diff --git a/src/components/RelayList.jsx b/src/components/RelayList.jsx
index 0d345e8..1842975 100644
--- a/src/components/RelayList.jsx
+++ b/src/components/RelayList.jsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const RelayList = ({ relays, onUpdate, onRemove }) => {
               checked={relay.read}
               onChange={(e) => onUpdate(index, 'read', e.target.checked)}
             />
-            Read
+            📨 Inbox (Read)
           </label>
           <label>
             <input
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const RelayList = ({ relays, onUpdate, onRemove }) => {
               checked={relay.write}
               onChange={(e) => onUpdate(index, 'write', e.target.checked)}
             />
-            Write
+            📤 Outbox (Write)
           </label>
           <button 
             onClick={() => onRemove(index)}
diff --git a/src/components/TemplateApplier.jsx b/src/components/TemplateApplier.jsx
index 00068d1..f082cb8 100644
--- a/src/components/TemplateApplier.jsx
+++ b/src/components/TemplateApplier.jsx
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ const TemplateApplier = ({ setConnectedPubkey }) => {
               <li key={index}>
                 <span className="relay-url">{relay.url}</span>
                 <span className="relay-permissions">
-                  {relay.read && relay.write ? '📖✍️' : 
-                   relay.read ? '📖' : 
-                   relay.write ? '✍️' : ''}
+                  {relay.read && relay.write ? '📨📤 (Inbox + Outbox)' : 
+                   relay.read ? '📨 (Inbox)' : 
+                   relay.write ? '📤 (Outbox)' : ''}
                 </span>
               </li>
             ))}
@@ -405,4 +405,4 @@ const TemplateApplier = ({ setConnectedPubkey }) => {
   );
 };
 
-export default TemplateApplier;
+export default TemplateApplier;
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diff --git a/src/hooks/useNostr.js b/src/hooks/useNostr.js
index 26dbe64..c13e802 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useNostr.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useNostr.js
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ const BLAST_RELAYS = [
   'wss://offchain.pub',
   'wss://sendit.nosflare.com',
   'wss://nostr.mom',
-  'wss://nos.lol'
+  'wss://nos.lol',
+  'wss://purplepag.es',
+  'wss://indexer.coracle.social',
+  'wss://user.kindpag.es',
+  'wss://directory.yabu.me',
+  'wss://profiles.nostr1.com'
 ];
 
 export const useNostr = () => {
@@ -224,8 +229,15 @@ export const useNostr = () => {
     }
     const tags = validRelays.map(relay => {
       const params = [];
-      if (!relay.read) params.push('read');
-      if (!relay.write) params.push('write');
+      // Read only
+      if (relay.read && !relay.write) {
+        params.push('read');
+      }
+      // Write only
+      else if (!relay.read && relay.write) {
+        params.push('write');
+      }
+      // If both are true or both are false → no tags (default behavior)
       return ['r', relay.url, ...params];
     });
     const userRelayUrls = validRelays.map(r => r.url);
@@ -279,4 +291,4 @@ export const useNostr = () => {
   };
 };
 
-export default useNostr;
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+export default useNostr;
diff --git a/src/utils/templates.js b/src/utils/templates.js
index 09c1e02..c1c68ee 100644
--- a/src/utils/templates.js
+++ b/src/utils/templates.js
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ export const validateTemplate = (template) => {
     }
 
     if (typeof relay.read !== 'boolean') {
-      throw new Error(`Relay ${index + 1} must specify read as boolean`);
+      throw new Error(`Relay ${index + 1} must specify read (inbox) as boolean`);
     }
 
     if (typeof relay.write !== 'boolean') {
-      throw new Error(`Relay ${index + 1} must specify write as boolean`);
+      throw new Error(`Relay ${index + 1} must specify write (outbox) as boolean`);
     }
   });
 
@@ -338,10 +338,13 @@ export const cloneTemplate = (template) => {
 
 /**
  * Convert template relays to kind 10002 tags format
+ * read = inbox, write = outbox
  */
 export const templateToKind10002Tags = (template) => {
   return template.relays.map(relay => {
     const params = [];
+    // If read is false, add 'read' tag (meaning "don't read from this relay")
+    // If write is false, add 'write' tag (meaning "don't write to this relay")
     if (!relay.read) params.push('read');
     if (!relay.write) params.push('write');
     return ['r', relay.url, ...params];
@@ -350,6 +353,9 @@ export const templateToKind10002Tags = (template) => {
 
 /**
  * Convert kind 10002 tags to template format
+ * - ['r', url] = read AND write (both inbox and outbox)
+ * - ['r', url, 'read'] = read ONLY (inbox only)
+ * - ['r', url, 'write'] = write ONLY (outbox only)
  */
 export const kind10002TagsToTemplate = (tags, name = 'Imported Relays') => {
   const relays = tags
@@ -357,10 +363,14 @@ export const kind10002TagsToTemplate = (tags, name = 'Imported Relays') => {
     .map(tag => {
       const url = tag[1];
       const params = tag.slice(2);
+      // If 'read' is in params, read is false (don't read from this relay)
+      // If 'write' is in params, write is false (don't write to this relay)
+      const read = !params.includes('read');
+      const write = !params.includes('write');
       return {
         url: url,
-        read: !params.includes('read'),
-        write: !params.includes('write')
+        read: read,
+        write: write
       };
     });
 
@@ -470,4 +480,4 @@ export default {
   getRecentTemplates,
   generateShareUrl,
   extractTemplateFromUrl
-};
+};
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