diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 2d7824c..9c0e1ba 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ CHATGPT_API_MODEL=gpt-3.5-turbo
 #CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY=https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions
 # (Optional) Set the temperature of the model. 0.0 is deterministic, 1.0 is very creative.
 # CHATGPT_TEMPERATURE=0.8
+# (Optional) (Optional) Davinci models have a max context length of 4097 tokens, but you may need to change this for other models.
+# CHATGPT_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS=4097
+# You might want to lower this to save money if using a paid model. Earlier messages will be dropped until the prompt is within the limit.
+# CHATGPT_MAX_PROMPT_TOKENS=3097
 
 # Set data store settings
 KEYV_BACKEND=file
diff --git a/src/env.ts b/src/env.ts
index 503d4b5..08059e7 100644
--- a/src/env.ts
+++ b/src/env.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export const {
   CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA,
   CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY,
   CHATGPT_TEMPERATURE,
+  CHATGPT_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS,
+  CHATGPT_MAX_PROMPT_TOKENS,
 } = parseEnv(process.env, {
   DATA_PATH:                   { schema: z.string().default("./storage"),          description: "Set to /storage/ if using docker, ./storage if running without" },
   KEYV_BACKEND:                { schema: z.enum(["file", "other"]).default("file"),description: "Set the Keyv backend to 'file' or 'other' if other set KEYV_URL" },
@@ -72,5 +74,7 @@ export const {
   CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX:       { schema: z.string().default('Instructions:\nYou are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI.'), description: "Instructions to feed to ChatGPT on startup"},
   CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA:        { schema: z.boolean().default(false),               description: "Wether or not the bot should react to non-text messages"},
   CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY:       { schema: z.string().default(""),                   description: "Change the api url to use another (OpenAI-compatible) API endpoint" },
-  CHATGPT_TEMPERATURE:         { schema: z.number().default(0.8),                  description: "Set the temperature for the model" }
+  CHATGPT_TEMPERATURE:         { schema: z.number().default(0.8),                  description: "Set the temperature for the model" },
+  CHATGPT_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS:  { schema: z.number().default(4097), description: "Davinci models have a max context length of 4097 tokens, but you may need to change this for other models." },
+  CHATGPT_MAX_PROMPT_TOKENS:   { schema: z.number().default(3097), description: "You might want to lower this to save money if using a paid model. Earlier messages will be dropped until the prompt is within the limit." },
 });
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3a618a6..54ce3f0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   DATA_PATH, KEYV_URL, OPENAI_AZURE, OPENAI_API_KEY, MATRIX_HOMESERVER_URL, MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN, MATRIX_AUTOJOIN,
   MATRIX_BOT_PASSWORD, MATRIX_BOT_USERNAME, MATRIX_ENCRYPTION, MATRIX_THREADS, CHATGPT_CONTEXT,
   CHATGPT_API_MODEL, KEYV_BOT_STORAGE, KEYV_BACKEND, CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX, MATRIX_WELCOME,
-  CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY, CHATGPT_TEMPERATURE
+  CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY, CHATGPT_TEMPERATURE, CHATGPT_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS, CHATGPT_MAX_PROMPT_TOKENS
   } from './env.js'
 import CommandHandler from "./handlers.js"
 import { KeyvStorageProvider } from './storage.js'
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ async function main() {
     debug: false,
     azure: OPENAI_AZURE,
     reverseProxyUrl: CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY,
+    maxContextTokens: CHATGPT_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS,
+    maxPromptTokens: CHATGPT_MAX_PROMPT_TOKENS
   };
 
   const chatgpt = new ChatGPTClient(OPENAI_API_KEY, clientOptions, cacheOptions);