diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index eaceb21..e1a5859 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   web-app:
-    image: ghcr.io/${REPO_NAME_LOWER}/web-app:${IMAGE_TAG}
+    image: ghcr.io/${REPO_NAME_LOWER}/fallback-web-app:${IMAGE_TAG}
     restart: always
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:3034:3000"
diff --git a/web-app/src/components/layouts/chat-layout.jsx b/web-app/src/components/layouts/chat-layout.jsx
index 8502217..8b27769 100644
--- a/web-app/src/components/layouts/chat-layout.jsx
+++ b/web-app/src/components/layouts/chat-layout.jsx
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import ChatHeader from "src/components/ui/chat/chat-header";
 import ChatWindow from "src/components/ui/chat/chat-window";
 import MessageInput from "src/components/ui/chat/message-input";
 import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";
-import { useChatBackend } from "src/context/chat-backend-context";
+
+let userInput = [];
 
 const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: import.meta.env.GEMINI_API_KEY });
 
 async function AIResponse(userInputArray) {
   const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
     model: "gemini-2.5-flash",
-
     contents: userInputArray,
   });
 
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ export default function ChatLayout() {
     <div className="flex flex-col flex-start w-full max-w-3xl gap-4 p-4">
       <ChatHeader onDeleteAll={handleDeleteAll} />
       <ChatWindow messages={messages} />
-      <MessageInput
-        onSend={handleSend}
-        onMessage={addMessage}
-        onDeleteAll={handleDeleteAll}
-      />
+      <MessageInput onSend={handleSend} onDeleteAll={handleDeleteAll} />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/web-app/src/components/ui/chat/chat-header.jsx b/web-app/src/components/ui/chat/chat-header.jsx
index 1f0258f..fadf72f 100644
--- a/web-app/src/components/ui/chat/chat-header.jsx
+++ b/web-app/src/components/ui/chat/chat-header.jsx
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ export default function ChatHeader({
       setIngesting(true);
       const res = await fetch("/api/files/import-demo", { method: "POST" });
       const json = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
-      const imported = json.imported ?? "?";
-      const skipped = json.skipped ?? "?";
-      const summary = `Imported: ${imported}, Skipped: ${skipped}`;
-      setToast(json.error ? `${summary} - ${json.error}` : summary);
+      setToast(
+        `Imported: ${json.imported ?? "?"}, Skipped: ${json.skipped ?? "?"}`
+      );
       setTimeout(() => setToast(""), 4000);
     } catch (e) {
       setToast("Import failed");
diff --git a/web-app/src/components/ui/chat/message-input.jsx b/web-app/src/components/ui/chat/message-input.jsx
index 961b913..953ad70 100644
--- a/web-app/src/components/ui/chat/message-input.jsx
+++ b/web-app/src/components/ui/chat/message-input.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import ChatBackendContext from "src/context/chat-backend-context";
 import { motion } from "motion/react";
 import { BotMessageSquare } from "lucide-react";
 
-export default function MessageInput({ onSend, onMessage }) {
+import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";
+
+const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ apiKey: import.meta.env.GEMINI_API_KEY });
+
+export default function MessageInput({ onSend }) {
   const [text, setText] = useState("");
   const textareaRef = useRef(null);
 
@@ -15,52 +19,10 @@ export default function MessageInput({ onSend, onMessage }) {
   }, []);
 
   async function handleSubmit(e) {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    if (!text.trim()) return;
-
     // send user message locally
+    e.preventDefault();
+    if (text.trim() === "") return;
     onSend(text.trim());
-
-    // create query on backend
-    try {
-      if (onMessage)
-        onMessage("assistant", "Queued: sending request to server...");
-      const createRes = await fetch(`/api/query/create`, {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ q: text, top_k: 5 }),
-      });
-      const createJson = await createRes.json();
-      const id = createJson.id;
-      if (!id) throw new Error("no id returned");
-
-      // poll status
-      let status = "Queued";
-      if (onMessage) onMessage("assistant", `Status: ${status}`);
-      while (status !== "Completed" && status !== "Failed") {
-        await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1000));
-        const sRes = await fetch(`/api/query/status?id=${id}`);
-        const sJson = await sRes.json();
-        status = sJson.status;
-        if (onMessage) onMessage("assistant", `Status: ${status}`);
-        if (status === "Cancelled") break;
-      }
-
-      if (status === "Completed") {
-        const resultRes = await fetch(`/api/query/result?id=${id}`);
-        const resultJson = await resultRes.json();
-        const final =
-          resultJson?.result?.final_answer ||
-          JSON.stringify(resultJson?.result || {});
-        if (onMessage) onMessage("assistant", final);
-      } else {
-        if (onMessage)
-          onMessage("assistant", `Query status ended as: ${status}`);
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error(err);
-      if (onMessage) onMessage("assistant", `Error: ${err.message}`);
-    }
     setText("");
   }
 
@@ -71,7 +33,6 @@ export default function MessageInput({ onSend, onMessage }) {
           <div className="flex justify-between items-center">
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
               <DownButton />
-              <BackendToggle />
             </div>
           </div>
 
diff --git a/web-app/src/main.jsx b/web-app/src/main.jsx
index fb0816f..4926f6a 100644
--- a/web-app/src/main.jsx
+++ b/web-app/src/main.jsx
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
-import { StrictMode } from "react";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import "./index.css";
 import App from "./app/index.jsx";
 import { ChatBackendProvider } from "./context/chat-backend-context";
 
-createRoot(document.getElementById("root")).render(
-  <StrictMode>
-    <ChatBackendProvider>
-      <App />
-    </ChatBackendProvider>
-  </StrictMode>
-);
+createRoot(document.getElementById("root")).render(<App />);