diff --git a/app/static/examples/blacklist.example.yml b/app/static/examples/blacklist.example.yml
index 9cb9172..ac0eebf 100644
--- a/app/static/examples/blacklist.example.yml
+++ b/app/static/examples/blacklist.example.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ permanent_blacklist_pubkeys:
   - db0c9b8acd6101adb9b281c5321f98f6eebb33c5719d230ed1870997538a9765
 permanent_blacklist_npubs:
   - npub1x0r5gflnk2mn6h3c70nvnywpy2j46gzqwg6k7uw6fxswyz0md9qqnhshtn
-mute_list_event_ids:
-# - 76be64157af3e00cf50fae5fda63170cd4636065adf34960a4bec84a2022610b
+mutelist_authors:
+  - 3fe0ab6cbdb7ee27148202249e3fb3b89423c6f6cda6ef43ea5057c3d93088e4
 # mutelist Event MUST be stored in this relay for it to be retrieved.
diff --git a/config/Blacklist.go b/config/Blacklist.go
index faafc9b..b4320a7 100644
--- a/config/Blacklist.go
+++ b/config/Blacklist.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func saveBlacklistConfig(blacklistConfig types.BlacklistConfig) error {
 }
 
 // FetchPubkeysFromLocalMuteList sends a REQ to the local relay for mute list events.
-func FetchPubkeysFromLocalMuteList(localRelayURL string, muteListEventIDs []string) ([]string, error) {
+func FetchPubkeysFromLocalMuteList(localRelayURL string, muteListAuthors []string) ([]string, error) {
     var wg sync.WaitGroup
     var mu sync.Mutex
     var allPubkeys []string
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func FetchPubkeysFromLocalMuteList(localRelayURL string, muteListEventIDs []stri
 
         // Create the REQ message to fetch the mute list events by IDs.
         req := []interface{}{"REQ", subscriptionID, map[string]interface{}{
-            "ids": muteListEventIDs,
+            "authors": muteListAuthors,
             "kinds": []int{10000}, // Mute list events kind.
         }}
 
diff --git a/config/types/blacklistConfig.go b/config/types/blacklistConfig.go
index 1e7f849..fb7dc4a 100644
--- a/config/types/blacklistConfig.go
+++ b/config/types/blacklistConfig.go
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ type BlacklistConfig struct {
 	TempBanDuration           int      `yaml:"temp_ban_duration"`
 	PermanentBlacklistPubkeys []string `yaml:"permanent_blacklist_pubkeys"`
 	PermanentBlacklistNpubs   []string `yaml:"permanent_blacklist_npubs"`
-	MuteListEventIDs          []string `yaml:"mute_list_event_ids"`
+	MuteListAuthors           []string `yaml:"mutelist_authors"`
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/handlers/event.go b/server/handlers/event.go
index 7485816..cbbe1a0 100644
--- a/server/handlers/event.go
+++ b/server/handlers/event.go
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ if blacklistCfg == nil {
 }
 
 // Only proceed if there are mutelist event IDs specified
-if len(blacklistCfg.MuteListEventIDs) > 0 {
+if len(blacklistCfg.MuteListAuthors) > 0 {
     localRelayURL := fmt.Sprintf("ws://localhost%s", cfg.Server.Port)
-    mutelistedPubkeys, err := config.FetchPubkeysFromLocalMuteList(localRelayURL, blacklistCfg.MuteListEventIDs)
+    mutelistedPubkeys, err := config.FetchPubkeysFromLocalMuteList(localRelayURL, blacklistCfg.MuteListAuthors)
     if err != nil {
         fmt.Println("Error fetching pubkeys from mutelist:", err)
         response.SendNotice(ws, "", "Error fetching pubkeys from mutelist")