diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 792060b6..7c2b495d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "^1.3.4",
         "esbuild-plugin-svg": "^0.1.0",
+        "eventsource-parser": "^1.0.0",
         "react": "^18.2.0",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0"
       },
@@ -1465,6 +1466,14 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/eventsource-parser": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eventsource-parser/-/eventsource-parser-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9jgfSCa3dmEme2ES3mPByGXfgZ87VbP97tng1G2nWwWx6bV2nYxm2AWCrbQjXToSe+yYlqaZNtxffR9IeQr95g==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14.18"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/fast-deep-equal": {
       "version": "3.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a65491c..4b9aae9e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "axios": "^1.3.4",
     "esbuild-plugin-svg": "^0.1.0",
+    "eventsource-parser": "^1.0.0",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0"
   }
diff --git a/src/openAiStream.ts b/src/openAiStream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3114f3c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openAiStream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import {
+  createParser,
+  ParsedEvent,
+  ReconnectInterval,
+} from 'eventsource-parser';
+import { ChatMessage } from '@/sharedState';
+
+export class OpenAIError extends Error {
+  type: string;
+  param: string;
+  code: string;
+
+  constructor(message: string, type: string, param: string, code: string) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = 'OpenAIError';
+    this.type = type;
+    this.param = param;
+    this.code = code;
+  }
+}
+
+export const OpenAIStream = async (
+  model: string,
+  key: string,
+  messages: ChatMessage[],
+) => {
+  const res = await fetch(`https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions`, {
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      Authorization: `Bearer ${key ? key : process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY}`,
+      ...(process.env.OPENAI_ORGANIZATION && {
+        'OpenAI-Organization': process.env.OPENAI_ORGANIZATION,
+      }),
+    },
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      model,
+      messages: [
+        {
+          role: 'system',
+          content: 'You are a helpful assistant.',
+        },
+        ...messages,
+      ],
+      max_tokens: 1000,
+      temperature: 1,
+      stream: true,
+    }),
+  });
+
+  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+
+  if (res.status !== 200) {
+    const result = await res.json();
+    if (result.error) {
+      throw new OpenAIError(
+        result.error.message,
+        result.error.type,
+        result.error.param,
+        result.error.code,
+      );
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(
+        `OpenAI API returned an error: ${
+          decoder.decode(result?.value) || result.statusText
+        }`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  const stream = new ReadableStream({
+    async start(controller) {
+      const onParse = (event: ParsedEvent | ReconnectInterval) => {
+        if (event.type === 'event') {
+          const data = event.data;
+
+          if (data === '[DONE]') {
+            controller.close();
+            return;
+          }
+
+          try {
+            const json = JSON.parse(data);
+            const text = json.choices[0].delta.content;
+            const queue = encoder.encode(text);
+            controller.enqueue(queue);
+          } catch (e) {
+            controller.error(e);
+          }
+        }
+      };
+
+      const parser = createParser(onParse);
+
+      for await (const chunk of res.body as any) {
+        parser.feed(decoder.decode(chunk));
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  return stream;
+};