diff --git a/libs/kotaemon/kotaemon/llms/chats/openai.py b/libs/kotaemon/kotaemon/llms/chats/openai.py
index b1ae8726..df46da24 100644
--- a/libs/kotaemon/kotaemon/llms/chats/openai.py
+++ b/libs/kotaemon/kotaemon/llms/chats/openai.py
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ def openai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
         """Get the openai response"""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    async def aopenai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
+        """Get the openai response"""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def invoke(
         self, messages: str | BaseMessage | list[BaseMessage], *args, **kwargs
     ) -> LLMInterface:
@@ -211,8 +215,10 @@ async def ainvoke(
     ) -> LLMInterface:
         client = self.prepare_client(async_version=True)
         input_messages = self.prepare_message(messages)
-        resp = await self.openai_response(
-            client, messages=input_messages, stream=False, **kwargs
+        resp = (
+            await self.aopenai_response(
+                client, messages=input_messages, stream=False, **kwargs
+            )
         ).dict()
 
         return self.prepare_output(resp)
@@ -290,8 +296,7 @@ def prepare_client(self, async_version: bool = False):
 
         return OpenAI(**params)
 
-    def openai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
-        """Get the openai response"""
+    def prepare_params(self, **kwargs):
         if "tools_pydantic" in kwargs:
             kwargs.pop("tools_pydantic")
 
@@ -313,8 +318,17 @@ def openai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
         params = {k: v for k, v in params_.items() if v is not None}
         params.update(kwargs)
 
+        return params
+
+    def openai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
+        """Get the openai response"""
+        params = self.prepare_params(**kwargs)
         return client.chat.completions.create(**params)
 
+    async def aopenai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
+        params = self.prepare_params(**kwargs)
+        return await client.chat.completions.create(**params)
+
 
 class AzureChatOpenAI(BaseChatOpenAI):
     """OpenAI chat model provided by Microsoft Azure"""
@@ -361,8 +375,7 @@ def prepare_client(self, async_version: bool = False):
 
         return AzureOpenAI(**params)
 
-    def openai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
-        """Get the openai response"""
+    def prepare_params(self, **kwargs):
         if "tools_pydantic" in kwargs:
             kwargs.pop("tools_pydantic")
 
@@ -384,4 +397,13 @@ def openai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
         params = {k: v for k, v in params_.items() if v is not None}
         params.update(kwargs)
 
+        return params
+
+    def openai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
+        """Get the openai response"""
+        params = self.prepare_params(**kwargs)
         return client.chat.completions.create(**params)
+
+    async def aopenai_response(self, client, **kwargs):
+        params = self.prepare_params(**kwargs)
+        return await client.chat.completions.create(**params)
diff --git a/libs/ktem/ktem/pages/chat/chat_panel.py b/libs/ktem/ktem/pages/chat/chat_panel.py
index 3db13ed8..4b546486 100644
--- a/libs/ktem/ktem/pages/chat/chat_panel.py
+++ b/libs/ktem/ktem/pages/chat/chat_panel.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def on_building_ui(self):
                 scale=20,
                 file_count="multiple",
                 placeholder=(
-                    "Type a message, or search the @web, " "tag a file with @filename"
+                    "Type a message, search the @web, or tag a file with @filename"
                 ),
                 container=False,
                 show_label=False,