diff --git a/mind_palace/welcome.py b/mind_palace/welcome.py
index 964ba74..ff5e13e 100644
--- a/mind_palace/welcome.py
+++ b/mind_palace/welcome.py
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ def summarize(gpt_model, texts: List[str]):
         ChatMessage(role="user", content=prompt["user"]),
     ]
     resp = OpenAI(model=gpt_model).chat(messages)
-
-    # TODO: parse response
-    return resp
+    return resp.message.content
 
 
 def get_welcome_message(nodes):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_welcome.py b/tests/unit/test_welcome.py
index 9579563..5551ffd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_welcome.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_welcome.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import re
 
-from tests.context import docs
+from tests.context import docs, extract
 from tests.context import welcome as w
 
+from . import test_docs
+
 
 def test_parse_abstracts():
     nodes = [
@@ -25,3 +27,27 @@ def test_summarize_prompt():
     assert isinstance(prompt, dict)
     assert isinstance(prompt["system"], str)
     assert re.search(r"'''\* this is abstract\n\* second abstract'''", prompt["user"])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="calls out to OpenAI API and is not free")
+def test_summerize():
+    nodes = extract.seed_nodes(test_docs.XML_PATH)
+    abstracts = w.parse_abstracts(nodes)
+    resp = w.summarize("gpt-3.5-turbo", abstracts)
+
+    # An example response from GPT:
+    # This collection of papers focuses on the process of sonoporation, which
+    # involves using ultrasound and microbubbles to temporarily permeate the
+    # plasma membrane of cells. The papers discuss the mechanistic knowledge of
+    # sonoporation-induced cellular impact, the spatiotemporal characteristics
+    # of sonoporation, the disruption of the actin cytoskeleton during
+    # sonoporation, the role of membrane blebbing in cell recovery, the cellular
+    # impact of sonoporation on living cells, the properties of daughter bubbles
+    # created during inertial cavitation, and the dynamics of membrane
+    # perforation and resealing during sonoporation. These findings provide
+    # valuable insights into the potential applications and optimization of
+    # sonoporation as a drug and gene delivery technique.
+
+    assert resp.startswith("This collection of papers")
+    assert len(resp.split()) < 200
+    assert "sonoporation" in resp