diff --git a/backend/src/bundles/chat/open-ai.service.ts b/backend/src/bundles/chat/open-ai.service.ts
index 96f79a6b9..6005a2f71 100644
--- a/backend/src/bundles/chat/open-ai.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/bundles/chat/open-ai.service.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class OpenAIService implements OpenAIServiceModule {
                 break;
             }
 
-            messages.splice(1, 1);
+            messages.splice(0, 1);
 
             totalTokens -= this.modelEncoding.encode(
                 removedMessage.content,