diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b81a215..a7bbb36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,10 +85,16 @@ Coordinators act as a mediator between digital signers and wallets.  The coordin
     ```
     ./start_coordinator.py
     ```
+Possible arguments:
+
+- `--show`: Show active relays via [nostr watch](https://nostr.watch/relays/find)
+- `--add`: Add new relays ex: ``` ./start_coordinator --add [relay1] [relay2] ...```
 
 ### Running a signer
 
-`./start_signer.py`
+``` 
+./start_signer.py
+```
 
 
 Possible arguments:
@@ -96,6 +102,8 @@ Possible arguments:
 - `--wallet_id`: The coordinator persists wallets by ID with some associated information. Default is none.
 - `--key_seed`: An optional seed to use when initializing the signer's keys. Not recommended for anything other than testing.
 - `--nonce_seed`: An optional seed to use when creating nonces. Not recommended for anything other than testing.
+- `--show`: Show active relays via [nostr watch](https://nostr.watch/relays/find)
+- `--add`: Add new relays ex: ``` ./start_signer -add [relay1] [relay2] ...```
 
 ### Completing an end-to-end test
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1f28e8e..08a8268 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ bip32
 nostr
 colorama
 python-bitcoinlib
+requests
+random
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diff --git a/src/coordinator/coordinator.py b/src/coordinator/coordinator.py
index 9c4a5c5..f4aacc7 100644
--- a/src/coordinator/coordinator.py
+++ b/src/coordinator/coordinator.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from colorama import Fore
 
-from src.utils.nostr_utils import add_relays, construct_and_publish_event, generate_nostr_message, init_relay_manager, read_nsec, read_public_keys
+from src.utils.nostr_utils import show_relays, add_relays, construct_and_publish_event, generate_nostr_message, init_relay_manager, read_nsec, read_public_keys
 from src.utils.payload import is_valid_json, is_valid_payload, PayloadKeys
 from src.coordinator.wallet import add_xpub, create_wallet, is_valid_command, get_address, save_nonce, start_spend, save_signature
 from src.coordinator.db import DB
@@ -37,13 +37,18 @@ def setup_logging():
     logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
     logging.info(Fore.GREEN + header)
 
-def run():
+def run(show, relays):
     setup_logging()
 
     # start up the db
     db = DB('src/coordinator/db.json')
 
-    relay_manager = add_relays()
+    if show:
+        print("----- ACTIVE RELAYS -----\n")
+        show_relays()
+        exit()
+
+    relay_manager = add_relays(relays)
     nostr_private_key, nostr_public_key = read_nsec('src/coordinator/nsec.txt')
 
     # get the public keys for the signers so we can subscribe to messages from them
diff --git a/src/signer/signer.py b/src/signer/signer.py
index d599a00..fdbc1d4 100644
--- a/src/signer/signer.py
+++ b/src/signer/signer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from colorama import Fore
 
 from src.signer.wallet import Wallet
-from src.utils.nostr_utils import generate_nostr_message, add_relays, construct_and_publish_event, init_relay_manager, read_nsec, read_public_keys
+from src.utils.nostr_utils import show_relays, generate_nostr_message, add_relays, construct_and_publish_event, init_relay_manager, read_nsec, read_public_keys
 from src.utils.payload import is_valid_json, is_valid_payload
 
 from enum import Enum
@@ -223,10 +223,16 @@ def setup_logging():
     logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
     logging.info(Fore.RED + header)
 
-def run_signer(wallet_id=None, key_pair_seed=None, nonce_seed=None):
+def run_signer(show, relays, wallet_id=None, key_pair_seed=None, nonce_seed=None):
+
     setup_logging()
 
-    relay_manager = add_relays()
+    if show:
+        print("----- ACTIVE RELAYS -----\n")
+        show_relays()
+        exit()
+
+    relay_manager = add_relays(relays)
     nostr_private_key, nostr_public_key = read_nsec('src/signer/nsec.txt')
 
