diff --git a/ai-chat b/ai-chat
index abded91..fc1ed79 100755
--- a/ai-chat
+++ b/ai-chat
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 conversation_file=$(mktemp)
 echo new conversation: "$conversation_file"
+OPENAPI_TOKEN=$(pass openai/api-key)
 
 prompt="You are Mr.Helper. You are an assistant that lives in a floating terminal above my mac. I can summon you with the press of a button! Feel free to use ansii escape codes to add colors or other formatting to your responses."
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ while read -rep '> ' prompt ; do
   out="$(
     http \
       -A bearer \
-      --auth "$(pass openai/api-key)" \
+      --auth "$OPENAPI_TOKEN" \
       https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions \
       model=gpt-3.5-turbo \
       messages:="$messages"