diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 2069bf3..835f81d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ OLLAMA_URL="http://localhost:11434" # OLLAMA connection URL
 OLLAMA_SYSTEM_PROMPT="" # system prompt - used to help tune the responses from the AI
 OLLAMA_MODEL="" # Ollama model for responses e.g dolphin-mistral:latest
 FETCH_INTERVAL="" # interval for fetching new notifications from the instance, in milliseconds, recommend at least 15000
-RANDOM_POST_INTERVAL="" # interval for ad-hoc posts
+RANDOM_POST_INTERVAL="" # interval for ad-hoc posts in milliseconds
 INSTANCE_BEARER_TOKEN="" # instance auth/bearer token (check the "verify_credentials" endpoint request headers in Chrome DevTools if on Soapbox)
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diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 864b6b9..959efdd 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ export const envConfig = {
 };
 
 const ollamaConfig: OllamaConfigOptions = {
-  temperature: 0.2,
-  top_p: 0.9,
-  top_k: 30,
+  temperature: 0.6,
+  top_p: 0.85,
+  top_k: 40,
   num_ctx: 2048,
+  repeat_penalty: 1.1,
 };
 
 // this could be helpful
@@ -63,8 +64,8 @@ const generateOllamaRequest = async (
     if (
       striptags(notification.status.content).includes("!prompt") &&
       !notification.status.account.bot && // sanity check, sort of
-      notification.type === "mention" &&
-      notification.status.visibility !== "private" // for safety, let's only respond to public messages
+      notification.type === "mention" // &&
+      // notification.status.visibility !== "private" // for safety, let's only respond to public messages
     ) {
       if (whitelistOnly && !isFromWhitelistedDomain(notification)) {
         await deleteNotification(notification);
@@ -75,12 +76,16 @@ const generateOllamaRequest = async (
       }
       await recordPendingResponse(notification);
       await storeUserData(notification);
+      console.log(trimInputData(notification.status.content));
       const ollamaRequestBody: OllamaRequest = {
         model: ollamaModel,
-        prompt: trimInputData(notification.status.content),
+        // prompt: trimInputData(notification.status.content),
+        prompt: `${notification.status.account.fqn} says: ${trimInputData(
+          notification.status.content
+        )}`,
         system: ollamaSystemPrompt,
         stream: false,
-        // options: ollamaConfig,
+        options: ollamaConfig,
       };
       const response = await fetch(`${ollamaUrl}/api/generate`, {
         method: "POST",
@@ -145,14 +150,15 @@ const createTimelinePost = async () => {
   const {
     bearerToken,
     ollamaModel,
-    ollamaSystemPrompt,
+    // ollamaSystemPrompt,
     ollamaUrl,
     pleromaInstanceUrl,
   } = envConfig;
   const ollamaRequestBody: OllamaRequest = {
     model: ollamaModel,
-    prompt: "Make a random post about a random topic.",
-    system: ollamaSystemPrompt,
+    prompt: "Say something random.",
+    system:
+      "You are a friendly AI assistant who loves to educate people on random topics, provide words of encouragement. You like to be as detailed as possible.",
     stream: false,
     // options: ollamaConfig,
   };
@@ -241,4 +247,7 @@ console.log(
 console.log(`System prompt: ${envConfig.ollamaSystemPrompt}`);
 
 await beginFetchCycle();
+// setInterval(async () => {
+//   createTimelinePost();
+// }, 10000);
 await beginStatusPostInterval();
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 0123b24..cd28246 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,18 @@ import { envConfig } from "./main.js";
 import { Notification } from "../types.js";
 
 const trimInputData = (input: string): string => {
-  const strippedInput = striptags(input);
+  const strippedInput = striptags(input, [], "\n");
+
   const split = strippedInput.split(" ");
   const promptStringIndex = split.indexOf("!prompt");
+  const botFqnIndex = split.indexOf("@nice-ai");
+  const botFqnIndexFull = split.indexOf("@nice-ai@nicecrew.digital");
+  if (botFqnIndex !== -1) {
+    split[botFqnIndex] = "Lexi";
+  }
+  if (botFqnIndexFull !== -1) {
+    split[botFqnIndexFull] = "Lexi";
+  }
   split.splice(promptStringIndex, 1);
   return split.join(" "); // returns everything after the !prompt
 };