diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/api/chat-adapter.ts b/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/api/chat-adapter.ts
index bf192dc1be..d4fd10101c 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/api/chat-adapter.ts
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/api/chat-adapter.ts
@@ -1761,6 +1761,8 @@ export function createOpenAIStreamAdapter(): ChatModelAdapter {
         outboundMessages.unshift({
           role: "system",
           content: systemPromptParts.join("\n\n"),
+        });
+      }
 
       if (ragPrefetchEnabled && ragToolEnabled && ragSource.kind !== "off") {
         const lastUser = [...outboundMessages]