diff --git a/.config/hypr/hyprland/scripts/ai/primary-buffer-query.sh b/.config/hypr/hyprland/scripts/ai/primary-buffer-query.sh
index 794414554..eac998afa 100755
--- a/.config/hypr/hyprland/scripts/ai/primary-buffer-query.sh
+++ b/.config/hypr/hyprland/scripts/ai/primary-buffer-query.sh
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 # Combine the system prompt with the clipboard content
-content=$(wl-paste -p | tr '\n' ' ')
-prompt="$SYSTEM_PROMPT $content"
+content=$(wl-paste -p | tr '\n' ' ' | head -c 2000)  # 2000 char limit to prevent overflow
+
+# Properly escape content for JSON using jq
+prompt_json=$(jq -n --arg system_prompt "$SYSTEM_PROMPT" --arg content "$content" '$system_prompt + " " + $content')
 
 # Make the API call with the specified or default model
-response=$(curl http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d \
-    "{\"model\": \"$model\",\"prompt\": \"$prompt\",\"stream\": false}" \
-    | jq -r '.response')
+api_payload=$(jq -n --arg model "$model" --argjson prompt "$prompt_json" --argjson stream false \
+    '{model: $model, prompt: $prompt, stream: $stream}')
+response=$(curl -s http://localhost:11434/api/generate -d "$api_payload" | jq -r '.response' 2>/dev/null)
 
 # Check if content is a single line and no longer than 30 characters
 if [[ ${#content} -le 30 && "$content" != *$'\n'* ]]; then