diff --git a/api/app/langchain/ChatAgent.js b/api/app/langchain/ChatAgent.js
index 1f255425d2..9322000223 100644
--- a/api/app/langchain/ChatAgent.js
+++ b/api/app/langchain/ChatAgent.js
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ class ChatAgent {
     let output = 'Internal thoughts & actions taken:\n"';
     let actions = input || this.actions;
 
-    if (actions[0]?.action) {
+    if (actions[0]?.action && this.functionsAgent) {
+      actions = actions.map((step) => ({
+        log: `Action: ${step.action?.tool || ''}\nInput: ${step.action?.toolInput?.input || ''}\nObservation: ${step.observation}`
+      }));
+    } else if (actions[0]?.action) {
       actions = actions.map((step) => ({
         log: `${step.action.log}\nObservation: ${step.observation}`
       }));
@@ -469,7 +473,7 @@ Only respond with your conversational reply to the following User Message:
       console.debug(this.tools.map((tool) => tool.name));
     }
 
-    if (this.tools.length > 0) {
+    if (this.tools.length > 0 && !this.functionsAgent) {
       this.tools.push(new SelfReflectionTool({ message, isGpt3: false }));
     } else if (this.tools.length === 0) {
       return;
diff --git a/api/server/routes/ask/handlers.js b/api/server/routes/ask/handlers.js
index 481169d29e..925807e665 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/ask/handlers.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/ask/handlers.js
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ const handleText = async (response, bing = false) => {
   return text;
 };
 
+const isObject = (item) => item && typeof item === 'object' && !Array.isArray(item);
+const getString = (input) => isObject(input) ? JSON.stringify(input) : input ;
+
 function formatSteps(steps) {
   let output = '';
 
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ function formatSteps(steps) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    output += `Input: ${actionInput}\nOutput: ${observation}`;
+    output += `Input: ${actionInput?.input || actionInput}\nOutput: ${getString(observation)}`;
 
     if (steps.length > 1 && i !== steps.length - 1) {
       output += '\n---\n';
@@ -128,12 +131,14 @@ function formatAction(action) {
 
   const formattedAction = {
     plugin: capitalizeWords(action.tool) || action.tool,
-    input: action.toolInput,
+    input: action.toolInput?.input || action.toolInput,
     thought: action.log.includes('Thought: ')
       ? action.log.split('\n')[0].replace('Thought: ', '')
       : action.log.split('\n')[0]
   };
 
+  formattedAction.thought = getString(formattedAction.thought);
+
   if (action.tool.toLowerCase() === 'self-reflection' || formattedAction.plugin === 'N/A') {
     formattedAction.inputStr = `{\n\tthought: ${formattedAction.input}${
       !formattedAction.thought.includes(formattedAction.input)
@@ -142,7 +147,9 @@ function formatAction(action) {
     }\n}`;
     formattedAction.inputStr = formattedAction.inputStr.replace('N/A - ', '');
   } else {
-    formattedAction.inputStr = `{\n\tplugin: ${formattedAction.plugin}\n\tinput: ${formattedAction.input}\n\tthought: ${formattedAction.thought}\n}`;
+    const hasThought = formattedAction.thought.length > 0;
+    const thought = hasThought ? `\n\tthought: ${formattedAction.thought}` : ''; 
+    formattedAction.inputStr = `{\n\tplugin: ${formattedAction.plugin}\n\tinput: ${formattedAction.input}\n${thought}}`;
   }
 
   return formattedAction;