diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index ee470cc..884ee20 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,68 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { Ollama } from 'ollama/browser';
 
+const MODEL = 'deepseek-coder:1.3b';
+
+const PREFIX_START = '<fileStart>'
+const PREFIX_END = '</fileStart>'
+
+const SUFFIX_START = '<fileEnd>'
+const SUFFIX_END = '</fileEnd>'
+
+const HOST = undefined;
+
+// TODO: make these configurable by extension setting
 const ollama = new Ollama({
-	// host: 'http://defiant:11434'
+	host: HOST,
 });
 
+const getModelSupportsSuffix = async (model: string) => {
+	// TODO: get if model supports suffixes and use that if available
+
+	// const response = await ollama.show({
+	// 	model: model
+	// })
+
+	// model.capabilities.includes('suffix')
+	return false
+}
+
+const getPrompt = (document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position) => {
+	const prefix = document.getText(new vscode.Range(0, 0, position.line, position.character))
+
+	const messageHeader = `In an english code base with the file.\nfile:\nproject {PROJECT_NAME}\nfile {FILE_NAME}\nlanguage {LANG}\nFile:\n${PREFIX_START}\n`;
+
+	const prompt = messageHeader
+		.replace("{PROJECT_NAME}", vscode.workspace.name || "Untitled")
+		.replace("{FILE_NAME}", document.fileName)
+		.replace("{LANG}", document.languageId) + prefix;
+
+	return prompt
+}
+
+const getPromptWithSuffix = (document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position) => {
+	const prefix = document.getText(new vscode.Range(0, 0, position.line, position.character))
+	const suffix = document.getText(new vscode.Range(position.line, position.character, document.lineCount - 1, document.lineAt(document.lineCount - 1).text.length))
+
+	const messageSuffix = `End of the file:\n${SUFFIX_START}\n${suffix}\n${SUFFIX_END}\n`
+	const messagePrefix = `Start of the file:\n${PREFIX_START}`
+
+	const messageHeader = `In an english code base with the file.\nfile:\nproject {PROJECT_NAME}\nfile {FILE_NAME}\nlanguage {LANG}\nThis is the end of and then the start of the file.`
+		.replace("{PROJECT_NAME}", vscode.workspace.name || "Untitled")
+		.replace("{FILE_NAME}", document.fileName)
+		.replace("{LANG}", document.languageId) + prefix;
+
+	const prompt = `${messageHeader}\n${messageSuffix}\n${messagePrefix}\n`;
+
+	return prompt
+}
+
+const getSuffix = (document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position) => {
+	const suffix = document.getText(new vscode.Range(position.line, position.character, document.lineCount - 1, document.lineAt(document.lineCount - 1).text.length))
+
+	return suffix
+}
+
 // This method is called when your extension is activated
 // Your extension is activated the very first time the command is executed
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
@@ -44,30 +102,19 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 			console.log('provideInlineCompletionItems triggered');
 
 			try {
-
-				const DOCUMENT_START = '<file>'
-				const DOCUMENT_END = '</file>'
-
-				const MESSAGE_HEADER = `\n{PROJECT_NAME}\nfile {FILE_NAME}\nlanguage {LANG}\n${DOCUMENT_START}\n`;
-
-				const prefix = document.getText(new vscode.Range(0, 0, position.line, position.character))
-				const suffix = document.getText(new vscode.Range(position.line, position.character, document.lineCount - 1, document.lineAt(document.lineCount - 1).text.length))
-
-				const prompt = MESSAGE_HEADER
-					.replace("{PROJECT_NAME}", vscode.workspace.name || "Untitled")
-					.replace("{FILE_NAME}", document.fileName)
-					.replace("{LANG}", document.languageId) + prefix;
-
+				const modelSupportsSuffix = await getModelSupportsSuffix(MODEL)
+				const prompt = modelSupportsSuffix ? getPrompt(document, position) : getPromptWithSuffix(document, position)
+				const suffix = modelSupportsSuffix ? undefined : getSuffix(document, position)
 
 				const response = await ollama.generate({
-					model: 'deepseek-r1:8b',
+					model: MODEL,
 					prompt,
 					suffix,
 					raw: true,
 					stream: true,
 					options: {
 						num_predict: 10,
-						stop: [DOCUMENT_END]
+						stop: [PREFIX_END]
 					},
 				})