diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d6ba5d..2d7aa4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,15 +125,34 @@ import 'websocket-polyfill'
 ```js
 import {pool} from 'nostr-tools'
 
-const p = pool()
+const pool = new SimplePool()
 
-["wss://relay.example.com", "wss://relay.example2.com"].forEach(async url => {
+let relays = ['wss://relay.example.com', 'wss://relay.example2.com']
+
+relays.forEach(async url => {
   let relay = pool.ensureRelay(url)
   await relay.connect()
-
-  relay.sub(...) // same as above
-  relay.publish(...) // etc
 })
+
+let relay = pool.ensureRelay('wss://relay.example3.com')
+
+let subs = pool.sub([...relays, relay], {
+  authors: ['32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245']
+})
+
+subs.forEach(sub =>
+  sub.on('event', event => {
+    // this will only be called once the first time the event is received
+    // ...
+  })
+)
+
+let pubs = pool.publish(newEvent)
+pubs.forEach(pub =>
+  pub.on('ok', () => {
+    // ...
+  })
+)
 ```
 
 ### Querying profile data from a NIP-05 address
diff --git a/pool.test.js b/pool.test.js
index 71fe3a8..28e0c05 100644
--- a/pool.test.js
+++ b/pool.test.js
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 require('websocket-polyfill')
 const {
-  pool,
+  SimplePool,
   generatePrivateKey,
   getPublicKey,
   getEventHash,
   signEvent
 } = require('./lib/nostr.cjs')
 
-let p = pool()
+let pool = new SimplePool()
 
 let relays = [
   'wss://nostr-dev.wellorder.net/',
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
   Promise.all(
     relays.map(relay => {
       try {
-        let r = p.ensureRelay(relay)
+        let r = pool.ensureRelay(relay)
         return r.connect()
       } catch (err) {
         /***/
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
 afterAll(async () => {
   relays.forEach(relay => {
     try {
-      let r = p.ensureRelay(relay)
+      let r = pool.ensureRelay(relay)
       r.close()
     } catch (err) {
       /***/
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ test('removing duplicates when querying', async () => {
   let priv = generatePrivateKey()
   let pub = getPublicKey(priv)
 
-  let subs = p.sub(relays, [
+  let subs = pool.sub(relays, [
     {
       authors: [pub]
     }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ test('removing duplicates when querying', async () => {
   event.id = getEventHash(event)
   event.sig = signEvent(event, priv)
 
-  p.publish(relays, event)
+  pool.publish(relays, event)
 
   await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1500))
 
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ test('removing duplicates correctly when double querying', async () => {
   let priv = generatePrivateKey()
   let pub = getPublicKey(priv)
 
-  let subs1 = p.sub(relays, [ { authors: [pub] } ])
-  let subs2 = p.sub(relays, [ { authors: [pub] } ])
+  let subs1 = pool.sub(relays, [{authors: [pub]}])
+  let subs2 = pool.sub(relays, [{authors: [pub]}])
 
   let received = []
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test('removing duplicates correctly when double querying', async () => {
   event.id = getEventHash(event)
   event.sig = signEvent(event, priv)
 
-  p.publish(relays, event)
+  pool.publish(relays, event)
 
   await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1500))
 
diff --git a/pool.ts b/pool.ts
index 5884306..c6e8668 100644
--- a/pool.ts
+++ b/pool.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ import {Filter} from './filter'
 import {Event} from './event'
 import {SubscriptionOptions, Sub, Pub} from './relay'
 
-export function pool(defaultRelays: string[] = []) {
-  return new SimplePool(defaultRelays)
-}
-
-class SimplePool {
+export class SimplePool {
   private _conn: {[url: string]: Relay}
 
-  constructor(defaultRelays: string[]) {
+  constructor(defaultRelays: string[] = []) {
     this._conn = {}
     defaultRelays.forEach(this.ensureRelay)
   }