diff --git a/components/use-crossposter.js b/components/use-crossposter.js
index a8cde02bd..e4ee529d4 100644
--- a/components/use-crossposter.js
+++ b/components/use-crossposter.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { useToast } from './toast'
 import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import Nostr, { DEFAULT_CROSSPOSTING_RELAYS } from '@/lib/nostr'
-import { callWithTimeout } from '@/lib/time'
 import { gql, useMutation, useQuery, useLazyQuery } from '@apollo/client'
 import { SETTINGS } from '@/fragments/users'
 import { ITEM_FULL_FIELDS, POLL_FIELDS } from '@/fragments/items'
@@ -239,13 +238,6 @@ export default function useCrossposter () {
   }
 
   const handleCrosspost = useCallback(async (itemId) => {
-    try {
-      const pubkey = await callWithTimeout(() => window.nostr.getPublicKey(), 10000)
-      if (!pubkey) throw new Error('failed to get pubkey')
-    } catch (e) {
-      throw new Error(`Nostr extension error: ${e.message}`)
-    }
-
     let noteId
 
     try {
diff --git a/lib/nostr.js b/lib/nostr.js
index 1b7d22a93..a60dca4df 100644
--- a/lib/nostr.js
+++ b/lib/nostr.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { bech32 } from 'bech32'
 import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
-import createDebug from 'debug'
 import NDK, { NDKEvent, NDKRelaySet, NDKPrivateKeySigner, NDKNip07Signer } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 
 export const NOSTR_PUBKEY_HEX = /^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$/
@@ -33,9 +32,9 @@ export class Nostr {
    * @type {NDK}
    */
   ndk = null
-  signer = null
+  defaultSigner = null
 
-  constructor ({ privKey, signer, relays, ...ndkOptions } = {}) {
+  constructor ({ privKey, defaultSigner, relays, supportNip07 = true, ...ndkOptions } = {}) {
     this.ndk = new NDK({
       explicitRelayUrls: relays,
       blacklistRelayUrls: RELAYS_BLACKLIST,
@@ -44,42 +43,15 @@ export class Nostr {
       clientName: 'stacker.news',
       ...ndkOptions
     })
-    this.signer = signer ?? (privKey ? new NDKPrivateKeySigner(privKey) : null)
+    this.defaultSigner = defaultSigner ?? (privKey ? new NDKPrivateKeySigner(privKey) : null) ?? (supportNip07 && typeof window !== 'undefined' && window?.nostr ? new NDKNip07Signer() : null)
   }
 
   /**
    * @param {string} nwcUrl
-   * @param {Object} context
-   * @param {Object} context.logger
    * @returns {Promise<NDKNwc>}
    */
-  async nwc (nwcUrl, { logger } = {}) {
-    const nwc = await this.ndk.nwc(nwcUrl)
-    if (logger) {
-      // inject the wallet logger
-      createDebug.enable('nwc')
-      // This is to remove the formatter for the nwc namespace
-      //
-      // I couldn't find a better way to do this, basically it is
-      // just to remove the colors from the logs.
-      // Regexes would work fine on nodejs, but the formatting for the
-      // the browser console is more complex
-      const formatArgs = createDebug.formatArgs
-      createDebug.formatArgs = (...args) => {
-        if (debug.namespace !== 'nwc') formatArgs(...args)
-      }
-
-      const debug = createDebug('nwc')
-      debug.log = (...args) => {
-        logger.info(args.map(a => {
-          if (typeof a === 'object' || Array.isArray(a)) return JSON.stringify(a)
-          return a.toString()
-        }).join(' '))
-      }
-      debug.log(`Starting with wallet service ${nwcUrl}. Debug is ${debug.enabled ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}`)
-      nwc.debug = debug
-    }
-    return nwc
+  async nwc (nwcUrl) {
+    return await this.ndk.nwc(nwcUrl)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -94,21 +66,20 @@ export class Nostr {
    * @returns {Promise<NDKEvent>}
    */
   /* eslint-disable camelcase */
-  async sign ({ kind, created_at, content, tags }, { privKey, signer, signWithExtension } = {}) {
+  async sign ({ kind, created_at, content, tags }, { privKey, signer } = {}) {
     const event = new NDKEvent(this.ndk)
     event.kind = kind
     event.created_at = created_at
     event.content = content
     event.tags = tags
 
