diff --git a/api/app/clients/chatgpt-browser.js b/api/app/clients/chatgpt-browser.js
index 459ac0e2e0..7776083b62 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/chatgpt-browser.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/chatgpt-browser.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const browserClient = async ({ text, onProgress, convo, abortController }) => {
     options = { ...options, ...convo };
   }
 
+  /* will error if given a convoId at the start */
   if (convo.parentMessageId.startsWith('0000')) {
     delete options.conversationId;
   }
diff --git a/api/models/Conversation.js b/api/models/Conversation.js
index 2b786c9726..f4385f5c72 100644
--- a/api/models/Conversation.js
+++ b/api/models/Conversation.js
@@ -190,13 +190,19 @@ module.exports = {
     }
   },
   getConvo,
+  /* chore: this method is not properly error handled */
   getConvoTitle: async (user, conversationId) => {
     try {
       const convo = await getConvo(user, conversationId);
-      return convo.title;
+      /* ChatGPT Browser was triggering error here due to convo being saved later */
+      if (convo && !convo.title) {
+        return null;
+      } else {
+        return convo.title;
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       console.log(error);
-      return { message: 'Error getting conversation title' };
+      return 'Error getting conversation title';
     }
   },
   deleteConvos: async (user, filter) => {
diff --git a/api/server/routes/ask.js b/api/server/routes/ask.js
index 3ce95ea1d6..a6e26c0318 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/ask.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/ask.js
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
     return handleError(res, { text: 'Prompt empty or too short' });
   }
 
+  console.log('model:', model, 'oldConvoId:', oldConversationId);
   const conversationId = oldConversationId || crypto.randomUUID();
+  console.log('conversationId after old:', conversationId);
 
   const userMessageId = crypto.randomUUID();
   const userParentMessageId = parentMessageId || '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000';
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
     ...convo
   });
 
-  if (!overrideParentMessageId) {
+  if (!overrideParentMessageId && model !== 'chatgptBrowser') {
     await saveMessage(userMessage);
     await saveConvo(req?.session?.user?.username, { ...userMessage, model, ...convo });
   }
@@ -144,10 +146,11 @@ const ask = async ({
     // gptResponse.final = true;
     gptResponse.text = await handleText(gptResponse);
 
+    
     if (convo.chatGptLabel?.length > 0 && model === 'chatgptCustom') {
       gptResponse.chatGptLabel = convo.chatGptLabel;
     }
-
+    
     if (convo.promptPrefix?.length > 0 && model === 'chatgptCustom') {
       gptResponse.promptPrefix = convo.promptPrefix;
     }
@@ -155,6 +158,11 @@ const ask = async ({
     // override the parentMessageId, for the regeneration.
     gptResponse.parentMessageId = overrideParentMessageId || userMessageId;
 
+    /* this is a hacky solution to get the browserClient working right, will refactor later */
+    if (model === 'chatgptBrowser' && userParentMessageId.startsWith('000')) {
+      await saveMessage({ ...userMessage, conversationId: gptResponse.conversationId });
+    }
+
     await saveMessage(gptResponse);
     await saveConvo(req?.session?.user?.username, gptResponse);
     sendMessage(res, {
@@ -171,7 +179,8 @@ const ask = async ({
       await saveConvo(
         req?.session?.user?.username,
         {
-          conversationId,
+          /* again, for sake of browser client, will soon refactor */
+          conversationId: model === 'chatgptBrowser' ? gptResponse.conversationId : conversationId,
           title
         }
       );