diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index bd4a855..7280ffe 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # LOG_LEVEL options: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG, NOTSET
+LOG_LEVEL=INFO
+
+# Matrix Configuration
 HOMESERVER_URL = "https://matrix.org"
 USER_ID = "@botbot_user:matrix.org"
 PASSWORD = "botbot_password"
-LOG_LEVEL=INFO
+
+# OpenAI API Key
+OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 7259a8f..d500ca2 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from nio import AsyncClient, AsyncClientConfig, MatrixRoom, RoomMessageText, InviteMemberEvent
 from nio.responses import LoginResponse
+from openai import AsyncOpenAI
 
 # --- Load environment variables ---
 load_dotenv()
@@ -11,9 +12,15 @@ HOMESERVER_URL = os.getenv("HOMESERVER_URL")
 USER_ID = os.getenv("USER_ID")
 PASSWORD = os.getenv("PASSWORD")
 LOG_LEVEL = os.getenv("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO").upper()
+OPENAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+
+if not OPENAI_API_KEY:
+    raise RuntimeError("OPENAI_API_KEY is not set in environment")
+
+# --- Initialize Async OpenAI client ---
+openai_client = AsyncOpenAI(api_key=OPENAI_API_KEY)
 
 # --- Logging Setup ---
-# Convert string level to numeric
 numeric_level = getattr(logging, LOG_LEVEL, logging.INFO)
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=numeric_level,
@@ -21,80 +28,102 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 )
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+async def trust_all_devices(client) -> None:
+    """
+    Programmatically verify all devices to allow sharing encryption keys.
+    """
+    for room_id in client.rooms:
+        try:
+            devices = await client.room_devices(room_id)
+            if isinstance(devices, dict):
+                for user, dev_ids in devices.items():
+                    if user == USER_ID:
+                        continue
+                    for dev_id in dev_ids:
+                        device = client.crypto.device_store.get_device(user, dev_id)
+                        if device and not client.crypto.device_store.is_device_verified(device):
+                            logger.info(f"Trusting {dev_id} for {user}")
+                            client.verify_device(device)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception(f"Error trusting devices in {room_id}")
+
 async def message_callback(room: MatrixRoom, event: RoomMessageText):
-    """
-    Called when a new text message is received.
-    """
-    logger.debug("Message callback triggered")
+    """Handle incoming text messages."""
     if event.sender == USER_ID:
         return
-    
-    body = event.body.strip().lower()
-    logger.info("Message from %s in %s: %s", event.sender, room.display_name, event.body)
+    body = event.body.strip()
+    lower = body.lower()
+    logger.info("Received '%s' from %s in %s", body, event.sender, room.display_name)
 
-    if event.body.strip().lower() == "!ping":
-        await client.room_send(
-            room_id=room.room_id,
-            message_type="m.room.message",
-            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Pong!"}
-        )
-        logger.info("Replied with Pong! to %s", event.sender)
-    elif body== "hello botbot":
-        await client.room_send(
-            room_id=room.room_id,
-            message_type="m.room.message",
-            content={
-                "msgtype": "m.text", 
-                "body": "Hello! How can I assist you today?",                
-            },
-            ignore_unverified_devices=True
-        )
-        logger.info("Replied with greeting to %s", event.sender)
+    send_kwargs = {
+        "room_id": room.room_id,
+        "message_type": "m.room.message",
+        "ignore_unverified_devices": True
+    }
 
-async def invite_cb(room, event):
-    """
-    Called when the bot is invited to a room.
-    """
-    logger.debug("Invite callback triggered")
-    if event.state_key == USER_ID:
-        await client.join(room.room_id)
-        logger.info("Auto-joined invited room %s", room.room_id)    
-
-async def main():
-    global client
-    logger.debug(HOMESERVER_URL)
-    logger.debug(USER_ID)
-    # Configure client with persistent store
-    config = AsyncClientConfig(
-        store_sync_tokens=True,
-        encryption_enabled=True,
-    )
-    client = AsyncClient(
-        HOMESERVER_URL,
-        USER_ID,
-        store_path="/app/data",
-        config=config
-    )
-
-    # Login
-    resp = await client.login(password=PASSWORD)
-    logger.debug("Login response raw: %r", resp.__dict__)
-    if not isinstance(resp, LoginResponse) or not resp.access_token:
-        error_msg = getattr(resp, 'message', repr(resp))
-        logger.error("Login failed: %s", error_msg)
-        await client.close()
+    # Simple ping
+    if lower == "!ping":
+        await client.room_send(**send_kwargs, content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Pong!"})
         return
-    logger.info("Logged in successfully as %s", USER_ID)
 
-    # Register callback and start syncing
+    # Ask OpenAI via chat completion
+    if lower.startswith("!ask "):
+        question = body[5:].strip()
+        if not question:
+            await client.room_send(**send_kwargs, content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Provide a question after !ask."})
+            return
+        logger.info("Querying OpenAI: %s", question)
+        try:
+            response = await openai_client.chat.completions.create(
+                model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+                messages=[
+                    {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
+                    {"role": "user",   "content": question}
+                ],
+                max_tokens=150,
+                timeout=300
+            )
+            answer = response.choices[0].message.content.strip()
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("OpenAI API error")
+            answer = "Sorry, I encountered an error contacting the AI service."
+        await client.room_send(**send_kwargs, content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": answer})
+        return
+
+    # Greeting
+    if lower == "hello botbot":
+        await client.room_send(**send_kwargs, content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Hello! How can I assist you today?"})
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    """Initialize and run the Matrix bot."""
+    global client
+    config = AsyncClientConfig(store_sync_tokens=True, encryption_enabled=True)
+    client = AsyncClient(HOMESERVER_URL, USER_ID, store_path="/app/data", config=config)
+
+    login_resp = await client.login(password=PASSWORD)
+    if isinstance(login_resp, LoginResponse):
+        logger.info("Logged in as %s", USER_ID)
+    else:
+        logger.error("Login failed: %s", login_resp)
+        return
+
+    await trust_all_devices(client)
+
+    # Auto-join and trust
+    async def on_invite(room, event):
+        if isinstance(event, InviteMemberEvent):
+            await client.join(room.room_id)
+            logger.info("Joined %s", room.room_id)
+            await trust_all_devices(client)
+    client.add_event_callback(on_invite, InviteMemberEvent)
     client.add_event_callback(message_callback, RoomMessageText)
-    client.add_event_callback(invite_cb, InviteMemberEvent)
-    logger.info("Starting sync loop with timeout=30000ms")
+
+    logger.info("Starting sync loop")
     await client.sync_forever(timeout=30000)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
         asyncio.run(main())
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        logger.info("Received interrupt, shutting down client")
-        asyncio.run(client.close()) 
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+        logger.info("Shutting down")
+        asyncio.run(client.close())
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3dae8f6..b634f8a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 matrix-nio[e2e]>=0.25.0
-python-dotenv>=1.0.0
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+python-dotenv>=1.0.0
+openai
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