diff --git a/memgpt/local_llm/webui/settings.py b/memgpt/local_llm/webui/settings.py
index 64335199..d5762293 100644
--- a/memgpt/local_llm/webui/settings.py
+++ b/memgpt/local_llm/webui/settings.py
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ SIMPLE = {
         # '\n#',
         # '\n\n\n',
     ],
+    "max_new_tokens": 3072,
     "truncation_length": 4096,  # assuming llama2 models
 }