diff --git a/app/services/Huggingface.ts b/app/services/Huggingface.ts
index f3221094..f09381f6 100644
--- a/app/services/Huggingface.ts
+++ b/app/services/Huggingface.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ export class Huggingface extends Service {
 	async textGeneration(input: string, limit: number, temperature?: number) {
 		return await hf.textGeneration({
 			model: Model,
-			inputs: `<s>[INST] ${config.systemPrompt} Hi [/INST] ${
-				config.systemAnswer
-			}</s>[INST] ${input.replaceAll(/\[\/?INST\]|<\/?s>/g, "")} [/INST]`,
+			inputs: `[INST] ${config.systemPrompt} ${input.replaceAll(
+				/\[\/?INST\]|<\/?s>/g,
+				""
+			)} [/INST]`,
 			parameters: {
 				max_new_tokens: limit,
 				temperature: temperature,
diff --git a/app/services/discord/modules/shitposting.ts b/app/services/discord/modules/shitposting.ts
index 7e93f4a0..68ca1c69 100644
--- a/app/services/discord/modules/shitposting.ts
+++ b/app/services/discord/modules/shitposting.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const MSG_TRIGGER_COUNT = 10; // how many msgs in above interval until a msg is
 const MSG_CHAT_INTERVAL = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 2; // total time until a message is forced if below interval wasn't met (active chatters)
 const MSG_DEAD_CHAT_REVIVAL_INTERVAL = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 0.75; // idle (no active chatters) time until post, can be delayed by chatting
 const MSG_USE_AUTHOR_FREQ = 0.3; // use the author name instead of message
+const MSG_USE_HUGGINGFACE_FREQ = 0.5; // use hugging face to reply instead of markov
 const MSG_REPLY_REACTION_FREQ = 0.3;
 const MSG_REPLY_REACTION_CLEAR_INTERVAL = 1000 * 60 * 60;
 const REACTION_FREQ = 0.005; // how often to react on messages;
@@ -62,28 +63,35 @@ export const Shat = async (options?: {
 	forceImage?: boolean;
 	forceReply?: boolean;
 	forceMessage?: string | Discord.MessageCreateOptions;
+	forceHuggingface?: boolean;
 }): Promise<Discord.MessageCreateOptions | undefined> => {
 	if (options?.forceMessage)
 		return typeof options.forceMessage === "string"
 			? { content: options.forceMessage }
 			: options.forceMessage;
+
 	const rng = Math.random();
+
 	if (rng > TENOR_IMAGE_FREQ && !options?.forceImage) {
 		const message = options?.msg?.replaceAll(`<@${DiscordConfig.bot.userId}> `, "");
 		let search: string | undefined;
 		let shat: string | undefined;
+
 		if (message && !message.startsWith("http")) {
-			if (rng <= REPLY_FREQ || options?.forceReply) search = getWord(options?.msg);
-			const response = await globalThis.MetaConcord.container
-				.getService("Huggingface")
-				?.textGeneration(message, 100);
-			shat = response.generated_text;
+			if (rng <= REPLY_FREQ || options?.forceReply) search = getWord(message);
+			if (options?.forceHuggingface) {
+				const response = await globalThis.MetaConcord.container
+					.getService("Huggingface")
+					?.textGeneration(message, 100);
+				shat = response.generated_text;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (!shat || shat === options?.msg)
 			shat = await globalThis.MetaConcord.container
 				.getService("Markov")
 				?.generate(getWord(search ?? options?.fallback), DefaultMarkovConfig);
+
 		return shat ? { content: shat } : undefined;
 	} else {
 		const images = globalThis.MetaConcord.container.getService("Motd")?.images;
@@ -191,20 +199,14 @@ export default async (bot: DiscordBot) => {
 		posting = true;
 		if (options.msg) (options.msg.channel as Discord.TextChannel).sendTyping();
 		const rng = Math.random();
+		const shouldUseHuggingface = rng <= MSG_USE_HUGGINGFACE_FREQ;
 		const shouldUseAuthor = rng <= MSG_USE_AUTHOR_FREQ;
 		const shouldSendImg = rng <= DISCORD_IMAGE_FREQ;
 		const shouldSendSticker = rng <= STICKER_FREQ;
 		const shouldSendEmoji = rng <= EMOJI_REPLY_FREQ;
-		const foundMatch = options.msg?.content
-			.split(" ")
-			.find(word =>
-				options.originalMsg?.content
-					.split(" ")
-					.filter(orig => orig.match(new RegExp(`\\b${word}\\b`)))
-			); // this feels like super slow but whatever
 		const shat = await Shat({
-			msg: foundMatch
-				? foundMatch
+			msg: shouldUseHuggingface
+				? `${options.msg?.author.globalName}: ${options.msg?.content}`
 				: shouldUseAuthor
 				? options.msg?.author.globalName?.toLowerCase() ??
 				  options.msg?.author.username?.toLowerCase()
@@ -223,6 +225,7 @@ export default async (bot: DiscordBot) => {
 				: shouldSendEmoji
 				? getRandomEmoji().toString()
 				: undefined,
+			forceHuggingface: shouldUseHuggingface,
 		});
 		if (shat) {
 			if (options.msg) {