diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84653e1..05ae8d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # askai
-askai is an interactive Linux tool that processes data from stdin according to user-specified instructions. It utilizes LangChain's Ollama model for generating responses. 
+askai is an interactive Linux tool that processes data from stdin according to user-specified instructions. It utilizes Ollama and opensource ai models for generating responses. 
 
 ## Usage
 To use the tool, simply input your information through stdin and pass your command line argument as a parameter. If you want to save default settings or update them, run askai with `--config` flag.
diff --git a/askai b/askai
index 9ab5b06..b44336e 100755
--- a/askai
+++ b/askai
@@ -1,10 +1,31 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from langchain.llms import Ollama
 import json
+import requests
 import os
 import sys
 import textwrap
+from rich.markdown import Markdown
+from rich.console import Console
+
+
+def generate_text(url, model, prompt):
+    url = str(url)+"/api/generate"
+    data = {
+        "model": str(model),
+        "prompt": str(prompt),
+        "stream": False,
+        "options": {
+            "temperature": 0.6,
+        }
+    }
+    response = requests.post(url, json=data)
+    if response.text == "404 page not found":
+        print(f"\n\nError: Ollama does not appear to be up or the url is wrong. url: {url}\n\n")
+        exit()
+    text = json.loads(response.text)
+    return text["response"]
+
+
 
 if '--config' in sys.argv:
     # Check that no 
@@ -13,12 +34,12 @@ if '--config' in sys.argv:
         exit()
 
     # Check if the config.json file exists
-    if not os.path.isfile(os.path.expanduser('~/.config.json')):
+    if not os.path.isfile(os.path.expanduser('~/.askai_config.json')):
         # Create a new configuration file
-        f = open(os.path.expanduser('~/.config.json'), 'x')
+        f = open(os.path.expanduser('~/.askai_config.json'), 'x')
         f.close()
 
-    f = open(os.path.expanduser('~/.config.json'), 'w')
+    f = open(os.path.expanduser('~/.askai_config.json'), 'w')
     data = {}
 
     # Ask the user to set the model details
@@ -47,7 +68,7 @@ if '--config' in sys.argv:
 else:
 # Load model details from the config file
     try:
-        with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.config.json'), 'r') as f:
+        with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.askai_config.json'), 'r') as f:
             data = json.load(f)
     except:
         print("Error: The config file is corrupt. Please run with the --config flag set.")
@@ -57,7 +78,7 @@ if 'base_url' not in data or 'model' not in data:
     print('Error: missing base url or model please rerun with --config flag')
     exit()
 
-ollama = Ollama(base_url=data['base_url'], model=data['model'])
+
 
 user_input = "\n"+ sys.argv[-1]
 
@@ -75,5 +96,8 @@ Information: {textwrap.indent(std_input, '  ')}
 """
 #print(prompt)
 
-output = ollama(prompt)
-print(output)
+output = generate_text(data['base_url'], data['model'], prompt)
+
+console = Console()
+console.print(Markdown(f"# askai Output\n{output}"))
+print("")