diff --git a/components/generate/GenerateStoryComponent.tsx b/components/generate/GenerateStoryComponent.tsx
index f14b59718..17fc59ea2 100644
--- a/components/generate/GenerateStoryComponent.tsx
+++ b/components/generate/GenerateStoryComponent.tsx
@@ -1,33 +1,13 @@
 'use-client';
-import chatOperations from 'operations/chatOperations';
-import { useState } from 'react';
 import GenerateStoryContextProvider, { IGenerateStoryContext } from './GenerateStoryContext';
 
 export default function GenerateStoryComponent() {
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [data, setData] = useState();
-
-  const getStory = async () => {
-    setLoading(true);
-    const data = await chatOperations.createStoryAsync();
-    setData(data);
-    setLoading(false);
-  };
-
   return (
     <GenerateStoryContextProvider>
-      {({ story }: IGenerateStoryContext) => {
+      {({ story, loading }: IGenerateStoryContext) => {
         return (
           <main className="flex min-h-screen flex-col items-center justify-between p-24">
-            <button
-              onClick={getStory}
-              className="mb-10 rounded bg-blue-500 px-4 py-2 font-bold text-white hover:bg-blue-700"
-            >
-              Run A New Story
-            </button>
-
             {loading ? <div className="mb10">Loading...</div> : null}
-            {JSON.stringify(data)}
           </main>
         );
       }}
diff --git a/components/generate/GenerateStoryContext.tsx b/components/generate/GenerateStoryContext.tsx
index 79b048c88..d7c6b82e7 100644
--- a/components/generate/GenerateStoryContext.tsx
+++ b/components/generate/GenerateStoryContext.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { IStory } from 'operations/chatOperations';
+import chatOperations, { IStory } from 'operations/chatOperations';
 import { PropsWithChildren, createContext, useContext, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 
 export interface IGenerateStoryContext {
   story?: IStory;
-  setStory: (story: IStory) => void;
   images: string[];
-  setImages: (images: string[]) => void;
+  loading: boolean;
 }
 
 const GenerateStoryContext = createContext<IGenerateStoryContext>({
   story: undefined,
-  setStory: () => {},
   images: [],
-  setImages: () => {}
+  loading: false
 });
 
 function GenerateStoryContextProvider({ children }: { children: PropsWithChildren<any> }) {
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [story, setStory] = useState<IStory>();
   /*
    Note(Benson): For now images is an array of urls where each index in the array
@@ -27,13 +26,26 @@ function GenerateStoryContextProvider({ children }: { children: PropsWithChildre
   const [images, setImages] = useState<string[]>([]);
 
   const value = useMemo<IGenerateStoryContext>(
-    () => ({ story, setStory, images, setImages }),
-    [story, setStory, images, setImages]
+    () => ({ story, images, loading }),
+    [story, images, loading]
   );
 
   return (
     <GenerateStoryContext.Provider value={value}>
-      {typeof children === 'function' ? children(value) : children}
+      <>
+        <button
+          onClick={async () => {
+            setLoading(true);
+            const story = await chatOperations.createStoryAsync();
+            setStory(story);
+            setLoading(false);
+          }}
+          className="mb-10 rounded bg-blue-500 px-4 py-2 font-bold text-white hover:bg-blue-700"
+        >
+          Run A New Story
+        </button>
+        {typeof children === 'function' ? children(value) : children}
+      </>
     </GenerateStoryContext.Provider>
   );
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils/usePromiseMemo.ts b/lib/utils/usePromiseMemo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6018842b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/usePromiseMemo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import dependenciesMatch from 'utils/dependenciesMatch';
+
+const usePromiseMemo = <T, E = unknown>(
+  promise: () => Promise<T>,
+  nextDeps: unknown[]
+): { results?: T; error?: E; loading: boolean; refetch: () => void } => {
+  const [results, setResults] = useState<T>();
+  const [error, setError] = useState<E>();
+  const [hasFinished, setHasFinished] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const dependencies = useRef<unknown[]>(nextDeps);
+
+  const isMounted = useRef(true);
+
+  const checkIfPromiseIsStillValid = useCallback(
+    (dependenciesAtTimeOfPromise: unknown[]): boolean => {
+      return (
+        isMounted.current && dependenciesMatch(dependenciesAtTimeOfPromise, dependencies.current)
+      );
+    },
+    []
+  );
+
+  const run = useCallback(() => {
+    setHasFinished(false);
+    promise()
+      .then((r) => checkIfPromiseIsStillValid(nextDeps) && setResults(r))
+      .catch((e) => checkIfPromiseIsStillValid(nextDeps) && setError(e))
+      .finally(() => checkIfPromiseIsStillValid(nextDeps) && setHasFinished(true));
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, nextDeps);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    isMounted.current = true;
+    dependencies.current = nextDeps;
+    run();
+    return () => {
+      isMounted.current = false;
+    };
+    // nextDeps is already a dependency of run
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [run]);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      results,
+      error,
+      loading: !hasFinished,
+      refetch: run
+    }),
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+    [hasFinished, results]
+  );
+};
+
+export default usePromiseMemo;
diff --git a/operations/chatOperations.ts b/operations/chatOperations.ts
index 2dd1efdaf..aa3bd31c2 100644
--- a/operations/chatOperations.ts
+++ b/operations/chatOperations.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ async function createStoryAsync(
       content: userPrompt
     }
   ];
-  const data = await post('/api/open-ai/chat', generateRequestPayload(messages));
-  // const data = await post('/api/revalidate', generateRequestPayload(messages));
-  return getFunctionCallArguments<IStory>(data);
+  try {
+    const data = await post('/api/open-ai/chat', generateRequestPayload(messages));
+    return getFunctionCallArguments<IStory>(data);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(e);
+    throw e;
+  }
 }
 
 export default { createStoryAsync };