diff --git a/e2e/src/tests/http.rs b/e2e/src/tests/http.rs
index e47d5d4..22907d7 100644
--- a/e2e/src/tests/http.rs
+++ b/e2e/src/tests/http.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async fn http_get_icann() {
     let client = testnet.pubky_client_builder().build().unwrap();
 
     let response = client
-        .request(Method::GET, "https://example.com/")
+        .request(Method::GET, "https://google.com/")
         .send()
         .await
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/pubky-client/pkg/test/http.js b/pubky-client/pkg/test/http.js
index 2119bca..da088cd 100644
--- a/pubky-client/pkg/test/http.js
+++ b/pubky-client/pkg/test/http.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test("basic fetch", async (t) => {
 
   // Normal TLD
   {
-    let response = await client.fetch(`https://relay.pkarr.org/`);
+    let response = await client.fetch(`https://google.com/`);
 
     t.equal(response.status, 200);
   }
diff --git a/pubky-client/src/native.rs b/pubky-client/src/native.rs
index 79bf52a..b8cfe97 100644
--- a/pubky-client/src/native.rs
+++ b/pubky-client/src/native.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 static DEFAULT_USER_AGENT: &str = concat!("pubky.org", "@", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),);
 
+static DEFAULT_RELAYS: &[&str] = &["https://pkarr.pubky.org/", "https://pkarr.pubky.app/"];
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! handle_http_error {
     ($res:expr) => {
@@ -168,7 +170,9 @@ pub struct Client {
 impl Client {
     /// Returns a builder to edit settings before creating [Client].
     pub fn builder() -> ClientBuilder {
-        ClientBuilder::default()
+        let mut builder = ClientBuilder::default();
+        builder.pkarr(|pkarr| pkarr.relays(DEFAULT_RELAYS).expect("infallible"));
+        builder
     }
 
     // === Getters ===
@@ -178,3 +182,15 @@ impl Client {
         &self.pkarr
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch() {
+        let client = Client::builder().build().unwrap();
+        let response = client.get("https://google.com/").send().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), 200);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pubky-homeserver/config.sample.toml b/pubky-homeserver/config.sample.toml
index 9e4d4a5..e97bbdb 100644
--- a/pubky-homeserver/config.sample.toml
+++ b/pubky-homeserver/config.sample.toml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dht_bootstrap_nodes = [
 # Relay node urls for the DHT.
 # Improves the availability of pkarr packets.
 # If not set and no bootstrap nodes are set, the default pkarr relay nodes will be used.
-dht_relay_nodes = ["https://relay.pkarr.org", "https://pkarr.pubky.org"]
+dht_relay_nodes = ["https://pkarr.pubky.app", "https://pkarr.pubky.org"]
 
 # Default UDP request timeout for the DHT
 dht_request_timeout_ms = 2000
diff --git a/pubky-homeserver/src/data_directory/config.default.toml b/pubky-homeserver/src/data_directory/config.default.toml
index 23f2cc8..e277241 100644
--- a/pubky-homeserver/src/data_directory/config.default.toml
+++ b/pubky-homeserver/src/data_directory/config.default.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ admin_password = "admin"
 public_ip = "127.0.0.1"
 icann_domain = "localhost"
 user_keys_republisher_interval = 14400 # 4 hours in seconds
+dht_relay_nodes = ["https://pkarr.pubky.app", "https://pkarr.pubky.org"]
+
+
 # The following params exist, but the default value is None. 
 # See ./sample.config.toml for usage
 # public_icann_http_port =
 # dht_bootstrap_nodes =
-# dht_relay_nodes =
 # dht_request_timeout_ms =
diff --git a/pubky-homeserver/src/data_directory/config_toml.rs b/pubky-homeserver/src/data_directory/config_toml.rs
index 9d8a479..3949551 100644
--- a/pubky-homeserver/src/data_directory/config_toml.rs
+++ b/pubky-homeserver/src/data_directory/config_toml.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ impl ConfigToml {
         config.admin.listen_socket = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 0));
         config.pkdns.icann_domain =
             Some(Domain::from_str("localhost").expect("localhost is a valid domain"));
+        config.pkdns.dht_relay_nodes = None;
         config
     }
 }
@@ -214,7 +215,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(c.pkdns.public_icann_http_port, None);
         assert_eq!(c.pkdns.user_keys_republisher_interval, 14400);
         assert_eq!(c.pkdns.dht_bootstrap_nodes, None);
-        assert_eq!(c.pkdns.dht_relay_nodes, None);
         assert_eq!(c.pkdns.dht_request_timeout_ms, None);
         assert_eq!(c.drive.rate_limits, vec![]);
     }