diff --git a/src/cogs/ollama.py b/src/cogs/ollama.py
index 0617846..49feb39 100644
--- a/src/cogs/ollama.py
+++ b/src/cogs/ollama.py
@@ -892,13 +892,11 @@ class Ollama(commands.Cog):
         messages = self.history.get_history(thread)
         embed = discord.Embed(description="*Waking Ollama up...*")
         async with self.lock:
-            msg = await message.reply(embed=embed)
+            await ctx.respond(embed=embed, ephemeral=True)
             last_edit = time.time()
+            msg = None
             with client.new_chat("orca-mini:3b", messages) as handler:
-                deleted = False
                 async for ln in handler:
-                    if not deleted:
-                        await ctx.delete()
                     done = ln.get("done") is True
                     embed.description = handler.result
                     if len(embed.description) >= 4096:
@@ -909,9 +907,14 @@ class Ollama(commands.Cog):
                     else:
                         embed.colour = discord.Color.blurple()
                         embed.set_footer(text="Using server %r" % server, icon_url=CONFIG["ollama"][server].get("icon_url"))
-                    if time.time() >= (last_edit + 5.1) or done is True:
-                        await ctx.edit(embed=embed)
+                    if msg is None:
+                        await ctx.delete(delay=0.1)
+                        msg = await message.reply(embed=embed)
                         last_edit = time.time()
+                    else:
+                        if time.time() >= (last_edit + 5.1) or done is True:
+                            await ctx.edit(embed=embed)
+                            last_edit = time.time()
                     if done:
                         break
         embed.colour = discord.Colour.dark_theme()