diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/AccountSettings.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/AccountSettings.kt
index a2c42cc889..b7b8975d87 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/AccountSettings.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/AccountSettings.kt
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ val DefaultNIP65List =
         AdvertisedRelayInfo(Constants.bitcoiner, AdvertisedRelayType.BOTH),
     )
 
+val DefaultGlobalRelays = listOf(Constants.wine, Constants.news)
+
 val DefaultDMRelayList = listOf(Constants.auth, Constants.oxchat, Constants.nos)
 
 val DefaultSearchRelayList = setOf(Constants.wine, Constants.where, Constants.nostoday, Constants.antiprimal, Constants.ditto)
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Constants.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Constants.kt
index 417b4d7b87..7540808583 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Constants.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Constants.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ object Constants {
     val auth = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://auth.nostr1.com")
     val oxchat = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://relay.0xchat.com")
 
+    val news = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://news.utxo.one")
+
     val purplepages = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://purplepag.es")
     val coracle = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://indexer.coracle.social")
     val userkinds = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://user.kindpag.es")
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/AccountSessionManager.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/AccountSessionManager.kt
index 04ae6867e9..9441298cf4 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/AccountSessionManager.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/AccountSessionManager.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.Account
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.AccountSettings
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.DefaultChannels
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.DefaultDMRelayList
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.DefaultGlobalRelays
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.DefaultIndexerRelayList
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.DefaultNIP65List
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.DefaultNIP65RelaySet
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip19Bech32.toNpub
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip28PublicChat.list.ChannelListEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip49PrivKeyEnc.Nip49
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip50Search.SearchRelayListEvent
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip51Lists.relayLists.FavoriteRelayListEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip51Lists.relayLists.IndexerRelayListEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip65RelayList.AdvertisedRelayListEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.Hex
@@ -312,6 +314,7 @@ class AccountSessionManager(
             backupSearchRelayList = SearchRelayListEvent.create(DefaultSearchRelayList.toList(), tempSigner),
             backupIndexRelayList = IndexerRelayListEvent.create(DefaultIndexerRelayList.toList(), tempSigner),
             backupChannelList = ChannelListEvent.create(emptyList(), DefaultChannels, tempSigner),
+            backupFavoriteRelayList = FavoriteRelayListEvent.create(DefaultGlobalRelays, tempSigner),
         )
     }