diff --git a/src/chat.zig b/src/chat.zig
index a8327e2..8b75a81 100644
--- a/src/chat.zig
+++ b/src/chat.zig
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 transformer: Transformer,
 tokenizer: Tokenizer,
 sampler: Sampler,
-user_prompt: []const u8,
 system_prompt: []const u8,
+user_prompt: []const u8,
 
 pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, args: ChatArgs) !Self {
     const transformer = try Transformer.init(allocator, args.model_path, args.n_steps);
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, args: ChatArgs) !Self {
         .transformer = transformer,
         .tokenizer = tokenizer,
         .sampler = sampler,
-        .user_prompt = args.prompt,
         .system_prompt = args.system_prompt,
+        .user_prompt = args.user_prompt,
     };
 }
 
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *const Self) void {
     self.sampler.deinit();
 }
 
-const user_prompt_template_start = "[INST] ";
-const user_prompt_template_close = " [/INST]";
 const system_prompt_template_start = "<<SYS>>\n";
 const system_prompt_template_close = "\n<</SYS>>\n\n";
+const user_prompt_template_start = "[INST] ";
+const user_prompt_template_close = " [/INST]";
 
 const bos_token = 1; // beginning of sequence
 const eos_token = 2; // end of sequence
diff --git a/src/chat_args.zig b/src/chat_args.zig
index 9a7a0d9..0f05cc2 100644
--- a/src/chat_args.zig
+++ b/src/chat_args.zig
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ temperature: f32,
 top_p: f32,
 random_seed: u64,
 n_steps: usize,
-prompt: []const u8,
 system_prompt: []const u8,
+user_prompt: []const u8,
 
-const Option = enum { temperature, top_p, random_seed, n_steps, prompt, system_prompt };
+const Option = enum { temperature, top_p, random_seed, n_steps, system_prompt, user_prompt };
 
 pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Self {
     var arg_iterator = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(allocator);
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Self {
     var top_p: ?f32 = null;
     var random_seed: ?u64 = null;
     var n_steps: ?usize = null;
-    var prompt: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var system_prompt: ?[]const u8 = null;
+    var user_prompt: ?[]const u8 = null;
 
     while (arg_iterator.next()) |arg| {
         if (current_option) |option| {
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Self {
                 random_seed = try std.fmt.parseInt(u64, arg, 10);
             } else if (option == .n_steps and n_steps == null) {
                 n_steps = try std.fmt.parseInt(usize, arg, 10);
-            } else if (option == .prompt and prompt == null) {
-                prompt = arg;
             } else if (option == .system_prompt and system_prompt == null) {
                 system_prompt = arg;
+            } else if (option == .user_prompt and user_prompt == null) {
+                user_prompt = arg;
             } else {
                 try help(1);
             }
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Self {
             current_option = .random_seed;
         } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--n_steps")) {
             current_option = .n_steps;
-        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--prompt")) {
-            current_option = .prompt;
         } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--system_prompt")) {
             current_option = .system_prompt;
+        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--user_prompt")) {
+            current_option = .user_prompt;
         } else {
             try help(if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--help")) 0 else 1);
         }
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Self {
         .top_p = @max(@min(top_p orelse 0.9, 1), 0),
         .random_seed = random_seed orelse @intCast(std.time.milliTimestamp()),
         .n_steps = n_steps orelse 0,
-        .prompt = prompt orelse "",
         .system_prompt = system_prompt orelse "",
+        .user_prompt = user_prompt orelse "",
     };
 }
 
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ fn help(exit_status: u8) !noreturn {
     try console.print("  --top_p         <float>  = 0.9\n", .{});
     try console.print("  --random_seed   <int>    = <milli_timestamp>\n", .{});
     try console.print("  --n_steps       <int>    = <max_sequence_length>\n", .{});
-    try console.print("  --prompt        <string> = \"\"\n", .{});
     try console.print("  --system_prompt <string> = \"\"\n", .{});
+    try console.print("  --user_prompt   <string> = \"\"\n", .{});
     try console.print("  --help\n", .{});
 
     std.process.exit(exit_status);