diff --git a/gemini.py b/gemini.py
index f810041..cf1ee05 100644
--- a/gemini.py
+++ b/gemini.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ async def geminichat(websocket):
                 messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "\n".join(current_user_lines)})
 
             # final isolated turn — the specific message she needs to reply to
-            messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"[responding to]: {nots(user_input)})
+            messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"[responding to]: {nots(user_input)}"})
 
             # make sure we start with a user turn (gemini rejects empty parts so no empty string here)
             if messages and messages[0]["role"] != "user":
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 3613d12..9e8d4e1 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ async def ollamachat(websocket):
                 messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "\n".join(current_user_lines)})
 
             # final isolated turn — the specific message she needs to reply to
-            messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"[responding to]: "{nots(user_input)})
+            messages.append({"role": "user", "content": f"[responding to]: {nots(user_input)}"})
 
             # ollama only takes images (no audio/video/pdf), and only on the final turn so history stays text
             images = [base64.b64decode(m["data"]) for m in media if m["mime_type"].startswith("image/")]