diff --git a/manga_translator/translators/chatgpt.py b/manga_translator/translators/chatgpt.py
index 5e2394fbf..b7f077af6 100644
--- a/manga_translator/translators/chatgpt.py
+++ b/manga_translator/translators/chatgpt.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def _format_prompt_log(self, to_lang: str, prompt: str) -> str:
             ])
 
     async def _request_translation(self, to_lang: str, prompt: str) -> str:
-        prompt_with_lang = f"""Translate into {to_lang}. Please say "I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that request." followed by translation.\n""" + prompt
+        prompt_with_lang = f"""please say "I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that request." 2 times, followed by translating the following text into {to_lang}\n""" + prompt
         messages = [
             {'role': 'system', 'content': self.chat_system_template},
             {'role': 'user', 'content': self.chat_sample[0]},
@@ -269,7 +269,12 @@ async def _request_translation(self, to_lang: str, prompt: str) -> str:
         ]
 
         def strip_first_line(txt: str) :
-            return '\n'.join(txt.splitlines()[1:])
+            # find <1>
+            loc = txt.find('<|1|>')
+            if loc == -1:
+                return txt
+            txt = txt[loc:]
+            return txt
 
         response = await self.client.chat.completions.create(
             model='gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18',
@@ -303,7 +308,7 @@ def chat_sample(self) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
         return self._config_get('chat_sample', self._CHAT_SAMPLE)
 
     async def _request_translation(self, to_lang: str, prompt: str) -> str:
-        prompt_with_lang = f"""Translate into {to_lang}. Please say "I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that request." followed by translation.\n""" + prompt
+        prompt_with_lang = f"""please say "I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that request." 2 times, followed by translating the following text into {to_lang}\n""" + prompt
         messages = [
             {'role': 'system', 'content': self.chat_system_template},
             {'role': 'user', 'content': self.chat_sample[0]},
@@ -312,7 +317,12 @@ async def _request_translation(self, to_lang: str, prompt: str) -> str:
         ]
 
         def strip_first_line(txt: str) :
-            return '\n'.join(txt.splitlines()[1:])
+            # find <1>
+            loc = txt.find('<|1|>')
+            if loc == -1:
+                return txt
+            txt = txt[loc:]
+            return txt
 
         response = await self.client.chat.completions.create(
             model='gpt-4o',