diff --git a/src/cogs/ollama.py b/src/cogs/ollama.py
index b5fa8dd..0617846 100644
--- a/src/cogs/ollama.py
+++ b/src/cogs/ollama.py
@@ -891,15 +891,14 @@ class Ollama(commands.Cog):
                 await ctx.delete(delay=0.1)
         messages = self.history.get_history(thread)
         embed = discord.Embed(description="*Waking Ollama up...*")
-        embed.add_field(
-            name="\u200b",
-            value="[in reply to message from {0.author.display_name}]({0.jump_url})".format(message),
-        )
         async with self.lock:
-            await ctx.respond(embed=embed)
+            msg = await message.reply(embed=embed)
             last_edit = time.time()
             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:
@@ -916,7 +915,7 @@ class Ollama(commands.Cog):
                     if done:
                         break
         embed.colour = discord.Colour.dark_theme()
-        return await ctx.edit(embed=embed)
+        return await msg.edit(embed=embed)
 
 
 def setup(bot):