diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md b/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
index 8e6c180738..287685be0b 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ It is attached to the document object. Some of these can also be updated using t
       0 : Send only the system message if any to the server
       >0 : Send the latest chat history from the latest system prompt, limited to specified cnt.
 
+    bCompletionFreshChatAlways - whether Completion mode collates complete/sliding-window history when
+    communicating with the server or only sends the latest user query/message.
+
   tools - contains controls related to tool calling
 
     enabled - control whether tool calling is enabled or not
@@ -221,9 +224,6 @@ It is attached to the document object. Some of these can also be updated using t
 
   apiEP - select between /completions and /chat/completions endpoint provided by the server/ai-model.
 
-  bCompletionFreshChatAlways - whether Completion mode collates complete/sliding-window history when
-  communicating with the server or only sends the latest user query/message.
-
   bCompletionInsertStandardRolePrefix - whether Completion mode inserts role related prefix wrt the
   messages that get inserted into prompt field wrt /Completion endpoint.
 
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.js b/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.js
index 05e6190321..48aa673742 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.js
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.js
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ class MultiChatUI {
         // So if user wants to simulate a multi-chat based completion query,
         // they will have to enter the full thing, as a suitable multiline
         // user input/query.
-        if ((apiEP == ApiEP.Type.Completion) && (gMe.bCompletionFreshChatAlways)) {
+        if ((apiEP == ApiEP.Type.Completion) && (gMe.chatProps.bCompletionFreshChatAlways)) {
             chat.clear();
         }
 
@@ -1022,8 +1022,8 @@ class Me {
         this.chatProps = {
             stream: true,
             iRecentUserMsgCnt: 10,
+            bCompletionFreshChatAlways: true,
         };
-        this.bCompletionFreshChatAlways = true;
         this.bCompletionInsertStandardRolePrefix = false;
         this.bTrimGarbage = true;
         /** @type {Object<string, number>} */
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ class Me {
      * @param {boolean} bAll
      */
     show_info(elDiv, bAll=false) {
-        let props = ["baseURL", "modelInfo","headers", "tools", "apiRequestOptions", "apiEP", "chatProps", "bTrimGarbage", "bCompletionFreshChatAlways", "bCompletionInsertStandardRolePrefix"];
+        let props = ["baseURL", "modelInfo","headers", "tools", "apiRequestOptions", "apiEP", "chatProps", "bTrimGarbage", "bCompletionInsertStandardRolePrefix"];
         if (!bAll) {
             props = [ "baseURL", "modelInfo", "headers", "tools", "apiRequestOptions", "apiEP", "chatProps" ];
         }
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ class Me {
      * @param {HTMLDivElement} elDiv
      */
     show_settings(elDiv) {
-        ui.ui_show_obj_props_edit(elDiv, "", this, ["baseURL", "headers", "tools", "apiRequestOptions", "apiEP", "chatProps", "bTrimGarbage", "bCompletionFreshChatAlways", "bCompletionInsertStandardRolePrefix"], "Settings", (prop, elProp)=>{
+        ui.ui_show_obj_props_edit(elDiv, "", this, ["baseURL", "headers", "tools", "apiRequestOptions", "apiEP", "chatProps", "bTrimGarbage", "bCompletionInsertStandardRolePrefix"], "Settings", (prop, elProp)=>{
             if (prop == "headers:Authorization") {
                 // @ts-ignore
                 elProp.placeholder = "Bearer OPENAI_API_KEY";