diff --git a/src/lib/ChatRequestPetals.svelte b/src/lib/ChatRequestPetals.svelte
index 15f0278..eefd31d 100644
--- a/src/lib/ChatRequestPetals.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/ChatRequestPetals.svelte
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ export const runPetalsCompletionRequest = async (
             throw err
           }
           const rMessages = request.messages || [] as Message[]
+          // make sure top_p and temperature are set the way we need
+          let temperature = request.temperature || 0
+          if (isNaN(temperature as any) || temperature === 1) temperature = 1
+          if (temperature === 0) temperature = 0.0001
+          let topP = request.top_p
+          if (isNaN(topP as any) || topP === 1) topP = 1
+          if (topP === 0) topP = 0.0001
+          // build the message array
           const inputArray = (rMessages).reduce((a, m) => {
             const c = getRoleTag(m.role, model, chatRequest.chat) + m.content
             a.push(c)
@@ -65,11 +73,11 @@ export const runPetalsCompletionRequest = async (
           const petalsRequest = {
             type: 'generate',
             inputs: inputArray.join(stopSequence),
-            max_new_tokens: 3, // wait for up to 3 tokens before displaying
+            max_new_tokens: 1, // wait for up to 1 tokens before displaying
             stop_sequence: stopSequence,
-            doSample: 1,
-            temperature: request.temperature || 0,
-            top_p: request.top_p || 0,
+            do_sample: 1, // enable top p and the like
+            temperature,
+            top_p: topP,
             extra_stop_sequences: stopSequencesC
           }
           ws.send(JSON.stringify(petalsRequest))
diff --git a/src/lib/Settings.svelte b/src/lib/Settings.svelte
index 29f5be2..5f01837 100644
--- a/src/lib/Settings.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/Settings.svelte
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ export const getExcludeFromProfile = () => {
   return excludeFromProfile
 }
 
+const isNotOpenAI = (chatId) => {
+  return getModelDetail(getChatSettings(chatId).model).type !== 'OpenAIChat'
+}
+
+const isNotPetals = (chatId) => {
+  return getModelDetail(getChatSettings(chatId).model).type !== 'Petals'
+}
+
 const gptDefaults = {
   model: defaultModel,
   messages: [],
@@ -406,7 +414,13 @@ const modelSetting: ChatSetting & SettingSelect = {
       key: 'model',
       name: 'Model',
       title: 'The model to use - GPT-3.5 is cheaper, but GPT-4 is more powerful.',
-      header: 'Below are the settings that OpenAI allows to be changed for the API calls. See the <a target="_blank" href="https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create">OpenAI API docs</a> for more details.',
+      header: (chatId) => {
+        if (isNotOpenAI(chatId)) {
+          return 'Below are the settings that can be changed for the API calls. See <a target="_blank" href="https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create">this overview</a> to start, though not all settings translate to Petals.'
+        } else {
+          return 'Below are the settings that OpenAI allows to be changed for the API calls. See the <a target="_blank" href="https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create">OpenAI API docs</a> for more details.'
+        }
+      },
       headerClass: 'is-warning',
       options: [],
       type: 'select',
@@ -414,14 +428,6 @@ const modelSetting: ChatSetting & SettingSelect = {
       afterChange: (chatId, setting) => true // refresh settings
 }
 
-const isNotOpenAI = (chatId) => {
-  return getModelDetail(getChatSettings(chatId).model).type !== 'OpenAIChat'
-}
-
-const isNotPetals = (chatId) => {
-  return getModelDetail(getChatSettings(chatId).model).type !== 'Petals'
-}
-
 const chatSettingsList: ChatSetting[] = [
       profileSetting,
       ...systemPromptSettings,
@@ -448,7 +454,7 @@ const chatSettingsList: ChatSetting[] = [
       },
       {
         key: 'top_p',
-        name: 'Nucleus Sampling',
+        name: 'Nucleus Sampling (Top-p)',
         title: 'An alternative to sampling with temperature, called nucleus sampling, where the model considers the results of the tokens with top_p probability mass. So 0.1 means only the tokens comprising the top 10% probability mass are considered.\n' +
               '\n' +
               'We generally recommend altering this or temperature but not both',
diff --git a/src/lib/Types.svelte b/src/lib/Types.svelte
index 30e0319..3757c9f 100644
--- a/src/lib/Types.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/Types.svelte
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ export type ChatSetting = {
     title: string;
     forceApi?: boolean; // force in api requests, even if set to default
     hidden?: boolean; // Hide from setting menus
-    header?: string;
-    headerClass?: string;
+    header?: string | ValueFn;
+    headerClass?: string | ValueFn;
     placeholder?: string | ValueFn;
     hide?: (chatId:number) => boolean;
     apiTransform?: (chatId:number, setting:ChatSetting, value:any) => any;