-    signer = signer ?? (privKey ? new NDKPrivateKeySigner(privKey) : this.signer) ?? (signWithExtension ? new NDKNip07Signer() : null)
+    signer = signer ?? (privKey ? new NDKPrivateKeySigner(privKey) : this.defaultSigner)
     if (!signer) throw new Error('no way to sign this event, please provide a signer or private key')
     await event.sign(signer)
     return event
   }
 
   /**
-   *
    * @param {Object} rawEvent
    * @param {number} rawEvent.kind
    * @param {number} rawEvent.created_at
@@ -118,11 +89,12 @@ export class Nostr {
    * @param {Array<string>} context.relays
    * @param {string} context.privKey
    * @param {NDKSigner} context.signer
+   * @param {number} context.timeout
    * @returns {Promise<NDKEvent>}
    */
   /* eslint-disable camelcase */
-  async publish ({ created_at, content, tags = [], kind }, { relays, privKey, signer, timeout, signWithExtension } = {}) {
-    const event = await this.sign({ kind, created_at, content, tags }, { privKey, signer, signWithExtension })
+  async publish ({ created_at, content, tags = [], kind }, { relays, privKey, signer, timeout } = {}) {
+    const event = await this.sign({ kind, created_at, content, tags }, { privKey, signer })
 
     const successfulRelays = []
     const failedRelays = []
@@ -147,7 +119,7 @@ export class Nostr {
   /* eslint-disable camelcase */
   async crosspost ({ created_at, content, tags = [], kind }, { relays = DEFAULT_CROSSPOSTING_RELAYS, privKey, signer, timeout } = {}) {
     try {
-      const { event: signedEvent, successfulRelays, failedRelays } = await this.publish({ created_at, content, tags, kind }, { relays, privKey, signer, timeout, signWithExtension: true })
+      const { event: signedEvent, successfulRelays, failedRelays } = await this.publish({ created_at, content, tags, kind }, { relays, privKey, signer, timeout })
 
       let noteId = null
       if (signedEvent.kind !== 1) {
diff --git a/wallets/nwc/client.js b/wallets/nwc/client.js
index 511b0fc80..0794a7581 100644
--- a/wallets/nwc/client.js
+++ b/wallets/nwc/client.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function testSendPayment ({ nwcUrl }, { logger }) {
 }
 
 export async function sendPayment (bolt11, { nwcUrl }, { logger }) {
-  const nwc = await Nostr.nwc(nwcUrl, { logger })
+  const nwc = await Nostr.nwc(nwcUrl)
   const { error, result } = await nwc.payInvoice(bolt11)
   if (error) throw new Error(error.code + ' ' + error.message)
   return result.preimage
diff --git a/wallets/nwc/index.js b/wallets/nwc/index.js
index a18b1339e..3620571fb 100644
--- a/wallets/nwc/index.js
+++ b/wallets/nwc/index.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const card = {
 }
 
 export async function supportedMethods (nwcUrl, { logger, timeout } = {}) {
-  const nwc = await Nostr.nwc(nwcUrl, { logger })
+  const nwc = await Nostr.nwc(nwcUrl)
   const { error, result } = await nwc.getInfo()
   if (error) throw new Error(error.code + ' ' + error.message)
   return result.methods
diff --git a/wallets/nwc/server.js b/wallets/nwc/server.js
index 5e187ac82..a221e5e0a 100644
--- a/wallets/nwc/server.js
+++ b/wallets/nwc/server.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function testCreateInvoice ({ nwcUrlRecv }, { logger }) {
 export async function createInvoice (
   { msats, description, expiry },
   { nwcUrlRecv }, { logger }) {
-  const nwc = await Nostr.nwc(nwcUrlRecv, { logger })
+  const nwc = await Nostr.nwc(nwcUrlRecv)
   const { error, result } = await nwc.sendReq('make_invoice', { amount: msats, description, expiry })
   if (error) throw new Error(error.code + ' ' + error.message)
   return result.invoice