diff --git a/agent/nodes/model.ts b/agent/nodes/model.ts
index bda4ce7..de5481f 100644
--- a/agent/nodes/model.ts
+++ b/agent/nodes/model.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export function createModelNode(tools: any, promptPath: string): GraphNode<typeo
         const sysPrompt = await hydratePrompt(promptPath, state);
 
         const model = new ChatOpenAI({
-            model: "gpt-5.4"
+            model: "gpt-5.4-mini"
         });
         const modelWithTools = model.bindTools(Object.values(tools));
 
diff --git a/agent/nodes/verificationSetup.ts b/agent/nodes/verificationSetup.ts
index 86fd0d4..83863da 100644
--- a/agent/nodes/verificationSetup.ts
+++ b/agent/nodes/verificationSetup.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { GraphNode } from "@langchain/langgraph";
 import { MessagesState, ProposedTriggerEventArray } from "../state";
 import { logger } from "../utils/logger";
-import { queryScraper } from "../tools/webSearch";
-import { rankAndDisplayData } from "../tools/triggerEventTools";
+import { jsonrepair } from 'jsonrepair'
 
 export const verificationSetup: GraphNode<typeof MessagesState> = async (state) => {
   //this is kinda doing two things, but having two nodes for it seems overkill
@@ -11,7 +10,10 @@ export const verificationSetup: GraphNode<typeof MessagesState> = async (state)
     logger.warn("No trigger events in memory, parsing")
 
     let genResponse = state.messages.at(-1)?.content.toString() ?? "";
-    const parsed = ProposedTriggerEventArray.parse(JSON.parse(genResponse));
+
+    const repaired = jsonrepair(genResponse);
+
+    const parsed = ProposedTriggerEventArray.parse(JSON.parse(repaired));
 
     for (let i = 0; i < parsed.length; i++) {
       const search = parsed[i].SearchQuery
diff --git a/agent/package-lock.json b/agent/package-lock.json
index 08c5227..fe05ef4 100644
--- a/agent/package-lock.json
+++ b/agent/package-lock.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
         "exponential-backoff": "^3.1.3",
         "fs": "^0.0.1-security",
+        "jsonrepair": "^3.13.3",
         "langchain": "^1.2.14",
         "selenium-webdriver": "^4.40.0",
         "tldts": "^7.0.23",
@@ -2075,6 +2076,15 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-ZClg6AaYvamvYEE82d3Iyd3vSSIjQ+odgjaTzRuO3s7toCdFKczob2i0zCh7JE8kWn17yvAWhUVxvqGwUalsRA==",
       "license": "ISC"
     },
+    "node_modules/jsonrepair": {
+      "version": "3.13.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonrepair/-/jsonrepair-3.13.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BTznj0owIt2CBAH/LTo7+1I5pMvl1e1033LRl/HUowlZmJOIhzC0zbX5bxMngLkfT4WnzPP26QnW5wMr2g9tsQ==",
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "bin": {
+        "jsonrepair": "bin/cli.js"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/jszip": {
       "version": "3.10.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jszip/-/jszip-3.10.1.tgz",
diff --git a/agent/package.json b/agent/package.json
index 3355099..08d9784 100644
--- a/agent/package.json
+++ b/agent/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
     "exponential-backoff": "^3.1.3",
     "fs": "^0.0.1-security",
+    "jsonrepair": "^3.13.3",
     "langchain": "^1.2.14",
     "selenium-webdriver": "^4.40.0",
     "tldts": "^7.0.23",