diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/LLM.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/LLM.java
index 6487711668..d6cc21b57a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/LLM.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/LLM.java
@@ -93,77 +93,64 @@ public void clearInputs() {
 
   public String createChatCompletionPayload(String model, String systemContent, String userContent, int n, float temperature, int maxTokens) {
     try {
-      // Create the map to hold the request parameters
-      LinkedHashMap<String, Object> requestPayload = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-
-      // Add model to the map
-      requestPayload.put("model", model);
-
-      // Create the messages array
-      LinkedHashMap<String, Object> systemMessage = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-      systemMessage.put("role", "system");
-
-      // Get the current date
-      LocalDate currentDate = LocalDate.now();
-      // Get the current time
-      LocalTime currentTime = LocalTime.now();
-      // Get the current date and time
-      LocalDateTime currentDateTime = LocalDateTime.now();
-
-      // Format the date as a string
-      DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
-      String dateString = currentDate.format(dateFormatter);
-
-      // Format the time as a string in 12-hour format with AM/PM
-      DateTimeFormatter timeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("h:mm a");
-      String timeString = currentTime.format(timeFormatter);
-
-      // Format the full date with day of the week
-      DateTimeFormatter fullDateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("EEEE MMMM d'th' yyyy h:mm a");
-      String fullDateString = currentDateTime.format(fullDateFormatter);
-
-      inputs.put("Date", dateString);
-      inputs.put("Time", timeString);
-      inputs.put("DateTime", fullDateString);
-      
-      for (String inputKey : inputs.keySet()) {
-        Object objectValue = inputs.get(inputKey);
-        if (objectValue != null) {
-          systemContent = systemContent.replace(String.format("{{%s}}", inputKey), objectValue.toString());
+        // Create the map to hold the request parameters
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> requestPayload = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        requestPayload.put("model", model);
+
+        // Create and format date and time strings
+        LocalDateTime currentDateTime = LocalDateTime.now();
+        DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
+        DateTimeFormatter timeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("h:mm a");
+        DateTimeFormatter fullDateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("EEEE MMMM d'th' yyyy h:mm a");
+        
+        inputs.put("Date", currentDateTime.format(dateFormatter));
+        inputs.put("Time", currentDateTime.format(timeFormatter));
+        inputs.put("DateTime", currentDateTime.format(fullDateFormatter));
+
+        // Replace placeholders in system content
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : inputs.entrySet()) {
+            if (entry.getValue() != null) {
+                systemContent = systemContent.replace(String.format("{{%s}}", entry.getKey()), entry.getValue().toString());
+            }
         }
-      }
-      systemMessage.put("content", systemContent);
 
-      if (config.maxHistory == 0) {
-        // history is disabled
-        userMessages.clear();
-      } else if (userMessages.size() > config.maxHistory) {
-        userMessages.remove(0);
-      }
-      LinkedHashMap<String, Object> userMessage = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-      userMessage.put("role", "user");
-      userMessage.put("content", userContent);
-      userMessages.add(userMessage);
-      
-      List<LinkedHashMap<String,Object>>  allMessages = new ArrayList<>();
-      allMessages.add(systemMessage);
-      allMessages.addAll(userMessages);
+        // Create system message
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> systemMessage = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        systemMessage.put("role", "system");
+        systemMessage.put("content", systemContent);
+
+        // Handle message history
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> userMessage = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        userMessage.put("role", "user");
+        userMessage.put("content", userContent);
+        userMessages.add(userMessage);
+
+        if (config.maxHistory > 0) {
+            while (userMessages.size() > config.maxHistory) {
+                userMessages.remove(0);
+            }
+        } else {
+            userMessages.clear();
+        }
 
-      // make history
-      requestPayload.put("messages", allMessages);
+        // Combine messages
+        List<LinkedHashMap<String, Object>> allMessages = new ArrayList<>();
+        allMessages.add(systemMessage);
+        allMessages.addAll(userMessages);
+        requestPayload.put("messages", allMessages);
 
-      // Add n, temperature, and max_tokens to the map
-      requestPayload.put("n", n);
-      requestPayload.put("temperature", temperature);
-      requestPayload.put("max_tokens", maxTokens);
+        // Add other parameters
+        requestPayload.put("n", n);
+        requestPayload.put("temperature", temperature);
+        requestPayload.put("max_tokens", maxTokens);
 
-      return CodecUtils.toJson(requestPayload);
+        return CodecUtils.toJson(requestPayload);
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      error(e);
-      return null;
+        error(e);
+        return null;
     }
-  }
+}
 
   public LinkedHashMap<String, Object> createFunctionDefinition(String name, String description, LinkedHashMap<String, Object> parameters) {
     LinkedHashMap<String, Object> functionDefinition = new LinkedHashMap<>();
@@ -211,6 +198,9 @@ public Response getResponse(String text) {
         log.info("curl {} -d '{}'", config.url, json);
 
         String msg = http.postJson(config.password, config.url, json);
+        log.error("url: {}", config.url);
+        log.error("json: {}", json);
+        System.out.print(json);
 
         Map<String, Object> payload = CodecUtils.fromJson(msg, new StaticType<>() {
         });
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/LLMConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/LLMConfig.java
index 1e605f286c..2271d1f292 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/LLMConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/LLMConfig.java
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ public class LLMConfig extends ServiceConfig {
 
   public int maxTokens = 256;
   public float temperature = 0.7f;
-  /**
-   * number of history items to keep when re-submitting
-   */
-  public int history = 5;
   // public String url = "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions";
   // http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions
   public String url = null;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/resource/WebGui/app/service/views/LLMGui.html b/src/main/resources/resource/WebGui/app/service/views/LLMGui.html
index 95dbd85e68..8ebd298055 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/resource/WebGui/app/service/views/LLMGui.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/resource/WebGui/app/service/views/LLMGui.html
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
                 <td>Temperature is how creative the responses should be.</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
-                <td>History</td>
-                <td><input class="form-control" ng-model="service.config.history" /></td>
+                <td>Max History</td>
+                <td><input class="form-control" ng-model="service.config.maxHistory" /></td>
                 <td>The number of responses saved for context.</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>