diff --git a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi.csproj b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi.csproj
index a202854..50a3acd 100644
--- a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
         <Product>Coinjoin</Product>
         <Description>Allows you to integrate your btcpayserver store with coinjoins.</Description>
-        <Version>1.0.80</Version>
+        <Version>1.0.81</Version>
 <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/Coordinator/WabisabiCoordinatorService.cs b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/Coordinator/WabisabiCoordinatorService.cs
index 3ba2bb7..e1eed77 100644
--- a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/Coordinator/WabisabiCoordinatorService.cs
+++ b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/Coordinator/WabisabiCoordinatorService.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using BTCPayServer.Services;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using NBitcoin;
@@ -22,14 +23,18 @@ using NBitcoin.Secp256k1;
 using NBXplorer;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using NNostr.Client;
+using NNostr.Client.Protocols;
 using WalletWasabi.Bases;
 using WalletWasabi.BitcoinCore.Rpc;
 using WalletWasabi.Cache;
 using WalletWasabi.Services;
+using WalletWasabi.Tor.Socks5.Pool.Circuits;
 using WalletWasabi.WabiSabi;
 using WalletWasabi.WabiSabi.Backend;
 using WalletWasabi.WabiSabi.Backend.Rounds.CoinJoinStorage;
 using WalletWasabi.WabiSabi.Backend.Statistics;
+using WalletWasabi.WabiSabi.Models;
+using WalletWasabi.WebClients.Wasabi;
 
 namespace WalletWasabi.Backend.Controllers;
 
@@ -267,6 +272,46 @@ public class WabisabiCoordinatorService : PeriodicRunner
             s.UriToAdvertise is not null)
         {
             var k = s.GetKey();
+            
+            if(s.UriToAdvertise.Scheme.StartsWith("http", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                //make sure the end is with plugins/wabisabi-coordinator/
+                var uri = new UriBuilder(s.UriToAdvertise);
+                
+                uri.Path = uri.Path.Replace("plugins/wabisabi-coordinator/", "").TrimEnd('/') + "/plugins/wabisabi-coordinator/";
+                
+            }
+            //verify the url
+            IWasabiHttpClientFactory factory = null;
+            if (s.UriToAdvertise.Scheme == "nostr" &&
+                     s.UriToAdvertise.Host.FromNIP19Note() is NIP19.NosteProfileNote nostrProfileNote)
+            {
+                 factory = new NostrWabisabiClientFactory(null, nostrProfileNote);
+                 
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                factory = new WasabiHttpClientFactory(null, () => s.UriToAdvertise);
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+
+                var handler = factory.NewWabiSabiApiRequestHandler(Mode.SingleCircuitPerLifetime);
+                var resp = await handler.GetStatusAsync(RoundStateRequest.Empty, cancel);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (factory is IHostedService hs)
+                {
+                    await hs.StopAsync(cancel);
+                }
+            }
+
+          
+            _logger.LogInformation("Publishing coordinator discovery event with url {0}", s.UriToAdvertise);
+            
+            
             await Nostr.Publish(s.NostrRelay,
                 new[]
                 {
diff --git a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/Nostr.cs b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/Nostr.cs
index 3070d5a..fd03b40 100644
--- a/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/Nostr.cs
+++ b/Plugins/BTCPayServer.Plugins.Wabisabi/Nostr.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class Nostr
         Socks5HttpClientHandler? httpClientHandler,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken )
     {
+        
         if (!evts.Any())
             return;
         var ct = CancellationTokenSource
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public class Nostr
             Content =  description??string.Empty,
             Tags = new List<NostrEventTag>()
             {
-                new() {TagIdentifier = EndpointTagIdentifier, Data = new List<string>() {new Uri(coordinatorUri, "plugins/wabisabi-coordinator/").ToString()}},
+                new() {TagIdentifier = EndpointTagIdentifier, Data = new List<string>() {coordinatorUri.ToString()}},
                 new() {TagIdentifier = TypeTagIdentifier, Data = new List<string>() { TypeTagValue}},
                 new() {TagIdentifier = NetworkTagIdentifier, Data = new List<string>() {currentNetwork.ChainName.ToString().ToLower()}}
             }