diff --git a/candle-wasm-examples/llama2-c/src/app.rs b/candle-wasm-examples/llama2-c/src/app.rs
index f17cdbe3..782026a4 100644
--- a/candle-wasm-examples/llama2-c/src/app.rs
+++ b/candle-wasm-examples/llama2-c/src/app.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ pub struct App {
     status: String,
     loaded: bool,
     temperature: std::rc::Rc<std::cell::RefCell<f64>>,
+    prompt: std::rc::Rc<std::cell::RefCell<String>>,
     generated: String,
     n_tokens: usize,
     current_decode: Option<CurrentDecode>,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ impl Component for App {
             status,
             n_tokens: 0,
             temperature: std::rc::Rc::new(std::cell::RefCell::new(0.)),
+            prompt: std::rc::Rc::new(std::cell::RefCell::new("".to_string())),
             generated: String::new(),
             current_decode: None,
             worker,
@@ -120,9 +122,10 @@ impl Component for App {
                     self.n_tokens = 0;
                     self.generated.clear();
                     let temp = *self.temperature.borrow();
-                    console_log!("temp: {}", temp);
+                    let prompt = self.prompt.borrow().clone();
+                    console_log!("temp: {}, prompt: {}", temp, prompt);
                     ctx.link()
-                        .send_message(Msg::WorkerInMsg(WorkerInput::Run(temp)))
+                        .send_message(Msg::WorkerInMsg(WorkerInput::Run(temp, prompt)))
                 }
                 true
             }
@@ -181,6 +184,12 @@ impl Component for App {
             }
             Msg::Refresh
         });
+        let prompt = self.prompt.clone();
+        let oninput_prompt = ctx.link().callback(move |e: yew::InputEvent| {
+            let input: web_sys::HtmlInputElement = e.target_unchecked_into();
+            *prompt.borrow_mut() = input.value();
+            Msg::Refresh
+        });
         html! {
             <div style="margin: 2%;">
                 <div><p>{"Running "}
@@ -195,6 +204,8 @@ impl Component for App {
                 <input type="range" min="0." max="1.2" step="0.1" value={self.temperature.borrow().to_string()} {oninput} id="temp"/>
                 {format!(" \u{00a0} {}", self.temperature.borrow())}
                 <br/ >
+                {"prompt: "}<input type="text" value={self.prompt.borrow().to_string()} oninput={oninput_prompt} id="prompt"/>
+                <br/ >
                 {
                     if self.loaded{
                         html!(<button class="button" onclick={ctx.link().callback(move |_| Msg::Run)}> { "run" }</button>)
diff --git a/candle-wasm-examples/llama2-c/src/worker.rs b/candle-wasm-examples/llama2-c/src/worker.rs
index 3a43c57a..9268e528 100644
--- a/candle-wasm-examples/llama2-c/src/worker.rs
+++ b/candle-wasm-examples/llama2-c/src/worker.rs
@@ -91,13 +91,25 @@ impl LogitsProcessor {
 }
 
 impl Model {
-    fn run(&self, link: &WorkerLink<Worker>, id: HandlerId, temp: f64) -> Result<()> {
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        link: &WorkerLink<Worker>,
+        id: HandlerId,
+        temp: f64,
+        prompt: String,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         let dev = Device::Cpu;
         let temp = if temp <= 0. { None } else { Some(temp) };
-        console_log!("{temp:?}");
+        console_log!("{temp:?} {prompt}");
         let mut logits_processor = LogitsProcessor::new(299792458, temp);
         let mut index_pos = 0;
-        let mut tokens = vec![1u32];
+        let mut tokens = self
+            .tokenizer
+            .encode(prompt.to_string(), true)
+            .map_err(|m| candle::Error::Msg(m.to_string()))?
+            .get_ids()
+            .to_vec();
+        link.respond(id, Ok(WorkerOutput::Generated(prompt)));
 
         for index in 0..self.config.seq_len - 10 {
             let context_size = if self.cache.use_kv_cache && index > 0 {
@@ -287,7 +299,7 @@ pub struct Worker {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum WorkerInput {
     ModelData(ModelData),
-    Run(f64),
+    Run(f64, String),
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -320,7 +332,7 @@ impl yew_agent::Worker for Worker {
                 }
                 Err(err) => Err(format!("model creation error {err:?}")),
             },
-            WorkerInput::Run(temp) => match &mut self.model {
+            WorkerInput::Run(temp, prompt) => match &mut self.model {
                 None => Err("model has not been set yet".to_string()),
                 Some(model) => {
                     {
@@ -329,7 +341,9 @@ impl yew_agent::Worker for Worker {
                             *elem = None
                         }
                     }
-                    let result = model.run(&self.link, id, temp).map_err(|e| e.to_string());
+                    let result = model
+                        .run(&self.link, id, temp, prompt)
+                        .map_err(|e| e.to_string());
                     Ok(WorkerOutput::GenerationDone(result))
                 }
             },