diff --git a/bot/bot.go b/bot/bot.go
index f741a21..eaac998 100644
--- a/bot/bot.go
+++ b/bot/bot.go
@@ -257,39 +257,6 @@ func (b *Bot) statsHandler(bot *telego.Bot, update telego.Update) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (b *Bot) createLlmRequestContext(update telego.Update) llm.RequestContext {
-	message := update.Message
-
-	rc := llm.RequestContext{}
-
-	if message == nil {
-		slog.Debug("request context creation problem: no message provided. returning empty context.", "request-context", rc)
-
-		return rc
-	}
-
-	user := message.From
-	if user != nil {
-		rc.User = llm.UserContext{
-			Username:  user.Username,
-			FirstName: user.FirstName,
-			LastName:  user.LastName,
-			IsPremium: user.IsPremium,
-		}
-	}
-
-	chat := message.Chat
-	rc.Chat = llm.ChatContext{
-		Title:       chat.Title,
-		Description: chat.Description,
-		Type:        chat.Type,
-	}
-
-	slog.Debug("request context created", "request-context", rc)
-
-	return rc
-}
-
 func (b *Bot) escapeMarkdownV1Symbols(input string) string {
 	return b.markdownV1Replacer.Replace(input)
 }
diff --git a/bot/request_context.go b/bot/request_context.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c155ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/request_context.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package bot
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mymmrac/telego"
+	"log/slog"
+	"telegram-ollama-reply-bot/llm"
+)
+
+func (b *Bot) createLlmRequestContext(update telego.Update) llm.RequestContext {
+	message := update.Message
+	iq := update.InlineQuery
+
+	rc := llm.RequestContext{
+		Empty:  true,
+		Inline: false,
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case message == nil && iq == nil:
+		slog.Debug("request context creation problem: no message provided. returning empty context.", "request-context", rc)
+
+		return rc
+	case iq != nil:
+		rc.Inline = true
+	}
+
+	rc.Empty = false
+
+	var user *telego.User
+
+	if rc.Inline {
+		user = &iq.From
+	} else {
+		user = message.From
+	}
+
+	if user != nil {
+		rc.User = llm.UserContext{
+			Username:  user.Username,
+			FirstName: user.FirstName,
+			LastName:  user.LastName,
+			IsPremium: user.IsPremium,
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !rc.Inline {
+		chat := message.Chat
+		rc.Chat = llm.ChatContext{
+			Title:       chat.Title,
+			Description: chat.Description,
+			Type:        chat.Type,
+		}
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("request context created", "request-context", rc)
+
+	return rc
+}