diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf5a9228..dc3c4c4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ You can find our [Roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/arc53/projects/2) here, pleas
 Note: Make sure you have docker installed
 
 1. Open dowload this repository with `git clone https://github.com/arc53/DocsGPT.git`
-2. Create .env file in your root directory and set your OPENAI_API_KEY with your openai api key
+2. Create .env file in your root directory and set your OPENAI_API_KEY with your openai api key and  VITE_API_STREAMING to true or false if you dont want streaming answers
 3. Run `docker-compose build && docker-compose up`
 4. Navigate to http://localhost:5173/
 
diff --git a/application/app.py b/application/app.py
index f4183ba4..3d31042a 100644
--- a/application/app.py
+++ b/application/app.py
@@ -167,10 +167,9 @@ def complete_stream(question, docsearch, chat_history, api_key):
                     messages_combine.append({"role": "user", "content": i["prompt"]})
                     messages_combine.append({"role": "system", "content": i["response"]})
     messages_combine.append({"role": "user", "content": question})
-    completion = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
-        model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages_combine, stream=True, max_tokens=1000, temperature=0
-    )
-
+    completion = openai.ChatCompletion.create(model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+                                              messages=messages_combine, stream=True, max_tokens=500, temperature=0)
+    
     for line in completion:
         if "content" in line["choices"][0]["delta"]:
             # check if the delta contains content