diff --git a/components/actionhistory.html b/components/actionhistory.html
index c914b59..8a3d6f9 100644
--- a/components/actionhistory.html
+++ b/components/actionhistory.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   if (!window.actionHistoryScrollSet) {
     htmx.onLoad(function(target) {
       if (target.id === 'actionHistoryContainer') {
-        target.scrollTop = target.scrollHeight;
+        target.scrollToBottom();
       }
     });
     window.actionHistoryScrollSet = true;
diff --git a/components/room.html b/components/room.html
index 47497b6..1caabbd 100644
--- a/components/room.html
+++ b/components/room.html
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     {{end}}
   </div>
   <div>
-    {{if and (eq .State.Username .Room.CreatorName) (.Room.IsRunning)}}
+    {{if and (eq .State.Username .Room.CreatorName) (.Room.BotFailed)}}
       <button hx-get="/renotify-bot" hx-swap="none" class="bg-gray-100 text-black px-1 py-1 rounded">Btn in case llm call failed</button>
     {{end}}
   </div>
diff --git a/llmapi/main.go b/llmapi/main.go
index 8d18853..8e6db0b 100644
--- a/llmapi/main.go
+++ b/llmapi/main.go
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ func (b *Bot) BotMove() {
 		b.log.Error("bot loop", "error", err)
 		return
 	}
+	if room.BotFailed {
+		if err := repo.RoomUnSetBotFailed(context.Background(), room.ID); err != nil {
+			b.log.Error("failed to unset bot failed bool", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
 	// eventName := models.NotifyBacklogPrefix + room.ID
 	eventName := models.NotifyRoomUpdatePrefix + room.ID
 	eventPayload := ""
@@ -231,6 +236,9 @@ func (b *Bot) BotMove() {
 			b.log.Warn("failed to write to journal", "entry", lj)
 		}
 		b.log.Error("bot loop", "error", err)
+		if err := repo.RoomSetBotFailed(context.Background(), room.ID); err != nil {
+			b.log.Error("failed to set bot failed bool", "error", err)
+		}
 		return
 	}
 	tempMap, err := b.LLMParser.ParseBytes(llmResp)
@@ -666,16 +674,5 @@ func (b *Bot) CallLLM(prompt string) ([]byte, error) {
 		b.log.Debug("llm resp", "body", string(body), "url", b.cfg.LLMConfig.URL, "attempt", attempt)
 		return body, nil
 	}
-	entry := fmt.Sprintf("bot '%s' exceeded attempts to call llm;", b.BotName)
-	lj := models.Journal{
-		Entry:    entry,
-		Username: b.BotName,
-		RoomID:   b.RoomID,
-	}
-	if err := repo.JournalCreate(context.Background(), &lj); err != nil {
-		b.log.Warn("failed to write to journal", "entry", lj)
-	}
-	// notify room
-	// This line should not be reached because each error path returns in the loop.
 	return nil, errors.New("unknown error in retry loop")
 }
diff --git a/migrations/001_initial_schema.up.sql b/migrations/001_initial_schema.up.sql
index bae52bd..d5c696a 100644
--- a/migrations/001_initial_schema.up.sql
+++ b/migrations/001_initial_schema.up.sql
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ CREATE TABLE rooms (
     mime_done BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
     is_running BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
     is_over BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    bot_failed BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
     team_won TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
     room_link TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
 );
diff --git a/models/main.go b/models/main.go
index 8bab780..e53d395 100644
--- a/models/main.go
+++ b/models/main.go
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ type Room struct {
 	BotMap        map[string]BotPlayer `db:"-"`
 	LogJournal    []Journal            `db:"-"`
 	Settings      GameSettings         `db:"-"`
+	//
+	BotFailed bool `db:"bot_failed"`
 }
 
 func (r *Room) FindColor(word string) (WordColor, bool) {
diff --git a/repos/rooms.go b/repos/rooms.go
index 87b901a..343f984 100644
--- a/repos/rooms.go
+++ b/repos/rooms.go
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ type RoomsRepo interface {
 	RoomCreate(ctx context.Context, room *models.Room) error
 	RoomDeleteByID(ctx context.Context, id string) error
 	RoomUpdate(ctx context.Context, room *models.Room) error
+	RoomSetBotFailed(ctx context.Context, roomID string) error
+	RoomUnSetBotFailed(ctx context.Context, roomID string) error
+}
+
+func (p *RepoProvider) RoomSetBotFailed(ctx context.Context, roomID string) error {
+	db := getDB(ctx, p.DB)
+	_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, "UPDATE rooms SET bot_failed = true WHERE id = ?", roomID)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (p *RepoProvider) RoomUnSetBotFailed(ctx context.Context, roomID string) error {
+	db := getDB(ctx, p.DB)
+	_, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, "UPDATE rooms SET bot_failed = false WHERE id = ?", roomID)
+	return err
 }
 
 func (p *RepoProvider) RoomList(ctx context.Context) ([]*models.Room, error) {