays)
+    await subProcessHandler.Send(initiator, data, relays)
 }
 
 send({ type: 'ready' })
diff --git a/src/services/nostr/nostrPool.ts b/src/services/nostr/nostrPool.ts
index d41da382..d5e47d7f 100644
--- a/src/services/nostr/nostrPool.ts
+++ b/src/services/nostr/nostrPool.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export type SendDataContent = { type: "content", content: string, pub: string }
 export type SendDataEvent = { type: "event", event: UnsignedEvent, encrypt?: { toPub: string } }
 export type SendData = SendDataContent | SendDataEvent
 export type SendInitiator = { type: 'app', appId: string } | { type: 'client', clientId: string }
-export type NostrSend = (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => void
+export type NostrSend = (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => Promise<void>
 
 export type LinkedProviderInfo = { pubkey: string, clientId: string, relayUrl: string }
 export type AppInfo = { appId: string, publicKey: string, privateKey: string, name: string, provider?: LinkedProviderInfo }
@@ -203,21 +203,22 @@ export class NostrPool {
         const signed = finalizeEvent(event, Buffer.from(keys.privateKey, 'hex'))
         let sent = false
         const log = getLogger({ appName: keys.name })
-        // const r = relays ? relays : this.getServiceRelays()
+        this.log(`📤 Publishing Kind ${event.kind} event to ${relays.length} relay(s): ${relays.join(', ')}`)
         const pool = new SimplePool()
         await Promise.all(pool.publish(relays, signed).map(async p => {
             try {
                 await p
                 sent = true
             } catch (e: any) {
-                console.log(e)
+                this.log(ERROR, `Failed to publish Kind ${event.kind} event:`, e.message || e)
                 log(e)
             }
         }))
         if (!sent) {
+            this.log(ERROR, `Failed to send Kind ${event.kind} event to any relay`)
             log("failed to send event")
         } else {
-            //log("sent event")
+            this.log(`✅ Kind ${event.kind} event published successfully (id: ${signed.id.slice(0, 16)}...)`)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/nostr/sender.ts b/src/services/nostr/sender.ts
index 1fd336a5..8437b9af 100644
--- a/src/services/nostr/sender.ts
+++ b/src/services/nostr/sender.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NostrSend, SendData, SendInitiator } from "./nostrPool.js"
-import { getLogger } from "../helpers/logger.js"
+import { ERROR, getLogger } from "../helpers/logger.js"
 export class NostrSender {
-    private _nostrSend: NostrSend = () => { throw new Error('nostr send not initialized yet') }
+    private _nostrSend: NostrSend = async () => { throw new Error('nostr send not initialized yet') }
     private isReady: boolean = false
     private onReadyCallbacks: (() => void)[] = []
     private pendingSends: { initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined }[] = []
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ export class NostrSender {
         this.isReady = true
         this.onReadyCallbacks.forEach(cb => cb())
         this.onReadyCallbacks = []
-        this.pendingSends.forEach(send => this._nostrSend(send.initiator, send.data, send.relays))
+        // Process pending sends with proper error handling
+        this.pendingSends.forEach(send => {
+            this._nostrSend(send.initiator, send.data, send.relays).catch(e => {
+                this.log(ERROR, "failed to send pending event", e.message || e)
+            })
+        })
         this.pendingSends = []
     }
     OnReady(callback: () => void) {
@@ -22,13 +27,16 @@ export class NostrSender {
             this.onReadyCallbacks.push(callback)
         }
     }
-    Send(initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) {
+    Send(initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined): void {
         if (!this.isReady) {
             this.log("tried to send before nostr was ready, caching request")
             this.pendingSends.push({ initiator, data, relays })
             return
         }
-        this._nostrSend(initiator, data, relays)
+        // Fire and forget but log errors
+        this._nostrSend(initiator, data, relays).catch(e => {
+            this.log(ERROR, "failed to send event", e.message || e)
+        })
     }
     IsReady() {
         return this.isReady
diff --git a/src/services/storage/tlv/tlvFilesStorageProcessor.ts b/src/services/storage/tlv/tlvFilesStorageProcessor.ts
index 2b4189e4..caccb949 100644
--- a/src/services/storage/tlv/tlvFilesStorageProcessor.ts
+++ b/src/services/storage/tlv/tlvFilesStorageProcessor.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class TlvFilesStorageProcessor {
                     throw new Error('Unknown metric type: ' + t)
             }
         })
-        this.wrtc.attachNostrSend((initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => {
+        this.wrtc.attachNostrSend(async (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => {
             this.sendResponse({
                 success: true,
                 type: 'nostrSend',
diff --git a/src/services/webRTC/index.ts b/src/services/webRTC/index.ts
index 8ee8d884..a2cc90af 100644
--- a/src/services/webRTC/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/webRTC/index.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ export default class webRTC {
     attachNostrSend(f: NostrSend) {
         this._nostrSend = f
     }
-    private nostrSend: NostrSend = (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => {
+    private nostrSend: NostrSend = async (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => {
         if (!this._nostrSend) {
             throw new Error("No nostrSend attached")
         }
-        this._nostrSend(initiator, data, relays)
+        await this._nostrSend(initiator, data, relays)
     }
 
     private sendCandidate = (u: WebRtcUserInfo, candidate: string) => {