diff --git a/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx b/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
index b7bea84..ccd3208 100644
--- a/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
+++ b/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import ConversationFrontend from "../components/ConversationFrontend";
 import InputFrontend from "../components/InputFrontend";
-import { error, log } from "console";
 import axios from "axios";
+import { log } from 'console';
 
 const InputOutputBackend: React.FC = () => {
   const [accessToken, setAccessToken] = useState("")
   const postWorkerRef = useRef<Worker| null>(null)
   const getWorkerRef = useRef<Worker | null>(null)
-  const [messages, setMessages] = useState([{role:"system", content:"You are a helpful assistant"}])
+  const [messages, setMessages] = useState([{role:"assistant", content:"Hello! How can I help you?"}])
   const [liveMessage, setLiveMessage] = useState("")
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    console.log("getting access");
     axios.get("http://localhost:5000/interstellar/api/ai_create")
       .then(response => {
-      setAccessToken(response.data.access_token)
+        setAccessToken(response.data.access_token)
+        console.log(response.data.access_token);
       })
       .catch(error => {
       console.log("error:", error.message);
@@ -52,12 +54,12 @@ const InputOutputBackend: React.FC = () => {
     if (!getWorkerRef.current) {
       getWorkerRef.current = new Worker(new URL("./threads/GetWorker.js", import.meta.url))
   
-      getWorkerRef.current.postMessage("start")
+      getWorkerRef.current.postMessage({ action: "start", access_token:accessToken})
   
       getWorkerRef.current.onmessage = (event) => {
         const data = event.data
         
-        if (data.error) {
+        if (event.data == "error") {
           setLiveMessage("error getting AI response: "+ data.error)
         } else {
           console.log("Received data:", data);
@@ -74,8 +76,9 @@ const InputOutputBackend: React.FC = () => {
   const endGetWorker = () => {
     if (getWorkerRef.current) {
       addMessage("assistant", liveMessage)
-      getWorkerRef.current.postMessage("terminate")
+      getWorkerRef.current.postMessage({action:"terminate"})
       getWorkerRef.current.terminate()
+      console.log(messages);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/backend/threads/GetWorker.js b/app/backend/threads/GetWorker.js
index f8a4668..a89e02b 100644
--- a/app/backend/threads/GetWorker.js
+++ b/app/backend/threads/GetWorker.js
@@ -2,24 +2,29 @@ import axios from "axios";
 
 let shouldRun = false
 onmessage = (event) => {
-    if (event.data === "start") {
+    const { action, access_token } = event.data
+    if (action === "start") {
         shouldRun = true
-        fetchData()
-    } else if (event.date === "terminate") {
+        fetchData(access_token)
+    } else if (action === "terminate") {
         shouldRun = false
     }
 }
 
-const fetchData = () => {
+console.log('starting get loop');
+
+const fetchData = (access_token) => {
     if (!shouldRun) return
 
-    const apiURL = "http://localhost:5000/interstellar/api/ai_get"
+    
+    const apiURL = "http://localhost:5000/interstellar/api/ai_get?access_token="+access_token
     
     axios.get(apiURL)
         .then(response => {
-            const data = response.data.response
+            const data = response.data
+            console.log(data);
             postMessage(data)
-            setTimeout(fetchData,500)
+            setTimeout(fetchData,100)
         })
         .catch(error => {
             console.log('Error fetching data:', error);
diff --git a/app/backend/threads/PostWorker.js b/app/backend/threads/PostWorker.js
index 56c2201..5d6ea63 100644
--- a/app/backend/threads/PostWorker.js
+++ b/app/backend/threads/PostWorker.js
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
 import axios from "axios";
 
 onmessage = (e) => {
-    const { messages = [{ role: "system", content: "You are a helpful assistant" }], ai_model = "phi3.5", access_token } = e.data
+    const { messages = [{ role: "assistant", content: "Hello! How can I help you?" }], ai_model = "phi3.5", access_token } = e.data
+
+    const promptedMessage = messages.unshift({role:"system", content:"You are a Helpful assistant"})
+
+    const Message = {
+        messages: promptedMessage,
+        ai_model: "phi3.5",
+        model_type:"local",
+        access_token:access_token
+    }
+
     
-    axios.post("http://localhost:5000/interstellar/api/ai_send")
+    axios.post("http://localhost:5000/interstellar/api/ai_send",Message)
         .then(response => {
             const status = response.data.status
-            postMessage({status})
+            console.log(status);
+            postMessage({ status })
+            console.log('message posted');
+            
         })
         .catch(error => {
             console.log("Error calling API:", error)