diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f70432..db1557f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
+*.swp
 .env
 session/audio/
 llm.log
+config.json
diff --git a/session/config.json b/session/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b095244..0000000
--- a/session/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "llm": {
-    "model": "openai/deepseek-r1",
-    "api_key": null,
-    "api_base": "http://localhost:8080/v1",
-    "temperature": 0.7
-  }
-}
diff --git a/session/config.json.template b/session/config.json.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..030c495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/session/config.json.template
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "llm": {
+    "model": "openrouter/free",
+    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
+    "api_base": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
+    "temperature": 0.8
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/engine.py b/tools/engine.py
index a735024..a7bf1fd 100644
--- a/tools/engine.py
+++ b/tools/engine.py
@@ -1076,8 +1076,14 @@ class GameEngine:
 
         if matches:
             json_str = matches[-1].strip()
+            # Remove the JSON block from narrative
             narrative = text[: text.rfind("```json")]
-            narrative = narrative.strip()
+            # Also strip any stray "book_log:" lines that may appear before the JSON block
+            narrative_lines = []
+            for line in narrative.splitlines():
+                if not line.lstrip().startswith('book_log:'):
+                    narrative_lines.append(line)
+            narrative = "\n".join(narrative_lines).strip()
             try:
                 data = json.loads(json_str)
             except json.JSONDecodeError: