diff --git a/src/core/ai/openai/openai-chat.service.ts b/src/core/ai/openai/openai-chat.service.ts
index f1dc4a2..f5ab821 100644
--- a/src/core/ai/openai/openai-chat.service.ts
+++ b/src/core/ai/openai/openai-chat.service.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface OpenAiChatConfig {
     | 'gpt-3.5-turbo-16k';
   temperature: number;
   stream: boolean;
+  max_tokens: number;
 }
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -62,10 +63,19 @@ export class OpenaiChatService implements OnModuleInit {
     this._storeConfig(chatId, config);
   }
 
-  public getAiResponseStream(chatId: string, humanMessage: string) {
+  public getAiResponseStream(
+    chatId: string,
+    humanMessage: string,
+    imageURLs: string[],
+  ) {
     this.logger.debug(`Getting AI response stream for chatId: ${chatId}`);
     const config = this._getConfigOrThrow(chatId);
-    config.messages.push({ role: 'user', content: humanMessage });
+    const messageContent: any[] = [{ type: 'text', text: humanMessage }];
+    for (const imageURL of imageURLs) {
+      messageContent.push({ type: 'image_url', image_url: imageURL });
+    }
+
+    config.messages.push({ role: 'user', content: messageContent });
 
     return this.streamResponse(config);
   }
@@ -85,14 +95,15 @@ export class OpenaiChatService implements OnModuleInit {
     // @ts-ignore
     for await (const newChunk of chatStream) {
       allStreamedChunks.push(newChunk);
-      fullAiResponseText += newChunk.choices[0].delta.content;
-      const chunkText = newChunk.choices[0].delta.content;
+      fullAiResponseText += newChunk.choices[0].delta.content || '';
+      const chunkText = newChunk.choices[0].delta.content || '';
       if (chunkText) {
         chunkToYield += chunkText;
       }
       if (
         chunkToYield.length >= yieldAtLength ||
-        newChunk.choices[0].finish_reason === 'stop'
+        newChunk.choices[0].finish_reason === 'stop' ||
+        newChunk.choices[0].finish_reason === 'length'
       ) {
         this.logger.debug(`Streaming text chunk: ${chunkToYield}`);
         yield chunkToYield;
@@ -119,9 +130,10 @@ export class OpenaiChatService implements OnModuleInit {
   private _defaultChatConfig() {
     return {
       messages: [],
-      model: 'gpt-4-1106-preview',
+      model: 'gpt-4-vision-preview',
       temperature: 0.7,
       stream: true,
+      max_tokens: 4096,
     } as OpenAiChatConfig;
   }
   private _reloadMessageHistoryFromAiChatDocument(aiChat: AiChatDocument) {
diff --git a/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-attachment.service.ts b/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-attachment.service.ts
index 37130d0..b4135dc 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-attachment.service.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-attachment.service.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,32 @@ export class DiscordAttachmentService {
     }
   }
 
+  async getImageDataFromURL(url: string) {
+    try {
+      this.logger.log(`getting Image from URL: ${url}`);
+
+      // Fetching the image data as a stream
+      const response = await axios({
+        method: 'get',
+        url: url,
+        responseType: 'arraybuffer',
+      });
+      // Converting the image data to base64
+      const imageBase64 = Buffer.from(response.data, 'binary').toString(
+        'base64',
+      );
+
+      // Getting the content type of the image
+      const contentType = response.headers['content-type'];
+
+      // Combining content type and base64 encoding for complete image data
+      return `data:${contentType};base64,${imageBase64}`;
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.logger.error(`Error getting image data from URL: ${error}`);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
   private async handleTextAttachment(
     tempFilePath: string,
     attachment: Attachment,
diff --git a/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-message.service.ts b/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-message.service.ts
index 3e79bca..04abfab 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-message.service.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-message.service.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ export class DiscordMessageService {
     try {
       let humanInputText = '';
       let attachmentText = '';
+      let imageURLs: string[] = [];
       if (!textToRespondTo) {
-        ({ humanInputText, attachmentText } = await this.extractMessageContent(
-          discordMessage,
-          respondToChannelOrMessage,
-        ));
+        ({ humanInputText, attachmentText, imageURLs } =
+          await this.extractMessageContent(
+            discordMessage,
+            respondToChannelOrMessage,
+          ));
       } else {
         humanInputText = textToRespondTo;
         attachmentText = '';
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export class DiscordMessageService {
         humanUserId,
         humanInputText,
         attachmentText,
+        imageURLs,
         discordMessage,
         isFirstExchange,
         respondToChannelOrMessage,
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ export class DiscordMessageService {
     humanUserId: string,
     inputMessageText: string,
     attachmentText: string,
+    imageURLs: string[],
     discordMessage: Message<boolean>,
     isFirstExchange: boolean = false,
     respondToChannelOrMessage: Message<boolean> | TextBasedChannel,
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ export class DiscordMessageService {
       const aiResponseStream = this._openaiChatService.getAiResponseStream(
         discordMessage.channel.id,
         inputMessageText + attachmentText,
+        imageURLs,
       );
       const maxMessageLength = 2000 * 0.9; // discord max message length is 2000 characters (and *0.9 to be safe)
 
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ export class DiscordMessageService {
         isFirstExchange,
       );
     } catch (error) {
-      this.logger.error(`Error in _handleStream: ${error}`);
+      this.logger.error(`${error}`);
     }
   }
 
@@ -192,6 +197,7 @@ export class DiscordMessageService {
   ) {
     let humanInputText = discordMessage.content;
     let attachmentText = '';
+    const imageURLs = [];
     if (discordMessage.attachments.size > 0) {
       if (humanInputText.length > 0) {
         humanInputText =
@@ -199,8 +205,19 @@ export class DiscordMessageService {
           humanInputText +
           '\n\nEND TEXT FROM HUMAN INPUT\n\n';
       }
-      attachmentText = 'BEGIN TEXT FROM ATTACHMENTS:\n\n';
       for (const [, attachment] of discordMessage.attachments) {
+        if (attachment.contentType.split('/')[0] == 'image') {
+          imageURLs.push(
+            await this._discordAttachmentService.getImageDataFromURL(
+              attachment.url, //.split('?')[0]
+            ),
+          );
+          this.logger.debug('pushed img url to attachmentURLs');
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (!attachmentText) {
+          attachmentText = 'BEGIN TEXT FROM ATTACHMENTS:\n\n';
+        }
         const attachmentResponse =
           await this._discordAttachmentService.handleAttachment(attachment);
         attachmentText += attachmentResponse.text;
@@ -229,7 +246,7 @@ export class DiscordMessageService {
         attachmentText += 'END TEXT FROM ATTACHMENTS';
       }
     }
-    return { humanInputText, attachmentText };
+    return { humanInputText, attachmentText, imageURLs };
   }
 
   private async _sendFullResponseAsAttachment(
diff --git a/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-on-message.service.ts b/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-on-message.service.ts
index 84e2a2f..6ec7e4f 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-on-message.service.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/discord/services/discord-on-message.service.ts
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ export class DiscordOnMessageService {
 
       const chatConfig = {
         messages: [],
-        model: 'gpt-4-1106-preview',
+        model: 'gpt-4-vision-preview',
         temperature: 0.7,
         stream: true,
+        max_tokens: 4096,
       } as OpenAiChatConfig;
       this._openaiChatService.createChat(aiChatId, contextPrompt, chatConfig);
       const aiChatDocument = await this._aiChatsService.createAiChat({
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export class DiscordOnMessageService {
         contextRoute,
         contextInstructions: contextPrompt,
         couplets: [],
-        modelName: 'gpt-4-1106-preview',
+        modelName: 'gpt-4-vision-preview',
       });
 
       this.logger.debug(`Adding threadId ${aiChatId} to active listeners`);
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ export class DiscordOnMessageService {
         contextInstructions:
           await this._contextPromptService.getContextPromptFromMessage(message),
         couplets: [],
-        modelName: 'gpt-4-1106-preview',
+        modelName: 'gpt-4-vision-preview',
       },
       populateCouplets,
     );