diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 17a8e1f209..4c90e38f65 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY=user_provided
 # Leave it blank to use internal settings. 
 # OPENAI_MODELS=gpt-3.5-turbo,gpt-3.5-turbo-16k,gpt-3.5-turbo-0301,text-davinci-003,gpt-4,gpt-4-0314,gpt-4-0613
 
+# Titling is enabled by default when initiating a conversation.
+# Uncomment the following variable to disable this feature.
+# TITLE_CONVO=false
+
+# The model used for titling by default is gpt-3.5-turbo-0613 to assure it works with the default method.
+# gpt-3.5-turbo should also work when using the official API (and not a reverse proxy).
+# You can change the model used by uncommenting the following and setting it to the model you want
+# Must be compatible with the OpenAI Endpoint.
+# OPENAI_TITLE_MODEL=gpt-3.5-turbo
+
 # Reverse proxy settings for OpenAI: 
 # https://github.com/waylaidwanderer/node-chatgpt-api#using-a-reverse-proxy 
 # OPENAI_REVERSE_PROXY=
diff --git a/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js b/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
index 866891ea38..ad31a6b4ba 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const BaseClient = require('./BaseClient');
 const ChatGPTClient = require('./ChatGPTClient');
 const { encoding_for_model: encodingForModel, get_encoding: getEncoding } = require('tiktoken');
 const { maxTokensMap, genAzureChatCompletion } = require('../../utils');
+const { truncateText } = require('./prompts');
 const { runTitleChain } = require('./chains');
 const { createLLM } = require('./llm');
 
@@ -406,12 +407,14 @@ class OpenAIClient extends BaseClient {
   async titleConvo({ text, responseText = '' }) {
     let title = 'New Chat';
     const convo = `||>User:
-"${text}"
+"${truncateText(text)}"
 ||>Response:
-"${JSON.stringify(responseText)}"`;
+"${JSON.stringify(truncateText(responseText))}"`;
+
+    const { OPENAI_TITLE_MODEL } = process.env ?? {};
 
     const modelOptions = {
-      model: 'gpt-3.5-turbo-0613',
+      model: OPENAI_TITLE_MODEL ?? 'gpt-3.5-turbo-0613',
       temperature: 0.2,
       presence_penalty: 0,
       frequency_penalty: 0,
@@ -446,7 +449,7 @@ class OpenAIClient extends BaseClient {
     } catch (e) {
       console.error(e.message);
       console.log('There was an issue generating title with LangChain, trying the old method...');
-      modelOptions.model = 'gpt-3.5-turbo';
+      modelOptions.model = OPENAI_TITLE_MODEL ?? 'gpt-3.5-turbo';
       const instructionsPayload = [
         {
           role: 'system',
diff --git a/api/app/clients/chains/runTitleChain.js b/api/app/clients/chains/runTitleChain.js
index 1178f15063..8f9df1381d 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/chains/runTitleChain.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/chains/runTitleChain.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const createLanguageChain = ({ llm }) =>
   });
 
 const titleSchema = z.object({
-  title: z.string().describe('The title-cased title of the conversation in the given language.'),
+  title: z.string().describe('The conversation title in title-case, in the given language.'),
 });
 const createTitleChain = ({ llm, convo }) => {
   const titlePrompt = createTitlePrompt({ convo });
diff --git a/api/app/clients/prompts/index.js b/api/app/clients/prompts/index.js
index 8cf3bb468f..1cd4da772f 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/prompts/index.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/prompts/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 const instructions = require('./instructions');
 const titlePrompts = require('./titlePrompts');
 const refinePrompts = require('./refinePrompts');
+const truncateText = require('./truncateText');
 
 module.exports = {
   ...refinePrompts,
   ...instructions,
   ...titlePrompts,
+  truncateText,
 };
diff --git a/api/app/clients/prompts/titlePrompts.js b/api/app/clients/prompts/titlePrompts.js
index 573aff5411..1e893ba295 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/prompts/titlePrompts.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/prompts/titlePrompts.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const createTitlePrompt = ({ convo }) => {
   const titlePrompt = new ChatPromptTemplate({
     promptMessages: [
       SystemMessagePromptTemplate.fromTemplate(
-        `Write a concise title for this conversation in the given language. Title in 5 Words or Less. No Punctuation or Quotation. All first letters of every word must be capitalized (resembling title-case), written in the given Language.
+        `Write a concise title for this conversation in the given language. Title in 5 Words or Less. No Punctuation or Quotation. Must be in Title Case, written in the given Language.
 ${convo}`,
       ),
       HumanMessagePromptTemplate.fromTemplate('Language: {language}'),
diff --git a/api/app/clients/prompts/truncateText.js b/api/app/clients/prompts/truncateText.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..003b1bc9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/app/clients/prompts/truncateText.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const MAX_CHAR = 255;
+
+function truncateText(text) {
+  if (text.length > MAX_CHAR) {
+    return `${text.slice(0, MAX_CHAR)}... [text truncated for brevity]`;
+  }
+  return text;
+}
+
+module.exports = truncateText;
diff --git a/api/app/titleConvoBing.js b/api/app/titleConvoBing.js
index cb75bd8591..8f95bd9f20 100644
--- a/api/app/titleConvoBing.js
+++ b/api/app/titleConvoBing.js
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+const { isEnabled } = require('../server/utils');
 const throttle = require('lodash/throttle');
 
 const titleConvo = async ({ text, response }) => {
   let title = 'New Chat';
+  const { TITLE_CONVO = 'true' } = process.env ?? {};
+  if (!isEnabled(TITLE_CONVO)) {
+    return title;
+  }
+
   const { BingAIClient } = await import('@waylaidwanderer/chatgpt-api');
   const titleGenerator = new BingAIClient({
     userToken: process.env.BINGAI_TOKEN,
diff --git a/api/server/routes/endpoints/openAI/addTitle.js b/api/server/routes/endpoints/openAI/addTitle.js
index 87b846ba00..eb43e51735 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/endpoints/openAI/addTitle.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/endpoints/openAI/addTitle.js
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+const { isEnabled } = require('../../../utils');
 const { saveConvo } = require('../../../../models');
 
 const addTitle = async (req, { text, response, client }) => {
+  const { TITLE_CONVO = 'true' } = process.env ?? {};
+  if (!isEnabled(TITLE_CONVO)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const title = await client.titleConvo({ text, responseText: response?.text });
   await saveConvo(req.user.id, {
     conversationId: response.conversationId,