diff --git a/src/components/FeedRelaysIconRow/index.tsx b/src/components/FeedRelaysIconRow/index.tsx
index db29cdc8..f262e093 100644
--- a/src/components/FeedRelaysIconRow/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FeedRelaysIconRow/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import RelayIcon from '@/components/RelayIcon'
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
+import { toRelay } from '@/lib/link'
 import { simplifyUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
+import { useSmartRelayNavigation } from '@/PageManager'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
 export function FeedRelaysIconRow({
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ export function FeedRelaysIconRow({
   className?: string
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
+  const { navigateToRelay } = useSmartRelayNavigation()
   if (urls.length === 0) return null
 
   return (
@@ -19,15 +23,23 @@ export function FeedRelaysIconRow({
       role="group"
       aria-label={t('Feed relays', { defaultValue: 'Relays in this feed' })}
     >
-      {urls.map((url) => (
-        <span
-          key={url}
-          className="inline-flex h-7 w-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full"
-          title={simplifyUrl(url)}
-        >
-          <RelayIcon url={url} className="h-6 w-6" iconSize={12} />
-        </span>
-      ))}
+      {urls.map((url) => {
+        const label = simplifyUrl(url)
+        return (
+          <Button
+            key={url}
+            type="button"
+            variant="ghost"
+            size="sm"
+            className="h-7 w-7 min-h-7 min-w-7 shrink-0 rounded-full p-0 hover:bg-muted/80"
+            title={label}
+            aria-label={t('Open relay feed', { relay: label, defaultValue: `Open ${label} feed` })}
+            onClick={() => navigateToRelay(toRelay(url))}
+          >
+            <RelayIcon url={url} className="h-6 w-6" iconSize={12} />
+          </Button>
+        )
+      })}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 77653d97..14dc9463 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ export const BOOKSTR_RELAY_URLS = [
  */
 export const DOCUMENT_RELAY_URLS = [
   'wss://thecitadel.nostr1.com',
-  'wss://relay.wikifreedia.xyz'
+  'wss://relay.wikifreedia.xyz',
+  'wss://essayist.decentnewsroom.com'
 ] as const
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/services/client.service.ts b/src/services/client.service.ts
index 16ac9cc8..80fed986 100644
--- a/src/services/client.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client.service.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ import {
   getHttpRelayListFromEvent,
   getProfileFromEvent,
   getRelayListFromEvent,
-  getRelaySetFromEvent
+  getRelaySetFromEvent,
+  getRelayUrlFromRelayReviewEvent
 } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import { patchPoolRelayAuthRaceAndFeedback } from '@/lib/nostr-relay-auth-patch'
@@ -904,6 +905,22 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     )
   }
 
+  /** Kind 31987: always attempt the reviewed relay (`d` tag) first in the publish stack. */
+  private pinReviewedRelayForRelayReviewPublish(relays: string[], event: NEvent): string[] {
+    if (event.kind !== ExtendedKind.RELAY_REVIEW) return relays
+    const reviewedRelay = getRelayUrlFromRelayReviewEvent(event)
+    if (!reviewedRelay) return relays
+    const normalized = normalizeRelayUrlByScheme(reviewedRelay) || reviewedRelay.trim()
+    if (!normalized) return relays
+    const [pinned] = this.filterPublishingRelays([normalized], event)
+    if (!pinned) return relays
+    const pinnedKey = (normalizeRelayUrlByScheme(pinned) || pinned).toLowerCase()
+    return dedupeNormalizeRelayUrlsOrdered([
+      pinned,
+      ...relays.filter((url) => (normalizeRelayUrlByScheme(url) || url).toLowerCase() !== pinnedKey)
+    ])
+  }
+
   private relayListHasWriteUrls(relayList: TRelayList): boolean {
     return collectUserWriteOutboxUrls(relayList).length > 0
   }
@@ -1486,6 +1503,7 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     }
 
     relays = this.filterPublishingRelays(relays, event)
+    relays = this.pinReviewedRelayForRelayReviewPublish(relays, event)
 
     if (specifiedRelayUrls?.length) {
       const checkedCount = specifiedRelayUrls.length