diff --git a/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/app.py b/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/app.py
index 12cae9a..9aeccd5 100644
--- a/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/app.py
+++ b/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/app.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 from .jobs import start_monitoring_jobs
 from .persistence import db
-from .processor import initialize as initialize_summaries
 from .v1.router import router as v1_router
 
 
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ async def executor_startup():
 
     initialize_openai_api()
 
-    initialize_summaries()
     log.info('summaries:executor module initialized')
 
     await db.initialize()
diff --git a/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/processor.py b/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/processor.py
index a4b7d75..5a1ddb6 100644
--- a/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/processor.py
+++ b/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/processor.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from .prompts.summary import summary_conversation, summary_emails, summary_meeting, summary_text
 from .v1.models import DocumentPayload, HintType, JobType
 
-llm = None
 log = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -36,10 +35,8 @@
 }
 
 
-def initialize():
-    global llm
-
-    llm = ChatOpenAI(
+def get_local_llm(**kwargs):
+    return ChatOpenAI(
         model=llama_path,
         api_key='placeholder',  # use a placeholder value to bypass validation, and allow the custom base url to be used
         base_url=f'{openai_api_base_url}/v1',
@@ -47,11 +44,12 @@ def initialize():
         frequency_penalty=1,
         max_retries=0,
         temperature=0,
+        **kwargs,
     )
 
 
 async def process(payload: DocumentPayload, job_type: JobType, model: ChatOpenAI = None) -> str:
-    current_model = model or llm
+    current_model = model or get_local_llm(max_tokens=payload.max_tokens)
     chain = None
     text = payload.text
 
@@ -99,6 +97,7 @@ async def process(payload: DocumentPayload, job_type: JobType, model: ChatOpenAI
 async def process_open_ai(payload: DocumentPayload, job_type: JobType, api_key: str, model_name=None) -> str:
     llm = ChatOpenAI(
         api_key=api_key,
+        max_tokens=payload.max_tokens,
         model_name=model_name,
         temperature=0,
     )
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ async def process_azure(
         api_version=azure_openai_api_version,
         azure_endpoint=endpoint,
         azure_deployment=deployment_name,
+        max_tokens=payload.max_tokens,
         temperature=0,
     )
 
diff --git a/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/v1/models.py b/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/v1/models.py
index a7fbe20..e4ae3c3 100644
--- a/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/v1/models.py
+++ b/skynet/modules/ttt/summaries/v1/models.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Priority(Enum):
 class DocumentPayload(BaseModel):
     text: str
     hint: HintType = HintType.MEETING
+    max_tokens: int = 0
     priority: Priority = Priority.NORMAL
     prompt: str | None = None
 
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ class DocumentPayload(BaseModel):
             'examples': [
                 {
                     'text': 'Your text here',
-                    'hint': 'text',
+                    'hint': 'meeting',
+                    'max_tokens': 0,
                     'priority': 'normal',
                     'prompt': 'Summarize the following text',
                 }