diff --git a/ask_cmd.go b/ask_cmd.go
index 8292fe9..4413ecc 100644
--- a/ask_cmd.go
+++ b/ask_cmd.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/PullRequestInc/go-gpt3"
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ type askCmd struct {
 	Bash        bool     `arg:"--bash" help:"output only valid bash"`
 	Model       string   `arg:"--model,-m" help:"set openai model"`
 	Attach      []string `arg:"--attach,-a,separate" help:"attach additional files at the end of the message. pass '-' to pass in stdin"`
+	Once        bool     `arg:"--once,-o" help:"whether to just ask the model once"`
 }
 
 func (args *askCmd) buildContent(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
@@ -87,6 +90,39 @@ func (args *askCmd) messages(content string) []gpt3.ChatCompletionRequestMessage
 
 }
 
+func (args *askCmd) poll(input *bufio.Reader) (string, bool, error) {
+	sigCh := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sigCh, os.Interrupt)
+	lineCh := make(chan string)
+	defer close(lineCh)
+	errCh := make(chan error)
+	defer close(errCh)
+
+	go func() {
+		line, err := input.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			errCh <- err
+		} else {
+			lineCh <- line
+		}
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-errCh:
+		return "", false, err
+	case <-sigCh:
+		return "", false, nil
+	case line := <-lineCh:
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line == "" {
+			return "", false, nil
+		}
+		signal.Stop(sigCh)
+		close(sigCh)
+		return line, true, nil
+	}
+}
+
 func (args *askCmd) Execute(ctx context.Context, config *config) error {
 	model := args.Model
 	if model == "" {
@@ -99,25 +135,62 @@ func (args *askCmd) Execute(ctx context.Context, config *config) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot build message: %w", err)
 	}
-	err = client.ChatCompletionStream(ctx, gpt3.ChatCompletionRequest{
-		Messages:    args.messages(content),
-		MaxTokens:   args.MaxTokens,
-		Temperature: &args.Temperature,
-		Stream:      true,
-		Model:       model,
-	}, func(cr *gpt3.ChatCompletionStreamResponse) error {
-		message := cr.Choices[0].Delta.Content
-		if message != "" {
-			lastMessage = message
+
+	input := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+
+	messages := args.messages(content)
+	for {
+		var response strings.Builder
+		out := io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, &response)
+
+		err = client.ChatCompletionStream(ctx, gpt3.ChatCompletionRequest{
+			Messages:    messages,
+			MaxTokens:   args.MaxTokens,
+			Temperature: &args.Temperature,
+			Stream:      true,
+			Model:       model,
+		}, func(cr *gpt3.ChatCompletionStreamResponse) error {
+			message := cr.Choices[0].Delta.Content
+			if message != "" {
+				lastMessage = message
+			}
+			_, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s", cr.Choices[0].Delta.Content)
+			return err
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("%s", cr.Choices[0].Delta.Content)
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if len(lastMessage) == 0 || lastMessage[len(lastMessage)-1] != '\n' {
-		fmt.Printf("\n")
+		if len(lastMessage) == 0 || lastMessage[len(lastMessage)-1] != '\n' {
+			_, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "\n")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		if args.Once {
+			break
+		}
+
+		_, err := fmt.Printf("%shlp>%s ", colorGreen, colorReset)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		line, cont, err := args.poll(input)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if !cont {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		messages = append(
+			messages,
+			gpt3.ChatCompletionRequestMessage{Role: "assistant", Content: response.String()},
+			gpt3.ChatCompletionRequestMessage{Role: "user", Content: line},
+		)
+
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/color.go b/color.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6ea1b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/color.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package main
+
+const (
+    colorReset  = "\033[0m"
+    colorRed    = "\033[31m"
+    colorGreen  = "\033[32m"
+    colorYellow = "\033[33m"
+    colorBlue   = "\033[34m"
+    colorPurple = "\033[35m"
+    colorCyan   = "\033[36m"
+    colorWhite  = "\033[37m"
+)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c71a2a4..1dd0e84 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -46,14 +46,22 @@ func (args *mainCmd) Execute(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func main() {
+func run() error {
 	var args mainCmd
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Minute*5)
 	defer cancel()
 	arg.MustParse(&args)
-
 	if err := args.Execute(ctx); err != nil {
-		log.Panic(err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	if err := run(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("error: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+	os.Exit(0)
 }