diff --git a/application/config.json.template b/application/config.json.template
index 0ce8d2c59d..80585e39b4 100644
--- a/application/config.json.template
+++ b/application/config.json.template
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "logInfoChannelWebhook": "<put_your_webhook_here>",
     "logErrorChannelWebhook": "<put_your_webhook_here>",
     "openaiApiKey": "<check pins in #tjbot_discussion for the key>",
-    "sourceCodeBaseUrl": "<https://github.com/<your_account_here>/<your_repo_here>/blob/master/application/src/main/java/>",
+    "sourceCodeBaseUrl": "https://github.com/Together-Java/TJ-Bot/blob/master/application/src/main/java/",
     "jshell": {
         "baseUrl": "<put_jshell_rest_api_url_here>",
         "rateLimitWindowSeconds": 10,
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/chatgpt/ChatGptService.java b/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/chatgpt/ChatGptService.java
index 11f057e296..24cf088852 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/chatgpt/ChatGptService.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/chatgpt/ChatGptService.java
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ public class ChatGptService {
     private static final Duration TIMEOUT = Duration.ofSeconds(90);
     private static final int MAX_TOKENS = 3_000;
     private static final String AI_MODEL = "gpt-3.5-turbo";
+
     private boolean isDisabled = false;
-    private final OpenAiService openAiService;
+    private OpenAiService openAiService;
 
     /**
      * Creates instance of ChatGPTService
@@ -33,8 +34,10 @@ public class ChatGptService {
      */
     public ChatGptService(Config config) {
         String apiKey = config.getOpenaiApiKey();
-        if (apiKey.isBlank()) {
+        boolean keyIsDefaultDescription = apiKey.startsWith("<") && apiKey.endsWith(">");
+        if (apiKey.isBlank() || keyIsDefaultDescription) {
             isDisabled = true;
+            return;
         }
 
         openAiService = new OpenAiService(apiKey, TIMEOUT);
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/help/HelpSystemHelper.java b/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/help/HelpSystemHelper.java
index 1fa5dcaf7c..8604ac631b 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/help/HelpSystemHelper.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/help/HelpSystemHelper.java
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ RestAction<Message> constructChatGptAttempt(ThreadChannel threadChannel,
         }
         String question = questionOptional.get();
         logger.debug("The final question sent to chatGPT: {}", question);
-        logger.info("The final question sent to chatGPT: {}", question);
 
         chatGPTAnswer = chatGptService.ask(question);
         if (chatGPTAnswer.isEmpty()) {
@@ -226,7 +225,6 @@ private Optional<String> prepareChatGptQuestion(ThreadChannel threadChannel,
     }
 
     private RestAction<Message> useChatGptFallbackMessage(ThreadChannel threadChannel) {
-        logger.warn("Something went wrong while trying to communicate with the ChatGpt API");
         return mentionGuildSlashCommand(threadChannel.getGuild(), ChatGptCommand.COMMAND_NAME)
             .map(CHATGPT_FAILURE_MESSAGE::formatted)
             .flatMap(threadChannel::sendMessage);
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/help/HelpThreadCreatedListener.java b/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/help/HelpThreadCreatedListener.java
index b38d35fcc1..6bbf80eff7 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/help/HelpThreadCreatedListener.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/togetherjava/tjbot/features/help/HelpThreadCreatedListener.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ private void handleHelpThreadCreated(ThreadChannel threadChannel) {
         Runnable createMessages = () -> {
             try {
                 createMessages(threadChannel).queue();
-                createAIResponse(threadChannel).queue();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 logger.error(
                         "Unknown error while creating messages after help-thread ({}) creation",
@@ -100,7 +99,8 @@ private RestAction<Message> createAIResponse(ThreadChannel threadChannel) {
 
     private RestAction<Message> createMessages(ThreadChannel threadChannel) {
         return sendHelperHeadsUp(threadChannel).flatMap(Message::pin)
-            .flatMap(any -> helper.sendExplanationMessage(threadChannel));
+            .flatMap(any -> helper.sendExplanationMessage(threadChannel))
+            .flatMap(any -> createAIResponse(threadChannel));
     }
 
     private RestAction<Message> sendHelperHeadsUp(ThreadChannel threadChannel) {