diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 091b7a6..55aeb90 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "discord.js": "^14.8.0",
+        "fold-to-ascii": "^5.0.1",
         "openai": "^3.2.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
+        "@types/fold-to-ascii": "^5.0.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.55.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.55.0",
         "eslint": "^8.36.0",
@@ -241,6 +243,12 @@
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     },
+    "node_modules/@types/fold-to-ascii": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/fold-to-ascii/-/fold-to-ascii-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zaaLJcf8jPuVVYl6v+mSMaOMJNgkrDsYweu7Oa5RODIKgX9+Yu6Ng6/IY9zylwIurt0iQiDM0SN8agCOhLrKUA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/json-schema": {
       "version": "7.0.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/json-schema/-/json-schema-7.0.11.tgz",
@@ -1040,6 +1048,14 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/fold-to-ascii": {
+      "version": "5.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fold-to-ascii/-/fold-to-ascii-5.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VdMFm+u7pSzUWj0IDOniuHekp4lbMOtwKi6EsVx03DGVQaNI+77kxotj8hYaMmNkpym7wwv6c1woY4OZXYdqfg==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6.3.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/follow-redirects": {
       "version": "1.15.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 258bfa6..0e43c41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "discord.js": "^14.8.0",
+    "fold-to-ascii": "^5.0.1",
     "openai": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/fold-to-ascii": "^5.0.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.55.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.55.0",
     "eslint": "^8.36.0",
diff --git a/src/toOpenAIMessages.ts b/src/toOpenAIMessages.ts
index 423cadc..e148363 100644
--- a/src/toOpenAIMessages.ts
+++ b/src/toOpenAIMessages.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import { ChatCompletionRequestMessage as OpenAIMessage } from "openai";
 import { Collection, Message as DiscordMessage } from "discord.js";
+import FoldToAscii from "fold-to-ascii";
 
 import config from "./config.json";
 
+/**
+ * Formats the message to use as a message content in OpenAI api
+ * @param message the message to format
+ * @returns the formatted message
+ */
 export function formatMessage(message: DiscordMessage): string {
   let rvalue: string = message.cleanContent;
 
@@ -24,6 +30,43 @@ export function formatMessage(message: DiscordMessage): string {
   return rvalue;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Formats name to be accepted in OpenAI api
+ * @param name the name to format
+ * @returns formatted name
+ */
+function formatName(name: string): string {
+  // replace all characters to ascii equivelant
+  return FoldToAscii.foldReplacing(name)
+    // White spaces are not allowed
+    .replace(" ", "_")
+    // remove trailing '-_' characters
+    .replace(/^[-_]+|[-_]+$/g, "")
+    // remove duplicated '-_' characters
+    .replace(/([-_])*/g, "")
+    // replace characters that are not accepted by api with '?'
+    .replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, "?");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the name of the author of the message, formatted to be used in OpenAI api
+ * @param message the message to get the author name
+ * @returns the proper author name of the message
+ */
+function getAuthorUsername(message: DiscordMessage): string {
+  if (message.member) {
+    const name = formatName(message.member.displayName);
+    if (name.length >= 3) return name;
+  }
+  const name = formatName(message.author.username);
+  return name;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts the Collection of Discord Messages to array of OpenAI Messages
+ * @param messages the collection to convert
+ * @returns the converted messages
+ */
 export default function toOpenAIMessages(messages: Collection<string, DiscordMessage>): OpenAIMessage[] {
   const rvalue: OpenAIMessage[] = [];
 
@@ -35,7 +78,7 @@ export default function toOpenAIMessages(messages: Collection<string, DiscordMes
     rvalue.push({
       role: message.author.id == message.client.user.id ? "assistant" : "user",
       content: formatMessage(message),
-      name: message.member?.displayName,
+      name: getAuthorUsername(message),
     });
   });