diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 437b2f3..fb2162c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ for notice := range pool.Notices {
 ### Listening for events
 
 ```go
-subId, events := pool.Sub(nostr.Filters{
+subId, events, unsubscribe := pool.Sub(nostr.Filters{
 	{
 		Authors: []string{"0ded86bf80c76847320b16f22b7451c08169434837a51ad5fe3b178af6c35f5d"},
 		Kinds:   []int{nostr.KindTextNote}, // or {1}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ go func() {
 }()
 
 time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
-sub.Unsub()
+unsubscribe()
 ```
 
 ### Publishing an event
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ fmt.Println("pk:", nostr.GetPublicKey(sk))
 
 ```
 go run example/example.go
-```
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/example.go b/example/example.go
index 846bdfd..502d917 100644
--- a/example/example.go
+++ b/example/example.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // some nostr relay in the wild
-var relayURL = "wss://nostr-relay.wlvs.space"
+var relayURL = "wss://nostr.688.org"
 
 func main() {
 	// create key pair
@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ func main() {
 	pool.SecretKey = &secretKey
 
 	// add a nostr relay to our pool
-	err = pool.Add(relayURL, nostr.SimplePolicy{Read: true, Write: true})
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("error calling Add(): %s\n", err.Error())
-	}
+	errchan := pool.Add(relayURL, nostr.SimplePolicy{Read: true, Write: true})
+	go func() {
+		for err := range errchan {
+			fmt.Println(err.Error())
+		}
+	}()
 
 	// subscribe to relays in our pool, with filtering
-	sub := pool.Sub(nostr.Filters{
+	_, events, unsubscribe := pool.Sub(nostr.Filters{
 		{
 			Authors: []string{publicKey},
 			Kinds:   []int{nostr.KindTextNote},
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// listen for events from our subscriptions
 	go func() {
-		for event := range sub.UniqueEvents {
+		for event := range nostr.Unique(events) {
 			fmt.Printf("Received Event: %+v\n\n", event)
 		}
 	}()
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ func main() {
 	// after 20 seconds, unsubscribe from our pool and terminate program
 	time.Sleep(20 * time.Second)
 	fmt.Println("unsubscribing from nostr subscription")
-	sub.Unsub()
+	unsubscribe()
 }
 
 // handle events from out publish events
diff --git a/relaypool.go b/relaypool.go
index ddf557c..983e1c9 100644
--- a/relaypool.go
+++ b/relaypool.go
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ func (r *RelayPool) Remove(url string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *RelayPool) Sub(filters Filters) (string, chan EventMessage) {
+//Sub subscribes to events matching the passed filters and returns the subscription ID,
+//a channel which you should pass into Unique to get unique events, and a function which
+//you should call to clean up and close your subscription so that the relay doesn't block you.
+func (r *RelayPool) Sub(filters Filters) (subID string, events chan EventMessage, unsubscribe func()) {
 	random := make([]byte, 7)
 	rand.Read(random)
 	id := hex.EncodeToString(random)
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ func (r *RelayPool) Sub(filters Filters) (string, chan EventMessage) {
 	r.subscriptions.Store(id, filters)
 	eventStream := make(chan EventMessage)
 	r.eventStreams.Store(id, eventStream)
+	unsub := make(chan struct{})
 
 	r.Relays.Range(func(_ string, relay *Relay) bool {
 		sub := relay.prepareSubscription(id)
@@ -143,10 +147,17 @@ func (r *RelayPool) Sub(filters Filters) (string, chan EventMessage) {
 			}
 		}(sub)
 
+		go func() {
+			select {
+			case <-unsub:
+				sub.Unsub()
+			}
+		}()
+
 		return true
 	})
 
-	return id, eventStream
+	return id, eventStream, func() { close(unsub) }
 }
 
 func Unique(all chan EventMessage) chan Event {