diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8af38a3..39cd4e5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
     build: ./                     # find docker file in designated path
     container_name: discord
     restart: always               # rebuild container always
-    image: discord/bot:0.5.0
+    image: discord/bot:0.5.1
     environment:
       CLIENT_TOKEN: ${CLIENT_TOKEN}
       GUILD_ID: ${GUILD_ID}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e294e2b..e342d69 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "discord-ollama",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "discord-ollama",
-      "version": "0.5.0",
+      "version": "0.5.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "discord.js": "^14.14.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8fb10b1..2979e2f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "discord-ollama",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "Ollama Integration into discord",
   "main": "build/index.js",
   "exports": "./build/index.js",
diff --git a/src/utils/messageNormal.ts b/src/utils/messageNormal.ts
index a698c2e..f6a9487 100644
--- a/src/utils/messageNormal.ts
+++ b/src/utils/messageNormal.ts
@@ -32,19 +32,23 @@ export async function normalMessage(
 
             // run query based on stream preference, true = stream, false = block
             if (stream) {
-                response = await streamResponse(params)
+                let messageBlock: Message = sentMessage
+                response = await streamResponse(params) // THIS WILL BE SLOW due to discord limits!
                 for await (const portion of response) {
-                    // append token to message
-                    result += portion.message.content
+                    // check if over discord message limit
+                    if (result.length + portion.message.content.length > 2000) {
+                        result = portion.message.content
 
-                    // exceeds handled length
-                    if (result.length > 2000) {
-                        message.channel.send(`Response length ${result.length} has exceeded Discord maximum.\n\nLong Stream messages not supported.`)
-                        break // stop stream
-                    }
-
-                    // resent current output, THIS WILL BE SLOW due to discord limits!
-                    sentMessage.edit(result || 'No Content Yet...')
+                        // new message block, wait for it to send and assign new block to respond.
+                        await message.channel.send("Creating new stream block...").then(sentMessage => { messageBlock = sentMessage })
+                    } else {
+                        result += portion.message.content
+                        
+                        // ensure block is not empty
+                        if (result.length > 5)
+                            messageBlock.edit(result) 
+                    }         
+                    console.log(result)
                 }
             }
             else {