diff --git a/fjerkroa_bot/ai_responder.py b/fjerkroa_bot/ai_responder.py
index 74b5c81..731cceb 100644
--- a/fjerkroa_bot/ai_responder.py
+++ b/fjerkroa_bot/ai_responder.py
@@ -136,7 +136,14 @@ class AIResponder(object):
                 result = await openai.ChatCompletion.acreate(model=self.config["fix-model"],
                                                              messages=messages,
                                                              temperature=0.2)
-                return result['choices'][0]['message']['content']
+                logging.info(f"got this message as fix:\n{pformat(result['choices'][0]['message']['content'])}")
+                response = result['choices'][0]['message']['content']
+                start, end = response.find("```"), response.rfind("```")
+                if start == -1 or end == -1 or (start + 3) >= end:
+                    return answer
+                response = response[start + 3, end]
+                logging.info(f"fixed answer:\n{pformat(response)}")
+                return response
             except Exception as err:
                 logging.warning(f"failed to execute a fix for the answer: {repr(err)}")
         return answer
@@ -146,9 +153,9 @@ class AIResponder(object):
         self.history.append(answer)
         if len(self.history) > limit:
             self.history = self.history[-limit:]
-            if self.history_file is not None:
-                with open(self.history_file, 'wb') as fd:
-                    pickle.dump(self.history, fd)
+        if self.history_file is not None:
+            with open(self.history_file, 'wb') as fd:
+                pickle.dump(self.history, fd)
 
     async def send(self, message: AIMessage) -> AIResponse:
         limit = self.config["history-limit"]