diff --git a/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js b/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js
index b1b4123..6a5418a 100644
--- a/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js
+++ b/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ function buildExtractionPrompt(userMessage, aiResponse, knownEntities = []) {
         '--- END CONVERSATION ---',
         '<|im_end|>',
         '<|im_start|>assistant',
-        '{"entities":',            // primer nudges it to start filling the array
     ].join('\n');
 }
 
@@ -59,11 +58,11 @@ async function extractAndStoreEntities(userMessage, aiResponse, projectId=null)
         // Fetch existing entities to guide the model toward consistent name/type pairs
         const db = require('../db').getDB();
         console.log('[entities] fetching known entities...');  // add this
-        const knownEntities = db.prepare(`SELECT name, type FROM entities ORDER BY name`).all();
+        const knownEntities = db.prepare(`SELECT name, type FROM entities ORDER BY rowid DESC LIMIT 20`).all();
         console.log('[entities] known entities count:', knownEntities.length);
 
         const prompt = buildExtractionPrompt(userMessage, aiResponse, knownEntities);
-        console.log('[entities] prompt preview:', JSON.stringify(prompt.slice(0, 500)));
+        console.log('[entities] prompt preview:', JSON.stringify(prompt.slice(-300)));
 
 
         const res = await fetch(`${EXTRACTION_URL}/api/generate`, {