     # get the public keys for the coordinator so we can subscribe to messages from them
diff --git a/src/utils/nostr_utils.py b/src/utils/nostr_utils.py
index 2de9690..fc60064 100644
--- a/src/utils/nostr_utils.py
+++ b/src/utils/nostr_utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import ssl
 import time
 import uuid
+import requests
+import sys
+import random
 
 from nostr.event import  Event, EventKind
 from nostr.filter import Filter, Filters
@@ -13,8 +16,26 @@
 from src.utils.payload import PayloadKeys
 
 NOSTR_RELAYS = ["wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net", "wss://relay.damus.io"]
+NOSTR_WATCH = "https://api.nostr.watch/v1/online"
+NEW_RELAYS = 20
+
+def show_relays():
+    try:
+        r = (requests.get(NOSTR_WATCH, {})).json()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"nostr_watch API error: {e}\nOption not available at the moment.")
+        exit()
+    new_relays = [x for x in r[:NEW_RELAYS] if 'damus' not in x and 'nostr-pub.wellorder' not in x]
+    new_relays_rows = [[new_relays[i+k] for i in range(4)] for k in range(0,len(new_relays)-4,4)]
+    col_width = max(len(word) for row in new_relays_rows for word in row) + 2
+    for row in new_relays_rows:
+        print("".join(word.ljust(col_width) for word in row))
+
+def add_relays(relays):
+    if relays is not None:
+        for r in relays:
+            NOSTR_RELAYS.append(r)
 
-def add_relays():
     relay_manager = RelayManager()
     [relay_manager.add_relay(relay) for relay in NOSTR_RELAYS]
 
@@ -77,7 +98,7 @@ def read_nsec(nsec_file_name):
             public_key = private_key.public_key.hex()
             logging.info("[nostr] My public key: %s", public_key)
             return private_key, public_key
-        except(error):
+        except Exception:
             logging.error("[nostr] Unexpected error reading nsec from %s", nsec_file_name)
             sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -87,7 +108,7 @@ def read_public_keys(file_name):
         try:
             lines = f.readlines()
             return [line.strip() for line in lines]
-        except(error):
+        except Exception:
             logging.error("[nostr] Unexpected error reading public keys from %s", file_name)
             sys.exit(1)
 
diff --git a/start_coordinator.py b/start_coordinator.py
index 317cee1..0bdc82a 100755
--- a/start_coordinator.py
+++ b/start_coordinator.py
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from src.coordinator.coordinator import run
 
-def main():
-    run()
+import argparse
+
+def main(show:bool, relays=None):
+    run(show, relays)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("-s", "--show", help="Display active relays", default=False, action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument("-a", "--add", help="Add new relays before running", default=None, nargs="+")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(args.show, args.add)
diff --git a/start_signer.py b/start_signer.py
index 20d75fc..fc8a9c8 100755
--- a/start_signer.py
+++ b/start_signer.py
@@ -5,16 +5,24 @@
 import argparse
 
 
-def main(wallet_id=None, key_pair_seed=None, nonce_seed=None):
-    run_signer(wallet_id=wallet_id, key_pair_seed=key_pair_seed, nonce_seed=nonce_seed)
+def main(show,relays, wallet_id=None, key_pair_seed=None, nonce_seed=None):
+    run_signer(show, relays, wallet_id=wallet_id, key_pair_seed=key_pair_seed, nonce_seed=nonce_seed)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--wallet_id", help="Wallet ID", default=None)
     parser.add_argument("--key_seed", help="Key seed")
     parser.add_argument("--nonce_seed", help="Nonce seed")
+    parser.add_argument("-s", "--show", help="Display active relays", default=False, action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument("-a", "--add", help="Add new relays before running", default=None, nargs="+")
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # Call the main function with the command line arguments
-    main(args.wallet_id, args.key_seed, args.nonce_seed)
-
+    main(
+        args.show,
+        args.add,
+        args.wallet_id,
+        args.key_seed,
+        args.nonce_seed
+         )
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