diff --git a/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/settings/ai-section.tsx b/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/settings/ai-section.tsx
index 94d2002f3..cfc7898ef 100644
--- a/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/settings/ai-section.tsx
+++ b/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/settings/ai-section.tsx
@@ -543,10 +543,10 @@ const AISection = () => {
                 </TooltipTrigger>
                 <TooltipContent side="left">
                   <p>
-                    maximum number of characters (think 3 characters per token)
+                    maximum number of characters (think 4 characters per token)
                     to send to the ai model. <br />
                     usually, openai models support up to 128k tokens, which is
-                    roughly 30k-40k characters. <br />
+                    roughly 512k characters. <br />
                     we&apos;ll use this for UI purposes to show you how much you
                     can send.
                   </p>
diff --git a/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-settings.tsx b/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-settings.tsx
index 4791be437..7aeb8fc38 100644
--- a/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-settings.tsx
+++ b/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-settings.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: Settings = {
   includedWindows: [],
   aiProviderType: "openai",
   aiUrl: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
-  aiMaxContextChars: 30000,
+  aiMaxContextChars: 512000,
   fps: 0.5,
   vadSensitivity: "high",
   analyticsEnabled: true,