diff --git a/pool.test.ts b/pool.test.ts
index 4b19e90..dc323af 100644
--- a/pool.test.ts
+++ b/pool.test.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ import { test, expect, afterAll } from 'bun:test'
 import { finalizeEvent, type Event } from './pure.ts'
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from './pure.ts'
 import { SimplePool } from './pool.ts'
+import { newMockRelay } from './test-helpers.ts'
 
 let pool = new SimplePool()
 
-let relays = ['wss://relay.damus.io/', 'wss://relay.nostr.bg/', 'wss://nos.lol', 'wss://public.relaying.io']
+let mockRelays = [newMockRelay(), newMockRelay(), newMockRelay(), newMockRelay()]
+let relays = mockRelays.map(mr => mr.url)
+let authors = mockRelays.flatMap(mr => mr.authors)
+let ids = mockRelays.flatMap(mr => mr.ids)
 
 afterAll(() => {
-  pool.close([...relays, 'wss://offchain.pub', 'wss://eden.nostr.land'])
+  pool.close(relays)
 })
 
 test('removing duplicates when subscribing', async () => {
@@ -80,8 +84,8 @@ test('query a bunch of events and cancel on eose', async () => {
   let events = new Set<string>()
   await new Promise<void>(resolve => {
     pool.subscribeManyEose(
-      [...relays, 'wss://relayable.org', 'wss://relay.noswhere.com', 'wss://nothing.com'],
-      [{ kinds: [0, 1], limit: 40 }],
+      [...relays, ...relays, 'wss://relayable.org', 'wss://relay.noswhere.com', 'wss://nothing.com'],
+      [{ kinds: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], limit: 40 }],
       {
         onevent(event) {
           events.add(event.id)
@@ -94,11 +98,14 @@ test('query a bunch of events and cancel on eose', async () => {
 })
 
 test('querySync()', async () => {
-  let events = await pool.querySync([...relays.slice(2), 'wss://offchain.pub', 'wss://eden.nostr.land'], {
-    authors: ['3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d'],
-    kinds: [1],
-    limit: 2,
-  })
+  let events = await pool.querySync(
+    [...relays.slice(0, 2), ...relays.slice(0, 2), 'wss://offchain.pub', 'wss://eden.nostr.land'],
+    {
+      authors: authors.slice(0, 2),
+      kinds: [1],
+      limit: 2,
+    },
+  )
 
   // the actual received number will be greater than 2, but there will be no duplicates
   expect(events.length).toBeGreaterThan(2)
@@ -108,9 +115,9 @@ test('querySync()', async () => {
 
 test('get()', async () => {
   let event = await pool.get(relays, {
-    ids: ['9fa1c618fcaad6357e074417b07ed132b083ed30e13113ebb10fcda7137442fe'],
+    ids: [ids[0]],
   })
 
   expect(event).not.toBeNull()
-  expect(event).toHaveProperty('id', '9fa1c618fcaad6357e074417b07ed132b083ed30e13113ebb10fcda7137442fe')
+  expect(event).toHaveProperty('id', ids[0])
 })
diff --git a/test-helpers.ts b/test-helpers.ts
index 0d79c84..580169c 100644
--- a/test-helpers.ts
+++ b/test-helpers.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,23 @@ export function buildEvent(params: Partial<Event>): Event {
 
 let serial = 0
 
-// the mock relay will always return 3 events before eose and then do ok with everything
-export function newMockRelay(): { url: string; authors: string[] } {
+// the mock relay will always return some events before eose and then be ok with everything
+export function newMockRelay(): { url: string; authors: string[]; ids: string[] } {
   serial++
   const url = `wss://mock.relay.url/${serial}`
   const relay = new Server(url)
   const secretKeys = [generateSecretKey(), generateSecretKey(), generateSecretKey(), generateSecretKey()]
+  const preloadedEvents = secretKeys.map(sk =>
+    finalizeEvent(
+      {
+        kind: 1,
+        content: '',
+        created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+        tags: [],
+      },
+      sk,
+    ),
+  )
 
   relay.on('connection', (conn: any) => {
     let subs: { [subId: string]: { conn: any; filters: Filter[] } } = {}
@@ -35,6 +46,11 @@ export function newMockRelay(): { url: string; authors: string[] } {
           let subId = data[1]
           let filters = data.slice(2)
           subs[subId] = { conn, filters }
+
+          preloadedEvents.forEach(event => {
+            conn.send(JSON.stringify(['EVENT', subId, event]))
+          })
+
           filters.forEach((filter: Filter) => {
             const kinds = filter.kinds?.length ? filter.kinds : [1]
             kinds.forEach(kind => {
@@ -75,5 +91,5 @@ export function newMockRelay(): { url: string; authors: string[] } {
     })
   })
 
-  return { url, authors: secretKeys.map(getPublicKey) }
+  return { url, authors: secretKeys.map(getPublicKey), ids: preloadedEvents.map(evt => evt.id) }
 }