diff --git a/khatru/examples/readme-demo/main.go b/khatru/examples/readme-demo/main.go
index 8cd9fb2..27f7e59 100644
--- a/khatru/examples/readme-demo/main.go
+++ b/khatru/examples/readme-demo/main.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ func main() {
 	relay := khatru.NewRelay()
 
 	// set up some basic properties (will be returned on the NIP-11 endpoint)
+	pk := nostr.MustPubKeyFromHex("79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798")
+
 	relay.Info.Name = "my relay"
-	relay.Info.PubKey = nostr.MustPubKeyFromHex("79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798")
+	relay.Info.PubKey = &pk
 	relay.Info.Description = "this is my custom relay"
 	relay.Info.Icon = "https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fliquipedia.net%2Fcommons%2Fimages%2F3%2F35%2FSCProbe.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0cbbfef25bce41da63d910e86c3c343e6c3b9d63194ca9755351bb7c2efa3359&ipo=images"
 
diff --git a/nip11/types.go b/nip11/types.go
index a475c63..4c81885 100644
--- a/nip11/types.go
+++ b/nip11/types.go
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import (
 type RelayInformationDocument struct {
 	URL string `json:"-"`
 
-	Name          string       `json:"name,omitempty"`
-	Description   string       `json:"description,omitempty"`
-	PubKey        nostr.PubKey `json:"pubkey,omitempty"`
-	Contact       string       `json:"contact,omitempty"`
-	SupportedNIPs []any        `json:"supported_nips,omitempty"`
-	Software      string       `json:"software,omitempty"`
-	Version       string       `json:"version,omitempty"`
+	Name          string        `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Description   string        `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	PubKey        *nostr.PubKey `json:"pubkey,omitempty"`
+	Contact       string        `json:"contact,omitempty"`
+	SupportedNIPs []any         `json:"supported_nips,omitempty"`
+	Software      string        `json:"software,omitempty"`
+	Version       string        `json:"version,omitempty"`
 
 	Limitation     *RelayLimitationDocument  `json:"limitation,omitempty"`
 	RelayCountries []string                  `json:"relay_countries,omitempty"`