diff --git a/lib/replicate.go b/lib/replicate.go
index bf7f33c..77deb5f 100644
--- a/lib/replicate.go
+++ b/lib/replicate.go
@@ -6,10 +6,51 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/replicate/replicate-go"
 )
 
+func ReplicateTextGeneration(prompt string) (string, error) {
+	client, clientError := replicate.NewClient(replicate.WithTokenFromEnv())
+	if clientError != nil {
+		return "", clientError
+	}
+
+	input := replicate.PredictionInput{
+		"prompt": prompt,
+	}
+	webhook := replicate.Webhook{
+		URL:    "https://example.com/webhook",
+		Events: []replicate.WebhookEventType{"start", "completed"},
+	}
+
+	prediction, predictionError := client.Run(context.Background(), "mistralai/mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.1:7b3212fbaf88310cfef07a061ce94224e82efc8403c26fc67e8f6c065de51f21", input, &webhook)
+
+	if predictionError != nil {
+		return "", predictionError
+	}
+
+	test, ok := prediction.([]interface{})
+
+	if !ok {
+		return "", errors.New("there was an error generating the image based on this prompt... this usually happens when the generated image violates safety requirements")
+	}
+
+	strs := make([]string, len(test))
+	for i, v := range test {
+		str, ok := v.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return "", errors.New("element is not a string")
+		}
+		strs[i] = str
+	}
+
+	result := strings.Join(strs, "")
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 func ReplicateImageGeneration(prompt string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	client, clientError := replicate.NewClient(replicate.WithTokenFromEnv())
 	if clientError != nil {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1e1c16c..0f3ad47 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ func (h *handler) cmdAsk(ctx context.Context, data cmdroute.CommandData) *api.In
 		return errorResponse(err)
 	}
 
-	respString, err := lib.OpenAITextGeneration(options.Prompt)
+	respString, err := lib.ReplicateTextGeneration(options.Prompt)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("ChatCompletion error: %v\n", err)
 		return &api.InteractionResponseData{
 			Content:         option.NewNullableString("ChatCompletion Error!"),
-			AllowedMentions: &api.AllowedMentions{}, // don't mention anyone
+			AllowedMentions: &api.AllowedMentions{},
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ func (h *handler) cmdAsk(ctx context.Context, data cmdroute.CommandData) *api.In
 
 		return &api.InteractionResponseData{
 			Content:         option.NewNullableString("Prompt: " + options.Prompt + "\n" + "Response:\n"),
-			AllowedMentions: &api.AllowedMentions{}, // don't mention anyone
+			AllowedMentions: &api.AllowedMentions{},
 			Files:           []sendpart.File{file},
 		}
 	}
 	return &api.InteractionResponseData{
 		Content:         option.NewNullableString("Prompt: " + options.Prompt + "\n" + "Response: " + respString),
-		AllowedMentions: &api.AllowedMentions{}, // don't mention anyone
+		AllowedMentions: &api.AllowedMentions{},
 	}
 }