diff --git a/dotnet/recommendation-service/Program.cs b/dotnet/recommendation-service/Program.cs
index d746063c..6f8fe3ac 100644
--- a/dotnet/recommendation-service/Program.cs
+++ b/dotnet/recommendation-service/Program.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@
     return kernel;
 });
 
+builder.Services.AddSingleton<QdrantMemoryStore>(provider =>
+{
+    var memoryStore = new QdrantMemoryStore(Env.Var("QDRANT_ENDPOINT"), 1536, ConsoleLogger.Log);
+    return memoryStore;
+});
+
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<BingConnector>(provider =>
 {
     var bingConnector = new BingConnector(Env.Var("BING_API_KEY"));
diff --git a/java/user-service/src/main/java/com/microsoft/gbb/miyagi/userservice/service/OpenAIGeneratorService.java b/java/user-service/src/main/java/com/microsoft/gbb/miyagi/userservice/service/OpenAIGeneratorService.java
index feb2efb9..56940cb8 100644
--- a/java/user-service/src/main/java/com/microsoft/gbb/miyagi/userservice/service/OpenAIGeneratorService.java
+++ b/java/user-service/src/main/java/com/microsoft/gbb/miyagi/userservice/service/OpenAIGeneratorService.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package com.microsoft.gbb.miyagi.userservice.service;
 
 import com.azure.ai.openai.OpenAIClient;
-import com.azure.ai.openai.models.Choice;
-import com.azure.ai.openai.models.Completions;
-import com.azure.ai.openai.models.CompletionsOptions;
+import com.azure.ai.openai.models.*;
 import com.microsoft.gbb.miyagi.userservice.config.OpenAIConfig;
 import com.microsoft.gbb.miyagi.userservice.entity.Aspirations;
 import com.microsoft.gbb.miyagi.userservice.entity.FinancialProfile;
@@ -22,6 +20,12 @@
 @Service
 @Qualifier("openaigenerator")
 public class OpenAIGeneratorService implements ISyntheticGeneratorService {
+    private static final String META_PROMPT = """
+        You are a synthetic data generator that only returns a
+        single response that is either a string or a number.
+        The number should be parsable as an integer or a double.
+        DO NOT RETURN ANYTHING ELSE.
+        """;
     private final OpenAIClient openAIClient;
     private final OpenAIConfig openAIConfig;
 
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ public UserProfile generateFakeUserProfile() {
         userProfile.setFirstName(getCompletion("Generate a first name"));
         userProfile.setLastName(getCompletion("Generate a last name"));
         userProfile.setCity(getCompletion("Generate a city name"));
-        userProfile.setAge(Integer.parseInt(getCompletion("Generate a number between 18 and 65")));
+        userProfile.setAge(Integer.parseInt(getCompletion("Generate a number between 18 and 65 that is parsable as integer")));
 
         userProfile.setFinancialProfile(generateFakeFinancialProfile());
         userProfile.setAspirations(generateFakeAspirations());
@@ -85,14 +89,34 @@ public List<String> generateRandomCountryList(int count) {
     }
 
     private String getCompletion(String prompt) {
-        List<String> promptList = new ArrayList<>();
+       /* List<String> promptList = new ArrayList<>();
+        promptList.add(META_PROMPT);
         promptList.add(prompt);
 
         Completions completions = openAIClient.getCompletions(openAIConfig.getOpenAIModelId(),
-                                                              new CompletionsOptions(promptList));
-
-        Choice choice = completions.getChoices().get(0);
+                                                              new CompletionsOptions(promptList));*/
+        List<ChatMessage> chatMessages = new ArrayList<>();
+        chatMessages.add(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.SYSTEM).setContent(META_PROMPT));
+        // one shot example
+        chatMessages.add(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.USER).setContent("Generate a name"));
+        chatMessages.add(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.ASSISTANT).setContent("John Doe"));
+        chatMessages.add(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.USER).setContent(prompt));
+
+        ChatCompletions chatCompletions = openAIClient.getChatCompletions(openAIConfig.getOpenAIModelId(),
+                new ChatCompletionsOptions(chatMessages));
+
+        System.out.printf("Model ID=%s is created at %d.%n", chatCompletions.getId(), chatCompletions.getCreated());
+        ChatMessage message = null;
+        for (ChatChoice choice : chatCompletions.getChoices()) {
+            message = choice.getMessage();
+            System.out.printf("Index: %d, Chat Role: %s.%n", choice.getIndex(), message.getRole());
+            System.out.println("Message:");
+            System.out.println(message.getContent());
+        }
+/*        Choice choice = completions.getChoices().get(0);
 
-        return choice.getText().trim();
+        return choice.getText().trim();*/
+        assert message != null;
+        return message.getContent();
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/user-service/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/java/user-service/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 37fdc8d5..ad69e628 100644
--- a/java/user-service/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/java/user-service/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 spring:
   application:
       name: user-service
-openai:
-  key: ${AZURE_OPENAI_KEY}
-  endpoint: ${AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT}
-  model:
-    id: ${AZURE_OPENAI_MODEL_ID}
   kafka:
     topic:
       name: ${KAFKATOPICNAME}
@@ -43,6 +38,11 @@ openai:
     baseline-on-migrate: 'true'
   banner:
     location: static/banner.txt
+openai:
+  key: ${AZURE_OPENAI_KEY}
+  endpoint: ${AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT}
+  model:
+    id: ${AZURE_OPENAI_MODEL_ID}
 eureka:
   client:
     register-with-eureka: false