diff --git a/src/daemon/backend/index.ts b/src/daemon/backend/index.ts
index 861f10f..7661a09 100644
--- a/src/daemon/backend/index.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/backend/index.ts
@@ -22,43 +22,6 @@ export class Backend extends NDKNip46Backend {
         // this.setStrategy('publish_event', new PublishEventHandlingStrategy());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Override NDKNip46Backend.start() to await the kind-24133
-     * subscription's EOSE before resolving. The base implementation
-     * calls `this.ndk.subscribe(...)` and returns immediately — the
-     * NDKSubscription queues a REQ on the relay connection but the
-     * relay's acknowledgement (EOSE) hasn't arrived yet. Any caller
-     * that publishes a NIP-46 event in the immediate window after
-     * `start()` returns races against the relay registering this
-     * subscription.
-     *
-     * aiolabs/lnbits#33's eager-bind chain publishes a NIP-46
-     * `connect` event in the same HTTP round-trip as `create_new_key`,
-     * which loses this race deterministically — the bunker never
-     * sees the connect event because its subscription wasn't yet
-     * registered with the relay when the event was broadcast.
-     *
-     * Awaiting EOSE closes the race: by the time `start()` resolves,
-     * the relay has confirmed it has the bunker's subscription on
-     * file and will route matching kind-24133 events to it.
-     *
-     * See aiolabs/nsecbunkerd#9 for the full diagnosis.
-     */
-    async start(): Promise<void> {
-        this.localUser = await this.signer.user();
-        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-            const sub = this.ndk.subscribe(
-                {
-                    kinds: [24133],
-                    "#p": [this.localUser!.pubkey],
-                },
-                { closeOnEose: false }
-            );
-            sub.on("event", (e: any) => this.handleIncomingEvent(e));
-            sub.on("eose", () => resolve());
-        });
-    }
-
     private async validateToken(token: string) {
         if (!token) throw new Error("Invalid token");
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/run.ts b/src/daemon/run.ts
index 89eda0a..6637986 100644
--- a/src/daemon/run.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/run.ts
@@ -257,14 +257,14 @@ class Daemon {
         const nsec = decryptNsec(iv, data, passphrase);
         this.activeKeys[keyName] = nsec;
 
-        await this.startKey(keyName, nsec);
+        this.startKey(keyName, nsec);
 
         return true;
     }
 
-    async loadNsec(keyName: string, nsec: string) {
+    loadNsec(keyName: string, nsec: string) {
         this.activeKeys[keyName] = nsec;
 
-        await this.startKey(keyName, nsec);
+        this.startKey(keyName, nsec);
     }
 }
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