diff --git a/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.AzureOpenAI/Providers/ChatCompletionProvider.cs b/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.AzureOpenAI/Providers/ChatCompletionProvider.cs
index ba5a393a..cc19b7b1 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.AzureOpenAI/Providers/ChatCompletionProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.AzureOpenAI/Providers/ChatCompletionProvider.cs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public class ChatCompletionProvider : IChatCompletion
         var samplingFactor = float.Parse(state.GetState("sampling_factor", "0.0"));
         chatCompletionsOptions.Temperature = temperature;
         chatCompletionsOptions.NucleusSamplingFactor = samplingFactor;
-        chatCompletionsOptions.MaxTokens = int.Parse(state.GetState("max_tokens", "256"));
+        chatCompletionsOptions.MaxTokens = int.Parse(state.GetState("max_tokens", "1024"));
         // chatCompletionsOptions.FrequencyPenalty = 0;
         // chatCompletionsOptions.PresencePenalty = 0;