diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/Gpt3.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/Gpt3.java
index 67ed717639..82d9ad90d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/Gpt3.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/Gpt3.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class Gpt3 extends Service<Gpt3Config> implements TextListener, TextPubli
   private String currentChannelName;
 
   private String currentChannelType;
-
+  
   public Gpt3(String n, String id) {
     super(n, id);
   }
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ public Response getResponse(String text) {
         sleep();
         responseText = "Ok, I will go to sleep";
       }
+      
+      if (c.prefix != null) {
+        text = c.prefix + " " + text;
+      }
 
       if (!c.sleeping) {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/Gpt3Config.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/Gpt3Config.java
index 62a6627a1d..48f3612f17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/Gpt3Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/service/config/Gpt3Config.java
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ public class Gpt3Config extends ServiceConfig {
   public String engine = "gpt-3.5-turbo"; // "text-davinci-003"
   public String wakeWord = "wake";
   public String sleepWord = "sleep";
+  /**
+   * static prefix to send to gpt3
+   * e.g. " talk like a pirate when responding, "
+   */
+  public String prefix = null; 
   
   @Override
   public Plan getDefault(Plan plan, String name) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/vertx/WebSocketHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/vertx/WebSocketHandler.java
index e0ad0f2e61..d8b07023f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/vertx/WebSocketHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/vertx/WebSocketHandler.java
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ public void handle(ServerWebSocket socket) {
     // client
     MultiMap headers = socket.headers();
     String uri = socket.uri();
+        
+    // FIXME - get "id" from js client - need something unique from the js
+    // client
+    // String id = r.getRequest().getParameter("id");
+    String id = String.format("vertx-%s", service.getName());
+    // String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    String uuid = socket.binaryHandlerID();    
+    
     Connection connection = new Connection(uuid, id, service.getName());
     connection.put("c-type", service.getSimpleName());
     connection.put("gateway", service.getName());