diff --git a/ui/typescript/src/components/chat/chat-session-list.tsx b/ui/typescript/src/components/chat/chat-session-list.tsx
index b3657443..072fac14 100644
--- a/ui/typescript/src/components/chat/chat-session-list.tsx
+++ b/ui/typescript/src/components/chat/chat-session-list.tsx
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ export function ChatSessionList({ className, setSelectedSession: updateSelectedS
 
             // Set the first session as selected
             if (data.length > 0) {
-                const mostRecentChatSession = data[0];
-                setSelectedSession(mostRecentChatSession);
-                await fetchChatMessages(mostRecentChatSession.id);
+                const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * data.length);
+                const randomChatSession = data[randomIndex];
+                setSelectedSession(randomChatSession);
+                await fetchChatMessages(randomChatSession.id);
                 setUserInfoAtom((prevUserInfo: UserInfoProps) => ({
                     ...prevUserInfo,
-                    chatId: mostRecentChatSession.id,
+                    chatId: randomChatSession.id,
                 }));
             }
         }
diff --git a/ui/typescript/src/layouts/sidebar/chat-blade.tsx b/ui/typescript/src/layouts/sidebar/chat-blade.tsx
index 4ab710e5..93dbf96f 100644
--- a/ui/typescript/src/layouts/sidebar/chat-blade.tsx
+++ b/ui/typescript/src/layouts/sidebar/chat-blade.tsx
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export default function Sidebar({ className, setSelectedSession, setUserInfoAtom
                         </span>
                         <Input
                             type="text"
-                            placeholder="Ask Miyagi"
+                            placeholder="Chat throttled in demo mode"
                             className="w-full dark:bg-dark/60 focus:outline-none focus:placeholder-gray-400 text-gray-600 placeholder-gray-600 pl-12 bg-gray-200 rounded-md py-3"
                             value={userInput}
                             onChange={handleInputChange}