diff --git a/abstract-pool.ts b/abstract-pool.ts
index 90aa9c6..9a78570 100644
--- a/abstract-pool.ts
+++ b/abstract-pool.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ import { Relay } from './relay.ts'
 export type SubCloser = { close: (reason?: string) => void }
 
 export type AbstractPoolConstructorOptions = AbstractRelayConstructorOptions & {
-  // automaticallyAuth takes a relay URL and should return null
-  // in case that relay shouldn't be authenticated against
+  // automaticallyAuth takes a relay URL and should return null in case that relay shouldn't be authenticated against
   // or a function to sign the AUTH event template otherwise (that function may still throw in case of failure)
   automaticallyAuth?: (relayURL: string) => null | ((event: EventTemplate) => Promise<VerifiedEvent>)
   // onRelayConnectionFailure is called with the URL of a relay that failed the initial connection
@@ -269,10 +268,13 @@ export class AbstractSimplePool {
     filter: Filter,
     params: Pick<SubscribeManyParams, 'label' | 'id' | 'onevent' | 'onclose' | 'maxWait' | 'onauth'>,
   ): SubCloser {
-    const subcloser = this.subscribe(relays, filter, {
+    let subcloser: SubCloser
+    subcloser = this.subscribe(relays, filter, {
       ...params,
       oneose() {
-        subcloser.close('closed automatically on eose')
+        const reason = 'closed automatically on eose'
+        if (subcloser) subcloser.close(reason)
+        else params.onclose?.(relays.map(_ => reason))
       },
     })
     return subcloser
diff --git a/jsr.json b/jsr.json
index 23010cb..edd6dcb 100644
--- a/jsr.json
+++ b/jsr.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nostr/tools",
-  "version": "2.23.0",
+  "version": "2.23.1",
   "exports": {
     ".": "./index.ts",
     "./core": "./core.ts",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 123e199..77aad1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "type": "module",
   "name": "nostr-tools",
-  "version": "2.23.0",
+  "version": "2.23.1",
   "description": "Tools for making a Nostr client.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",