diff --git a/client/src/components/GalaxyWizard.vue b/client/src/components/GalaxyWizard.vue
index 6d0124fa2d5d..aba928dc7c51 100644
--- a/client/src/components/GalaxyWizard.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/GalaxyWizard.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import axios from "axios";
 import { ref } from "vue";
 import Heading from "./Common/Heading.vue";
 import LoadingSpan from "./LoadingSpan.vue";
+import { useMarkdown } from "@/composables/markdown";
 const props = defineProps({
     view: {
         type: String,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ const props = defineProps({
 const query = ref(props.query);
 const queryResponse = ref("");
 const busy = ref(false);
+const { renderMarkdown } = useMarkdown({ openLinksInNewPage: true });
 // on submit, query the server and put response in display box
 function submitQuery() {
     busy.value = true;
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ function submitQuery() {
                 <b-skeleton animation="wave" width="55%"></b-skeleton>
                 <b-skeleton animation="wave" width="70%"></b-skeleton>
             </div>
-            <div v-else class="chatResponse">{{ queryResponse }}</div>
+            <div v-else class="chatResponse" v-html="renderMarkdown(queryResponse)" />
         </div>
     </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py b/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
index d0ccfa8d53c2..88ae96becec1 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def _config_is_truthy(item, key, **context):
             "logo_src_secondary": _use_config,
             "terms_url": _use_config,
             "wiki_url": _use_config,
+            "openai_api_key": _use_config,
             "screencasts_url": _use_config,
             "citation_url": _use_config,
             "citations_export_message_html": _use_config,
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/chat.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/chat.py
index 9201fb30b19f..580b20109069 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/chat.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/chat.py
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 router = Router(tags=["chat"])
 
 PROMPT = """
-Adopt the persona of an galaxy project expert who is able to easily explain complex terminal error messages to users.
+Adopt the persona of an galaxy project expert who is able to easily explain complex terminal error messages to users, but do so in a dry and serious manner.
  Focus on providing clear and concise explanations that are easy to understand. 
- You will be provided with a standard error output and should attempt to explain how this error happened and how to fix it using Galaxy.
- If you are unsure about the error, please direct the user https://help.galaxyproject.org/ to ask a human for help.
+ You will be provided with a standard error output and should attempt to explain how this error happened and how to fix it within Galaxy.
+ If you are unsure totally sure of how to fix the error, please direct the user https://help.galaxyproject.org/ to ask a human for help.
+ Please ensure your response is in well formated markdown.
 """
 @router.cbv
 class ChatAPI:
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ class ChatAPI:
     def query(self, query: ChatPayload, trans: ProvidesUserContext = DependsOnTrans) -> str:
         """We're off to ask the wizard"""
 
+        if openai is None:
+            raise ConfigurationError("OpenAI is not installed. Please install openai to use this feature.")
         if openai is None or self.config.openai_api_key is None:
             raise ConfigurationError("OpenAI is not configured for this instance.")
         else:
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ def query(self, query: ChatPayload, trans: ProvidesUserContext = DependsOnTrans)
             model="gpt-4o",
             messages=messages,
         )
+        print(response)
 
-        answer = response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
+        answer = response.choices[0].message.content
+        print(answer)
         return answer
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