diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e201974879..7d333204e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ client/public/main.js.LICENSE.txt
 # Deployed apps should consider commenting these lines out:
 # see https://npmjs.org/doc/faq.html#Should-I-check-my-node_modules-folder-into-git
 node_modules/
+meili_data/
 api/node_modules/
 client/node_modules/
 bower_components/
diff --git a/api/server/routes/askBing.js b/api/server/routes/askBing.js
index 0614faf86a..18a08c4135 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/askBing.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/askBing.js
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ const ask = async ({
       );
     conversationId = userMessage.conversationId;
 
-    response.text = response.response;
-    delete response.response;
+    response.text = response.response || response.details.spokenText || '**Bing refused to answer.**';
+    // delete response.response;
     // response.id = response.details.messageId;
     response.suggestions =
       response.details.suggestedResponses &&
diff --git a/api/server/routes/askSydney.js b/api/server/routes/askSydney.js
index a2017cf7d6..c85bd20d52 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/askSydney.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/askSydney.js
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ const ask = async ({
     response.conversationSignature = convo.conversationSignature
       ? convo.conversationSignature
       : crypto.randomUUID();
-    response.text = response.response;
-    delete response.response;
+    response.text = response.response || response.details.spokenText || '**Bing refused to answer.**';
+    // delete response.response;
     response.suggestions =
       response.details.suggestedResponses &&
       response.details.suggestedResponses.map((s) => s.text);
diff --git a/api/server/routes/handlers.js b/api/server/routes/handlers.js
index 3ba4e81243..99a70e6e8f 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/handlers.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/handlers.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
-const sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html');
 const citationRegex = /\[\^\d+?\^]/g;
 const { getCitations, citeText, detectCode } = require('../../app/');
-// const htmlTagRegex = /(<\/?\s*[a-zA-Z]*\s*(?:\s+[a-zA-Z]+\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'))*\s*(?:\/?)>|<\s*[a-zA-Z]+\s*(?:\s+[a-zA-Z]+\s*=\s*(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'))*\s*(?:\/?>|<\/?>))/g;
 
 const handleError = (res, message) => {
   res.write(`event: error\ndata: ${JSON.stringify(message)}\n\n`);
@@ -28,14 +26,6 @@ const createOnProgress = () => {
       tokens = tokens.replace(/^\n/, '');
     }
 
-    // const htmlTags = tokens.match(htmlTagRegex);
-    // if (tokens.includes('```') && htmlTags && htmlTags.length > 0) {
-    //   htmlTags.forEach((tag) => {
-    //     const sanitizedTag = sanitizeHtml(tag);
-    //     tokens = tokens.replaceAll(tag, sanitizedTag);
-    //   });
-    // }
-
     if (bing) {
       tokens = citeText(tokens, true);
     }
@@ -54,7 +44,7 @@ const createOnProgress = () => {
 
 const handleText = async (response, bing = false) => {
   let { text } = response;
-  text = await detectCode(text);
+  // text = await detectCode(text);
   response.text = text;
 
   if (bing) {
@@ -66,14 +56,6 @@ const handleText = async (response, bing = false) => {
     text += links?.length > 0 ? `\n<small>${links}</small>` : '';
   }
 
-  // const htmlTags = text.match(htmlTagRegex);
-  // if (text.includes('```') && htmlTags && htmlTags.length > 0) {
-  //   htmlTags.forEach((tag) => {
-  //     const sanitizedTag = sanitizeHtml(tag);
-  //     text = text.replaceAll(tag, sanitizedTag);
-  //   });
-  // }
-
   return text;
 };