diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c38d7ac..8ec1459 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE wgk TO wgk;
 ALTER DATABASE wgk OWNER TO wgk;
 EOF
 ```
+
+To build a release version, go to a tag and run:
+```
+go build -ldflags="-X main.Commit=$(git tag)"
+```
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 7c5f383..77c7f25 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ type (
 		MatrixIdentityServer   string
 		MatrixMsc3575Address   string
 		MatrixWellKnownAddress string
+		RelayName              string
+		RelayPubkey            string
+		RelayDescription       string
+		RelayIcon              string
+		RelayContact           string
 	}
 )
 
@@ -23,6 +28,11 @@ func GetConfig() Config {
 		MatrixIdentityServer:   getEnv("MATRIX_IDENTITY_SERVER", ""),
 		MatrixMsc3575Address:   getEnv("MATRIX_MSC3575_ADDRESS", ""),
 		MatrixWellKnownAddress: getEnv("MATRIX_WELL_KNOWN_ADDRESS", ""),
+		RelayName:              getEnv("RELAY_NAME", ""),
+		RelayPubkey:            getEnv("RELAY_PUBKEY", ""),
+		RelayDescription:       getEnv("RELAY_DESCRIPTION", ""),
+		RelayIcon:              getEnv("RELAY_ICON", ""),
+		RelayContact:           getEnv("RELAY_CONTACT", ""),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2edb670..159f4ab 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore/postgresql"
 )
 
+var (
+	Version string
+)
+
 func main() {
 	l := gologger.Get(config.GetConfig().LogLevel).With().Str("context", "main").Logger()
 	db, _ := db.NewDB()
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ func main() {
 		l.Panic().Msgf("unable to connect to relay db: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	relay := nostr.NewRelay()
+	relay := nostr.NewRelay(Version)
 
 	// matrix endpoints
 	l.Debug().Msg("enabling matrix well-known endpoints")
diff --git a/nostr/nostr.go b/nostr/nostr.go
index 6df21ca..edb1701 100644
--- a/nostr/nostr.go
+++ b/nostr/nostr.go
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ func GetNostrAddr(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return
 }
 
-func NewRelay() *khatru.Relay {
+func NewRelay(version string) *khatru.Relay {
 	// relay configuration
 	relay = khatru.NewRelay()
-	relay.Info.Name = "Devvul Nostr Relay"
-	relay.Info.PubKey = "ac7d66c7065e211b27759ffe2b333fde34e307cead79ce7c00f401d8fa6c08d1"
-	relay.Info.Description = "nostr relay for devvul users"
-	relay.Info.Icon = "https://pfp.nostr.build/ee442b3c54143099fb483b5e3a6e1e41144df5c7457313a30586a082baa1babc.png"
-	relay.Info.Version = "0.0.1"
-	relay.Info.Contact = "asara@devvul.com"
+	relay.Info.Name = config.GetConfig().RelayName
+	relay.Info.PubKey = config.GetConfig().RelayPubkey
+	relay.Info.Description = config.GetConfig().RelayDescription
+	relay.Info.Icon = config.GetConfig().RelayIcon
+	relay.Info.Contact = config.GetConfig().RelayContact
+	relay.Info.Version = version
 	relay.Info.Software = "https://git.devvul.com/asara/well-goknown"
 	// contact lists
 	relay.Info.SupportedNIPs = append(relay.Info.SupportedNIPs, 2)
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 5f0a635..dcbc1b6 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+export DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:password@127.0.0.1:5432/db?sslmode=disable"
 export LISTEN_ADDR=":8090"
 export LOG_LEVEL=0
-export MATRIX_WELL_KNOWN_ADDRESS=matrix.example.com
 export MATRIX_MSC3575_ADDRESS=https://matrix.example.com
-export DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:password@127.0.0.1:5432/db?sslmode=disable"
+export MATRIX_WELL_KNOWN_ADDRESS=matrix.example.com
+export RELAY_CONTACT="matrix:u/asara:devvul.com"
+export RELAY_DESCRIPTION="nostr relay running via git.devvul.com/asara/well-goknown"
+export RELAY_ICON=""
+export RELAY_NAME="Nostr Relay"
+export RELAY_PUBKEY=""