diff --git a/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/apps.py b/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/apps.py
index d5ba10d4..7dc38441 100644
--- a/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/apps.py
+++ b/internal_filesystem/lib/mpos/apps.py
@@ -76,13 +76,9 @@ def execute_script_new_thread(scriptname, is_file, is_launcher, is_graphical):
             print("Starting camera with extra stack size!")
             stack=32*1024
         else:
-            print("\n\n\nWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA\n\n\n")
-            #stack=16*1024 # somehow, on desktop, this causes a segfault... but the code isn't executed even!!!
-            # [DEBUG 471155623] Connecting to wss://relay.damus.io
-            # [DEBUG 471155623] Using SSL with no certificate verification
-            stack=32*1024
+            stack=16*1024
         _thread.stack_size(stack)
-        print(f"app.py set stack size to {stack}")
+        print(f"app.py set stack size for script to {stack}")
         _thread.start_new_thread(execute_script, (scriptname, is_file, is_launcher, is_graphical))
     except Exception as e:
         print("main.py: execute_script_new_thread(): error starting new thread thread: ", e)
diff --git a/internal_filesystem/lib/websocket_nostr_receive.py b/internal_filesystem/lib/websocket_nostr_receive.py
index f2ac0c27..1cd9326d 100644
--- a/internal_filesystem/lib/websocket_nostr_receive.py
+++ b/internal_filesystem/lib/websocket_nostr_receive.py
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def printevents():
     time.sleep(3)
     #relay_manager.add_relay("wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net")
     print("relaymanager adding")
-    relay_manager.add_relay("wss://relay.damus.io")
+    #relay_manager.add_relay("wss://relay.damus.io")
+    relay_manager.add_relay("wss://relay.primal.net")
     time.sleep(3)
     print("relaymanager subscribing")
     relay_manager.add_subscription(subscription_id, filters)
@@ -82,9 +83,10 @@ def printevents():
 # 24KB is fine
 # somehow, if I run this in a thread, I get: can't create thread" at File "/lib/nostr/relay_manager.py", line 48, in open_connections
 # tried stack sizes from 18KB up to 32KB
-#_thread.stack_size(16*1024)
-#_thread.start_new_thread(printevents, ())
-printevents()
+# on unix/desktop, 24KB crashes, 26KB is fine
+_thread.stack_size(26*1024)
+_thread.start_new_thread(printevents, ())
+#printevents()
 
 
 #import gc
diff --git a/internal_filesystem/main.py b/internal_filesystem/main.py
index a27aa0da..54878e8b 100644
--- a/internal_filesystem/main.py
+++ b/internal_filesystem/main.py
@@ -15,17 +15,18 @@ except Exception as e:
 from mpos import apps
 apps.execute_script("builtin/system/button.py", True, False, False) # Install button handler through IRQ
 
+def dummy():
+    pass
+
 import sys
 if sys.platform == "esp32":
     apps.auto_connect()
 else:
-    pass
-    #import _thread
-    #import  time
+    # On unix/desktop, at least 24KB of stack size is needed in the REPL to make nostr work there
+    import _thread
+    _thread.stack_size(24*1024) # on unix/desktop, at least 24KB is needed for doing nostr connections from the REPL
+    _thread.start_new_thread(dummy, ()) # not just setting the stack_size but actually starting a thread to apply this globally
 
-#_thread.stack_size(32*1024)
-#time.sleep(1)
-apps.auto_connect()
 apps.restart_launcher()
 
 # If we got this far without crashing, then no need to rollback the update: