diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7105f48..6a91838 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fasthttp/websocket v1.5.7 // indirect
 	github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.8.2 // indirect
-	github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.8.2-0.20240912020201-6d827ac89ae6 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/httphead v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/pool v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/ws v1.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cff406a..f56b3ba 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.8.2 h1:nCa3UuJNV5Y5t+SDoPQe7PBmKJ6dhm9TQ/WyR4SC
 github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.8.2/go.mod h1:ck3RxufitHUBjID1RLcRxfX+NMywQzMsdfNpSt6m+9U=
 github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.8.0 h1:hofUi4qbSqkJiKD4rC9EyNdi9obzBvp3ykJOBxuu/h8=
 github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.8.0/go.mod h1:jRmqbbIbEH+y0unt3wMUBwqY/btVussqx5SmBoGhXtg=
+github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.8.1 h1:BWAZqwuT0272ZlyzPkuqAA0eGBOs5G3u0Dn1tlWrm6Q=
+github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.8.1/go.mod h1:jRmqbbIbEH+y0unt3wMUBwqY/btVussqx5SmBoGhXtg=
+github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.8.2-0.20240912020201-6d827ac89ae6 h1:Ad1Z2+CM0zbp405rcZDaaXMemLDKZkm/Z+f+RrjmXdU=
+github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.8.2-0.20240912020201-6d827ac89ae6/go.mod h1:jRmqbbIbEH+y0unt3wMUBwqY/btVussqx5SmBoGhXtg=
 github.com/gobwas/httphead v0.1.0 h1:exrUm0f4YX0L7EBwZHuCF4GDp8aJfVeBrlLQrs6NqWU=
 github.com/gobwas/httphead v0.1.0/go.mod h1:O/RXo79gxV8G+RqlR/otEwx4Q36zl9rqC5u12GKvMCM=
 github.com/gobwas/pool v0.2.1 h1:xfeeEhW7pwmX8nuLVlqbzVc7udMDrwetjEv+TZIz1og=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2a2ecec..4da0c7f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash"
 	"github.com/fiatjaf/khatru"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/khatru/policies"
 	"github.com/greatroar/blobloom"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	policies.ApplySaneDefaults(relay)
+
 	relay.StoreEvent = append(relay.StoreEvent, db.SaveEvent)
 	relay.QueryEvents = append(relay.QueryEvents, db.QueryEvents)
 	relay.DeleteEvent = append(relay.DeleteEvent, db.DeleteEvent)