diff --git a/source/api/interface/ChatInterface.py b/source/api/interface/ChatInterface.py
index e3b30ee..a4542a6 100644
--- a/source/api/interface/ChatInterface.py
+++ b/source/api/interface/ChatInterface.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ChatInterface(base.BaseInterface):
     async def send_message(self, user_message, old_messages: list[dict], system_message: str):
         # normalize the user message (the type can be wrong, especially when "edited")
         if isinstance(user_message, str):
-            user_message: dict = {"files": [], "text": user_message}
+            user_message: dict = {"text": user_message}
 
         # copy the history to avoid modifying it
         messages: list[dict] = old_messages.copy()
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ class ChatInterface(base.BaseInterface):
         })
 
         # infer the message through the model
+        assistant_message = ""
         async for chunk in self.model.infer(messages=messages):
-            yield chunk.decode("utf-8")
+            assistant_message += " " + chunk.decode("utf-8")
+            yield assistant_message
 
     def get_application(self):
         # create a gradio interface