diff --git a/examples/pipelines/providers/openai_pipeline.py b/examples/pipelines/providers/openai_pipeline.py
index f56905c..b374227 100644
--- a/examples/pipelines/providers/openai_pipeline.py
+++ b/examples/pipelines/providers/openai_pipeline.py
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 from typing import List, Union, Generator, Iterator
 from schemas import OpenAIChatMessage
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+import os
 import requests
 
 
 class Pipeline:
+    class Valves(BaseModel):
+        OPENAI_API_KEY: str = ""
+        pass
+
     def __init__(self):
         # Optionally, you can set the id and name of the pipeline.
         # Best practice is to not specify the id so that it can be automatically inferred from the filename, so that users can install multiple versions of the same pipeline.
@@ -11,6 +17,13 @@ class Pipeline:
         # The identifier must be an alphanumeric string that can include underscores or hyphens. It cannot contain spaces, special characters, slashes, or backslashes.
         # self.id = "openai_pipeline"
         self.name = "OpenAI Pipeline"
+        self.valves = self.Valves(
+            **{
+                "OPENAI_API_KEY": os.getenv(
+                    "OPENAI_API_KEY", "your-openai-api-key-here"
+                )
+            }
+        )
         pass
 
     async def on_startup(self):
@@ -39,10 +52,21 @@ class Pipeline:
         headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {OPENAI_API_KEY}"
         headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
 
+        payload = {**body, "model": MODEL}
+
+        if "user" in payload:
+            del payload["user"]
+        if "chat_id" in payload:
+            del payload["chat_id"]
+        if "title" in payload:
+            del payload["title"]
+
+        print(payload)
+
         try:
             r = requests.post(
                 url="https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions",
-                json={**body, "model": MODEL},
+                json=payload,
                 headers=headers,
                 stream=True,
             )