diff --git a/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js b/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js
index 08df41d..8daa923 100644
--- a/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js
+++ b/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ async function extractAndStoreEntities(userMessage, aiResponse, projectId=null)
 
         const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
         const entities = Array.isArray(parsed.entities) ? parsed.entities : [];
-        if (entities.length === 0) throw new Error('No entities in response');
+        if (entities.length === 0) {
+            console.log('[entities] No entities found in this exchange — skipping');
+            return;  // not an error, just nothing to extract
+        }
 
         if (!Array.isArray(entities)) throw new Error('Response was not a JSON array');
 
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/config/constants.js b/packages/shared/src/config/constants.js
index 5ac457a..2d084dc 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/config/constants.js
+++ b/packages/shared/src/config/constants.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const ORCHESTRATION = {
     SEMANTIC_LIMIT:         5,
     SCORE_THRESHOLD:        0.5,
     ENTITIES_LIMIT:         5,
-    ENTITIES_THRESHOLD:     0.5,
+    ENTITIES_THRESHOLD:     0.6,
     TEMPERATURE:            0.7,
     CORS_ORIGIN:            'http://localhost:5173',
     SYSTEM_PROMPT:          `You are a helpful, context-aware AI assistant. You have access to memories of past conversations with the user. Use them to provide consistent, personalised responses.`