diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0616ea..de08a67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ This script relies on curl for the requests to the api and jq to parse the json
   - `history` To view your chat history, type `history`
   - `models` To get a list of the models available at OpenAI API, type `models`
   - `model:` To view all the information on a specific model, start a prompt with `model:` and the model `id` as it appears in the list of models. For example: `model:text-babbage:001` will get you all the fields for `text-babbage:001` model
+  - `change_model`: To change the used model type, type `change_model:` and the model `id`. For example `change_model:gpt-4` will change the current model to gpt-4
   - `command:` To get a command with the specified functionality and run it, just type `command:` and explain what you want to achieve. The script will always ask you if you want to execute the command. i.e. `command: show me all files in this directory that have more than 150 lines of code` 
   *If a command modifies your file system or dowloads external files the script will show a warning before executing.*
 
diff --git a/chatgpt.sh b/chatgpt.sh
index 81df29a..05187b8 100755
--- a/chatgpt.sh
+++ b/chatgpt.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Commands:
   history - To view your chat history
   models - To get a list of the models available at OpenAI API
   model: - To view all the information on a specific model, start a prompt with model: and the model id as it appears in the list of models. For example: "model:text-babbage:001" will get you all the fields for text-babbage:001 model
-  command: - To get a command with the specified functionality and run it, just type "command:" and explain what you want to achieve. The script will always ask you if you want to execute the command. i.e. 
+  change_model: - To change the used model. For example "change_model:gpt-4" will change the current model to gpt-4
+  command: - To get a command with the specified functionality and run it, just type "command:" and explain what you want to achieve. The script will always ask you if you want to execute the command. i.e.
   "command: show me all files in this directory that have more than 150 lines of code" 
   *If a command modifies your file system or dowloads external files the script will show a warning before executing.
 
@@ -374,6 +375,8 @@ while $running; do
 		model_data=$(echo $models_response | jq -r -C '.data[] | select(.id=="'"${prompt#*model:}"'")')
 		echo -e "$OVERWRITE_PROCESSING_LINE"
 		echo -e "${CHATGPT_CYAN_LABEL}Complete details for model: ${prompt#*model:}\n ${model_data}"
+	elif [[ "$prompt" =~ ^change_model: ]]; then
+    		MODEL=${prompt#*change_model:}
 	elif [[ "$prompt" =~ ^command: ]]; then
 		# escape quotation marks, new lines, backslashes...
 		escaped_prompt=$(escape "$prompt")