diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 37dd6ab7..499c30c4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "twinny",
-  "version": "3.8.8",
+  "version": "3.8.9",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "twinny",
-      "version": "3.8.8",
+      "version": "3.8.9",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 50bc27e7..a27e32b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "twinny",
   "displayName": "twinny - AI Code Completion and Chat",
   "description": "Locally hosted AI code completion plugin for vscode",
-  "version": "3.8.8",
+  "version": "3.8.9",
   "icon": "assets/icon.png",
   "keywords": [
     "code-inference",
diff --git a/src/webview/chat.tsx b/src/webview/chat.tsx
index b22ca7e9..3932611c 100644
--- a/src/webview/chat.tsx
+++ b/src/webview/chat.tsx
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ export const Chat = () => {
         {
           role: BOT_NAME,
           content: getCompletionContent(message),
-          type: message.value.type,
-          language: message.value.data
         }
       ]
       global.vscode.postMessage({
@@ -205,8 +203,7 @@ export const Chat = () => {
           {
             role: USER_NAME,
             content: input,
-            type: 'chat'
-          }
+           }
         ]
       } as ClientMessage)
       setMessages((prev) => [
@@ -329,7 +326,7 @@ export const Chat = () => {
                 <DisabledSelectionIcon />
               )}
             </VSCodeButton>
-            <VSCodeBadge>Selected characters: {selection?.length}</VSCodeBadge>
+            <VSCodeBadge>{selection?.length}</VSCodeBadge>
           </div>
           {apiProvider === ApiProviders.Ollama && (
             <VSCodeButton