diff --git a/server/server.py b/server/server.py
index 6b6a632..21bdf37 100644
--- a/server/server.py
+++ b/server/server.py
@@ -98,6 +98,30 @@ def format_messages(messages, context):
     return messages
 
 
+def add_instructions(messages, instructions):
+    personalization = instructions.get('personalization', '')
+    response = instructions.get('response', '')
+    if len(personalization) > 0:
+        messages[-1]['content'] = f"""
+Before answering the prompt, remember that user wanted you to know:
+<BEGIN_PERSONALIZATION>
+{personalization}
+<END_PERSONALIZATION>
+{messages[-1]['content']}
+""".strip()
+
+    if len(response) > 0:
+        messages[-1]['content'] = f"""
+Before answering the prompt, remember that the user asked for you to respond in the following way:
+<BEGIN_RESPONSE_SPECIFICATIONS>
+{response}
+<END_RESPONSE_SPECIFICATIONS>
+{messages[-1]['content']}
+""".strip()
+
+    return messages
+
+
 class APIHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     def _set_headers(self, status_code=200):
         self.send_response(status_code)
@@ -177,6 +201,7 @@ def query(self, body):
 
         directory = body.get('directory', None)
         messages = body.get('messages', [])
+        instructions = body.get('instructions', None)
 
         if directory:
             # emperically better than `similarity_search`
@@ -191,6 +216,7 @@ def query(self, body):
             print(('\n'+'--'*10+'\n').join([
                 f'{doc.metadata}\n{doc.page_content}' for doc in docs]), flush=True)
 
+        add_instructions(messages, instructions)
         print(messages, flush=True)
         prompt = mx.array(_tokenizer.encode(_tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
             messages,