diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ChatPanelContainer.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ChatPanelContainer.tsx
index 4648ae9c9..a4eb30ef9 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ChatPanelContainer.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ChatPanelContainer.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface GeneratePodcastRequest {
 	ids: number[];
 	search_space_id: number;
 	podcast_title?: string;
+	user_prompt?: string;
 }
 
 export function ChatPanelContainer() {
diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ChatPanelView.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ChatPanelView.tsx
index 0f18a7e99..1d4ac4c71 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ChatPanelView.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ChatPanelView.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export function ChatPanelView(props: ChatPanelViewProps) {
 							tabIndex={0}
 							onClick={handleGeneratePost}
 							onKeyDown={(e) => {
-								if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") {
+								if (e.key === "Enter") {
 									e.preventDefault();
 									handleGeneratePost();
 								}
diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ConfigModal.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ConfigModal.tsx
index 58a5318cb..2ee0d30cb 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ConfigModal.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/chat/ChatPanel/ConfigModal.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function ConfigModal(props: ConfigModalProps) {
 
 	const { generatePodcast } = props;
 
-	const [podcastTitle, setPodcastTitle] = useState(podcast?.title || chatDetails?.title);
+	const [userPromt, setUserPrompt] = useState("");
 
 	const handleGeneratePost = useCallback(async () => {
 		if (!chatDetails) return;
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ export function ConfigModal(props: ConfigModalProps) {
 			type: "CHAT",
 			ids: [chatDetails.id],
 			search_space_id: chatDetails.search_space_id,
-			podcast_title: podcastTitle || podcast?.title || chatDetails.title,
+			podcast_title: podcast?.title || chatDetails.title,
+			user_prompt: userPromt,
 		});
-	}, [chatDetails, podcastTitle]);
+	}, [chatDetails, userPromt]);
 
 	return (
 		<Popover>
@@ -49,11 +50,11 @@ export function ConfigModal(props: ConfigModalProps) {
 					<textarea
 						name="prompt"
 						id="prompt"
-						defaultValue={podcastTitle}
+						defaultValue={userPromt}
 						className="w-full rounded-md border border-slate-400/40 p-2"
 						onChange={(e) => {
 							e.stopPropagation();
-							setPodcastTitle(e.target.value);
+							setUserPrompt(e.target.value);
 						}}
 					></textarea>
 
diff --git a/surfsense_web/lib/apis/podcast-apis.ts b/surfsense_web/lib/apis/podcast-apis.ts
index 533dd88b7..0324d7066 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/lib/apis/podcast-apis.ts
+++ b/surfsense_web/lib/apis/podcast-apis.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ export const getPodcastByChatId = async (chatId: string, authToken: string) => {
 
 export const generatePodcast = async (request: GeneratePodcastRequest, authToken: string) => {
 	try {
-		const { podcast_title = "SurfSense Podcast" } = request;
-
 		const response = await fetch(
 			`${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_FASTAPI_BACKEND_URL}/api/v1/podcasts/generate/`,
 			{
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ export const generatePodcast = async (request: GeneratePodcastRequest, authToken
 					Authorization: `Bearer ${authToken}`,
 					"Content-Type": "application/json",
 				},
-				body: JSON.stringify({ ...request, podcast_title }),
+				body: JSON.stringify(request),
 			}
 		);