diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 8f9dd20..4c92819 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import { registerSubscription } from './worker/index.js'
 
 process.on('unhandledRejection', (error: Error) => {
   console.error('Unhandled rejection:', error.stack)
-  process.exit(1)
+  // Do not process.exit(1) — an async rejection from a library's internal
+  // timer (e.g. @welshman/net's batcher) would let an attacker crash the
+  // entire server with a single malformed request. Log and continue.
 })
 
 process.on('uncaughtException', (error: Error) => {
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', (error: Error) => {
   process.exit(1)
 })
 
+
 migrate().then(async () => {
   server.listen(PORT, () => {
     console.log('Running on port', PORT)
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index c7acb43..7cf5fdb 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { render } from './templates.js'
 import { confirmSubscriptionAction, unsubscribeAction, registerSubscription, ActionError } from './actions.js'
 import { getSubscriptionById, insertEvent, getSubscriptionByKey, getSubscriptionByPubkey } from './database.js'
 import { load } from '@welshman/net'
-import { getIdFilters } from '@welshman/util'
+import { getIdFilters, isRelayUrl } from '@welshman/util'
 import crypto from 'crypto'
 import { verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure'
 
@@ -263,6 +263,15 @@ addRoute('post', '/notify/:id', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     return res.status(400).json({ error: 'id and relay are required' })
   }
 
+  // Reject non-ws:// relay URLs. load() from @welshman/net throws
+  // Invalid relay url asynchronously inside a batcher timer, which
+  // escapes the route's try/catch and becomes an unhandledRejection
+  // that would crash the server. Validate early to avoid calling
+  // load() with an unsupported scheme.
+  if (!isRelayUrl(relay)) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid relay URL. Only wss:// or ws:// relays are supported.' })
+  }
+
   const sub = await getSubscriptionById(req.params.id)
 
   if (!sub) {
diff --git a/test/notify-non-wss-relay-crash.test.ts b/test/notify-non-wss-relay-crash.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6e87a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/notify-non-wss-relay-crash.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// POST /notify with non-wss relay URL crashes the server (remote DoS)
+//
+// Bug: When POST /notify/:id receives a relay URL with a non-wss scheme
+// (e.g. http://…), the handler calls `load()` from @welshman/net. Inside
+// `load`, the batcher schedules an async `_execute` via setTimeout(200ms).
+// When `getAdapter` throws `Invalid relay url`, the error escapes as an
+// unhandledPromiseRejection because the batcher's `_execute` async function
+// is called from setTimeout with no `.catch()`. The global
+// `process.on('unhandledRejection')` handler in `src/index.ts` then calls
+// `process.exit(1)`, killing the entire server.
+//
+// Fix applied (2 of 3 fixes):
+//   1. Validate relay scheme before calling load() — the route handler now
+//      checks isRelayUrl() and returns 400 for non-ws:// schemes.
+//   2. Don't process.exit(1) on unhandledRejection — log and continue
+//      (defence in depth for any other async edge-case).
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest'
+import * as db from '../src/database.js'
+import { server } from '../src/server.js'
+import { createServer, type Server } from 'http'
+
+// Partially mock @welshman/net so that `load()` returns an empty array,
+// preventing real relay connections during the test, while preserving all
+// other exports from the library.
+vi.mock('@welshman/net', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal()
+  return {
+    ...(actual as Record<string, unknown>),
+    load: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  }
+})
+
+describe('notify_non_wss_relay', () => {
+  let httpServer: Server
+  let baseUrl: string
+  let subId: string
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await db.migrate()
+
+    // Create and confirm a subscription we can use for the notify call
+    const pubkey = 'nws-test-pk-' + Date.now()
+    const email = 'nws-test-' + Date.now() + '@example.com'
+    const sub = await db.insertSubscription(pubkey, email, 'daily')
+    const confirmed = await db.confirmSubscription(sub.key)
+    subId = confirmed.id
+
+    // Start the express server on a random available port
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      httpServer = createServer(server)
+      httpServer.listen(0, () => {
+        const addr = httpServer.address()
+        if (addr && typeof addr === 'object') {
+          baseUrl = `http://localhost:${addr.port}`
+        }
+        resolve()
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    httpServer?.close()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects non-wss relay URL with 400 instead of crashing the server', async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/notify/${subId}`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        id: 'nonexistent-' + Date.now(),
+        relay: 'http://127.0.0.1:9',
+      }),
+    })
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400)
+
+    const body = await res.json()
+    expect(body).toHaveProperty('error')
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/Invalid relay/)
+  })
+})
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