diff --git a/dist/query/simple.d.ts.map b/dist/query/simple.d.ts.map
index 13845d3..9a78f04 100644
--- a/dist/query/simple.d.ts.map
+++ b/dist/query/simple.d.ts.map
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diff --git a/dist/query/simple.js b/dist/query/simple.js
index 78f95c6..51c67a0 100644
--- a/dist/query/simple.js
+++ b/dist/query/simple.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import b4a from "b4a";
-import { hashQuery, isPromise, setupStream, validateTimestampedResponse, } from "../util.js";
+import { hashQuery, isPromise, maybeGetAsyncProperty, setupStream, validateTimestampedResponse, } from "../util.js";
 import { ERR_INVALID_SIGNATURE } from "../error.js";
 import RpcQueryBase from "./base.js";
 export default class SimpleRpcQuery extends RpcQueryBase {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default class SimpleRpcQuery extends RpcQueryBase {
     async queryRelay() {
         let socket = this._relay;
         if (socket) {
-            if (socket === "string") {
+            if (typeof socket === "string") {
                 try {
                     const relay = this._network.getRelay(socket);
                     if (this._network.getRelay(socket)) {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default class SimpleRpcQuery extends RpcQueryBase {
                 }
                 catch { }
             }
-            if (socket === "string") {
+            if (typeof socket === "string") {
                 try {
                     socket = this._network.swarm.connect(b4a.from(this._relay, "hex"));
                     if (isPromise(socket)) {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export default class SimpleRpcQuery extends RpcQueryBase {
             response = { error: this._error };
         }
         if (!response.error &&
-            !validateTimestampedResponse(b4a.from(this._relay.remotePublicKey, "hex"), response)) {
+            !validateTimestampedResponse(b4a.from(await maybeGetAsyncProperty(this._relay.remotePublicKey), "hex"), response)) {
             response = { error: ERR_INVALID_SIGNATURE };
         }
         this.resolve(response);