diff --git a/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml b/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
index d4d6668..47d0992 100644
--- a/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: atlasbot
       annotations:
-        checksum/atlasbot-configmap: manual-atlasbot-46
+        checksum/atlasbot-configmap: manual-atlasbot-47
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "comms"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-turn-secret: "kv/data/atlas/comms/turn-shared-secret"
diff --git a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
index 429fa31..351bb40 100644
--- a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
+++ b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
@@ -2124,11 +2124,9 @@ def _ollama_call(hist_key, prompt: str, *, context: str, use_history: bool = Tru
     endpoint = _ollama_endpoint()
     if not endpoint:
         raise RuntimeError("ollama endpoint missing")
-    system_content = system
+    messages: list[dict[str, str]] = [{"role": "system", "content": system}]
     if context:
-        system_content += "\n\nContext (grounded):\n" + context[:MAX_CONTEXT_CHARS]
-
-    messages: list[dict[str, str]] = [{"role": "system", "content": system_content}]
+        messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "Context (grounded):\n" + context[:MAX_CONTEXT_CHARS]})
     if use_history:
         messages.extend(_history_to_messages(history[hist_key][-24:]))
     messages.append({"role": "user", "content": prompt})