diff --git a/src/agent/conversation.js b/src/agent/conversation.js
index 89522c9..aadea3c 100644
--- a/src/agent/conversation.js
+++ b/src/agent/conversation.js
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ class ConversationManager {
             end,
         };
 
-        sendBotChatToServer(send_to, JSON.stringify(json));
+        sendBotChatToServer(send_to, json);
     }
 
-    async recieveFromBot(sender, json) {
+    async recieveFromBot(sender, recieved) {
         const convo = this._getConvo(sender);
 
         // check if any convo is active besides the sender
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ class ConversationManager {
             return;
         }
     
-        const recieved = JSON.parse(json);
         if (recieved.start) {
             convo.reset();
         }
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ function _compileInMessages(convo) {
 }
 
 function _handleFullInMessage(sender, recieved) {
-    console.log(`responding to **${JSON.stringify(recieved)}**`);
+    console.log(`${agent.name} responding to "${recieved.message}" from ${sender}`);
     
     const convo = convoManager._getConvo(sender);
     convo.active = true;
diff --git a/src/agent/prompter.js b/src/agent/prompter.js
index 1e91469..f23a028 100644
--- a/src/agent/prompter.js
+++ b/src/agent/prompter.js
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export class Prompter {
         let chat = this.profile.model;
         this.cooldown = this.profile.cooldown ? this.profile.cooldown : 0;
         this.last_prompt_time = 0;
+        this.awaiting_convo = false;
+        this.awaiting_coding = false;
 
         // try to get "max_tokens" parameter, else null
         let max_tokens = null;
@@ -225,6 +227,11 @@ export class Prompter {
     }
 
     async promptConvo(messages) {
+        if (this.awaiting_convo) {
+            console.warn('Already awaiting conversation response, returning no response.');
+            return '';
+        }
+        this.awaiting_convo = true;
         for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) { // try 3 times to avoid hallucinations
             await this.checkCooldown();
             let prompt = this.profile.conversing;
@@ -236,16 +243,25 @@ export class Prompter {
                 console.warn('LLM hallucinated message as another bot. Trying again...');
                 continue;
             }
+            this.awaiting_convo = false;
             return generation;
         }
-        return "*no response*";
+        this.awaiting_convo = false;
+        return "";
     }
 
     async promptCoding(messages) {
+        if (this.awaiting_coding) {
+            console.warn('Already awaiting coding response, returning no response.');
+            return '';
+        }
+        this.awaiting_coding = true;
         await this.checkCooldown();
         let prompt = this.profile.coding;
         prompt = await this.replaceStrings(prompt, messages, this.coding_examples);
-        return await this.chat_model.sendRequest(messages, prompt);
+        let resp = await this.chat_model.sendRequest(messages, prompt);
+        this.awaiting_coding = false;
+        return resp;
     }
 
     async promptMemSaving(to_summarize) {
diff --git a/src/server/mind_server.js b/src/server/mind_server.js
index c1f5931..ae952d3 100644
--- a/src/server/mind_server.js
+++ b/src/server/mind_server.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export function createMindServer(port = 8080) {
                 console.warn(`Agent ${agentName} tried to send a message but is not logged in`);
                 return;
             }
-            console.log(`${curAgentName} sending message to ${agentName}: ${json}`);
+            console.log(`${curAgentName} sending message to ${agentName}: ${json.message}`);
             inGameAgents[agentName].emit('chat-message', curAgentName, json);
         });