diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ec807ed..5ff4d62 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -147,10 +147,6 @@ func llm(cfg *Cfg, msgs []Message, tools []map[string]any) (Message, error) {
   p := map[string]any{"model": cfg.Model, "temperature": cfg.Temperature, "messages": msgs, "stream": cfg.Stream}
   if tools != nil { p["tools"] = tools }
   body, _ := json.Marshal(p)
-  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", strings.TrimRight(cfg.Endpoint, "/")+"/chat/completions", bytes.NewReader(body))
-  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-  req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Bantam/1.0)")
-  if cfg.APIKey != "" && cfg.APIKey != "-" { req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+cfg.APIKey) }
   client := &http.Client{Transport: &http.Transport{
     DialContext:           (&net.Dialer{Timeout: time.Duration(cfg.Timeout) * time.Second}).DialContext,
     ResponseHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(cfg.Timeout) * time.Second,
@@ -161,6 +157,10 @@ func llm(cfg *Cfg, msgs []Message, tools []map[string]any) (Message, error) {
   var err error
   for i := 0; i <= len(fib); i++ {
     if COL { fmt.Print("\r" + pend) } else { fmt.Println(pend) }
+    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", strings.TrimRight(cfg.Endpoint, "/")+"/chat/completions", bytes.NewReader(body))
+    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+    req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Bantam/1.0)")
+    if cfg.APIKey != "" && cfg.APIKey != "-" { req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+cfg.APIKey) }
     resp, err = client.Do(req)
     if err == nil && resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
       b, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 4096))
@@ -184,12 +184,17 @@ func llm(cfg *Cfg, msgs []Message, tools []map[string]any) (Message, error) {
   if !cfg.Stream {
     var cr struct {
       Choices []struct {
-        Message Message `json:"message"`
+        Message struct {
+          Message
+          Reasoning string `json:"reasoning"`
+        } `json:"message"`
       } `json:"choices"`
     }
     if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&cr); err != nil { return Message{}, err }
     if len(cr.Choices) == 0 { return Message{}, errors.New("empty choices in LLM response") }
-    return cr.Choices[0].Message, nil
+    m := cr.Choices[0].Message.Message
+    if m.ReasoningContent == "" { m.ReasoningContent = cr.Choices[0].Message.Reasoning }
+    return m, nil
   }
   return parseStream(resp.Body)
 }
@@ -201,12 +206,12 @@ func parseStream(r io.Reader) (Message, error) {
   var order []int
   sc := bufio.NewScanner(r)
   sc.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 64*1024), 4*1024*1024)
-  var d streamDelta
   for sc.Scan() {
     ln := strings.TrimSpace(sc.Text())
     if !strings.HasPrefix(ln, "data:") { continue }
     data := strings.TrimSpace(ln[5:])
     if data == "[DONE]" { break }
+    var d streamDelta
     if json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &d) != nil || len(d.Choices) == 0 { continue }
     dl := d.Choices[0].Delta
     rc := dl.ReasoningContent