# Apple Private Relay on pihole

if your Apple device has a DNS issue, but the DNS queries are not showing in the pihole logs you should see something along the lines of `mask.icloud.com` and `mask-h2.icloud.com` being blocked as Blocked (Special Domain) nxdomain. This appears to be a problem with Apple Private Relay, which can happen even when this is disabled. Below are the steps to resolve the issue.

Open the pihole server and edit `/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf` in a text editor of your choice

add the line `BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR=false`

Save the file and reboot the hardware

After reboot Apple device DNS queries should begin to show properly in the pihole, and the PR `mask.icloud.com` and `mask-h2.icloud.com` domains should no longer be visible.