diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 257472f..1950554 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ lydia is written to be easily configurable through a toml file which is easier t
 ## User settings
 - name = the name you want lydia to call you. default is "user"
 
+## Advanced configuration
+(I wouldn't touch this unless you know what you're doing)
+- temperature = the temperature you want lydia to use. basically how random the model is. default is 0.8
+- max_tokens = the max context tokens you want lydia to use. basically how far she can remember. default is 8192
+
+## Runtime configuration
+the prompt can be changed by running l!prompt <text> in the chatbox. this only applies for the current session, if you want a persistent change, you can edit the config file.
+
 # Other stuff
 by hitting escape you can tab out of the chatbox, here you can do cool things like:
 - hit Q or CTRL+C to quit lydia (but why would you wanna do that anyway?)
diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index fddbcfd..b28816e 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ facefont = "mono9"
 
 [user]
 name = "user"
+
+[advanced]
+temperature = 0.8
+max_tokens = 8192
diff --git a/lydia.js b/lydia.js
index 61be32e..5b97d27 100644
--- a/lydia.js
+++ b/lydia.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const config = toml.parse(fs.readFileSync("./config.toml", "utf-8"));
 let assistantname = config.assistant.name;
 let assistantface = config.assistant.assistantface;
 let assistantmodel = config.assistant.model;
+let maxtokens = config.advanced.max_tokens;
+let temperature = config.advanced.temperature;
 
 let username = config.user.name;
 
@@ -226,6 +228,10 @@ async function sendMessage(message) {
         ...conversationHistory,
       ],
       stream: true,
+      options: {
+        num_predict: maxtokens,
+        temperature: temperature,
+      },
     });
 
     for await (const part of response) {