diff --git a/copilot-widget/lib/contexts/messageHandler.tsx b/copilot-widget/lib/contexts/messageHandler.tsx
index 7f92d898a..c9493ea66 100644
--- a/copilot-widget/lib/contexts/messageHandler.tsx
+++ b/copilot-widget/lib/contexts/messageHandler.tsx
@@ -11,8 +11,40 @@ export type UserMessageType = {
   headers: Record<string, string>;
   bot_token: string;
   query_params: Record<string, string>;
+  language?: string;
 };
 
+function unsafe__decodeJSON<T extends Record<string, any>>(
+  jsonString: string
+): T | null {
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(jsonString);
+    if (typeof parsed === "object" && parsed !== null) {
+      // Recursively parse nested JSON strings or arrays
+      Object.keys(parsed).forEach((key) => {
+        const value = parsed[key];
+        if (typeof value === "string") {
+          if (
+            typeof value === "string" &&
+            ((value.startsWith("{") && value.endsWith("}")) ||
+              (value.startsWith("[") && value.endsWith("]")))
+          ) {
+            try {
+              parsed[key] = JSON.parse(value);
+            } catch (e) {
+              // Ignore errors for invalid JSON strings
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      });
+      return parsed as T;
+    }
+    return null;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 export type BotMessageType<TData = Record<string, unknown>> = {
   from: "bot";
   type: string;
@@ -351,7 +383,7 @@ export class ChatController {
           name: string;
         };
     const handle = (msg: string) => {
-      const parsedResponse = JSON.parse(msg) as ResponseObject;
+      const parsedResponse = unsafe__decodeJSON(msg) as ResponseObject;
       this.setValueImmer((draft) => {
         let message: BotMessageType | null = null;
         if (parsedResponse.type === "ui_form") {
diff --git a/copilot-widget/lib/contexts/statefulMessageHandler.tsx b/copilot-widget/lib/contexts/statefulMessageHandler.tsx
index 93d3c0edf..31310e59d 100644
--- a/copilot-widget/lib/contexts/statefulMessageHandler.tsx
+++ b/copilot-widget/lib/contexts/statefulMessageHandler.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useSessionId } from "@lib/hooks/useSessionId";
 import { useConfigData } from "./ConfigData";
 import { useSocket } from "./SocketProvider";
 import { ComponentRegistery } from "./componentRegistery";
+import { useLang } from "..";
 
 const [useMessageHandler, MessageHandlerSafeProvider] = createSafeContext<{
   __handler: ChatController;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ function useChatLoading() {
 function useSendMessage() {
   const { __handler } = useMessageHandler();
   const { headers, token, queryParams } = useConfigData();
+  const { lang } = useLang();
   const socket = useSocket();
 
   function send(content: string) {
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ function useSendMessage() {
         query_params: queryParams ?? {},
         content,
         bot_token: token,
+        language: lang,
       },
       socket.__socket
     );
diff --git a/copilot-widget/lib/utils/createSocket.ts b/copilot-widget/lib/utils/createSocket.ts
index a0f8d9de2..9eac61c12 100644
--- a/copilot-widget/lib/utils/createSocket.ts
+++ b/copilot-widget/lib/utils/createSocket.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Socket, io } from "socket.io-client";
+import { io } from "socket.io-client";
 
 interface ConfigType {
   socketUrl: string;
@@ -6,18 +6,12 @@ interface ConfigType {
   sessionId: string;
 }
 
-const sockets = new Map<string, Socket>();
-
 export function createSocketClient({
   socketUrl,
   token,
   sessionId,
 }: ConfigType) {
-  const socket = sockets.get(sessionId + token);
-  if (socket) {
-    return socket;
-  }
-  const newSocket = io(socketUrl, {
+  return io(socketUrl, {
     autoConnect: false,
     transports: ["websocket"],
     extraHeaders: {
@@ -25,6 +19,4 @@ export function createSocketClient({
       "X-Session-Id": sessionId,
     },
   });
-  sockets.set(sessionId + token, newSocket);
-  return newSocket;
 }
diff --git a/copilot-widget/package.json b/copilot-widget/package.json
index 44ac909cc..990e156b5 100644
--- a/copilot-widget/package.json
+++ b/copilot-widget/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@openchatai/copilot-widget",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "2.8.7",
+  "version": "2.8.8",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/dashboard/package.json b/dashboard/package.json
index c263bb0a4..9f4f7a8b7 100644
--- a/dashboard/package.json
+++ b/dashboard/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@hookform/resolvers": "^3.3.1",
     "@kbox-labs/react-echarts": "^1.0.3",
-    "@openchatai/copilot-widget": "^2.8.7",
+    "@openchatai/copilot-widget": "^2.8.8",
     "@radix-ui/react-accordion": "^1.1.2",
     "@radix-ui/react-alert-dialog": "^1.0.5",
     "@radix-ui/react-avatar": "^1.0.4",
diff --git a/dashboard/pnpm-lock.yaml b/dashboard/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 16c0e4c81..0229fba05 100644
--- a/dashboard/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/dashboard/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ dependencies:
     specifier: ^1.0.3
     version: 1.0.3(echarts@5.4.3)(react@18.2.0)
   '@openchatai/copilot-widget':
-    specifier: ^2.8.7
-    version: 2.8.7(react@18.2.0)
+    specifier: ^2.8.8
+    version: 2.8.8(react@18.2.0)
   '@radix-ui/react-accordion':
     specifier: ^1.1.2
     version: 1.1.2(@types/react-dom@18.2.13)(@types/react@18.2.28)(react-dom@18.2.0)(react@18.2.0)
@@ -706,8 +706,8 @@ packages:
       '@nodelib/fs.scandir': 2.1.5
       fastq: 1.15.0
 
-  /@openchatai/copilot-widget@2.8.7(react@18.2.0):
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-1g6JwP3ASbASIs3agqHIygaugvpqSWhKn9GCVUTFp6xvqGly1s+fsofaCetzBoNBZ6CkfueuqcWRB0/uD8pbUw==}
+  /@openchatai/copilot-widget@2.8.8(react@18.2.0):
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-MaFwp3PPcxKqiYnF/X77DYvUCbOdJSIux/RTDcceBm1UVYPqQsSt01BQxjZj6IQhaIQRfszRjol8zoc2H3vEkQ==}
     peerDependencies:
       react: ^18.x
     dependencies: