diff --git a/js/mzta-chatgpt.js b/js/mzta-chatgpt.js
index 60e18f05..51ecc136 100644
--- a/js/mzta-chatgpt.js
+++ b/js/mzta-chatgpt.js
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ function run(checkTab = null) {
     }else{
         addCustomDiv(current_action,current_tabId,current_mailMessageId);
         (async () => {
-            if(mztaDoCustomText === 1){
+            if(mztaDoCustomText === "1"){
                 showCustomTextField();
             } else {
                 await doProceed(current_message);
diff --git a/mzta-background.js b/mzta-background.js
index ae7cb1a3..66bf8ed9 100644
--- a/mzta-background.js
+++ b/mzta-background.js
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ async function openChatGPT(promptText, action, curr_tabId, prompt_name = '', do_
                     let mztaStatusPageDesc="`+ browser.i18n.getMessage("prefs_status_page") +`";
                     let mztaForceCompletionDesc="`+ browser.i18n.getMessage("chatgpt_force_completion") +`";
                     let mztaForceCompletionTitle="`+ browser.i18n.getMessage("chatgpt_force_completion_title") +`";
-                    let mztaDoCustomText=`+ do_custom_text +`;
+                    let mztaDoCustomText="`+ do_custom_text +`";
                     let mztaPromptName="[`+ i18nConditionalGet(prompt_name) +`]";
                     let mztaPhDefVal="`+(prefs.placeholders_use_default_value?'1':'0')+`";
                     let mztaGPTModel="`+ (_custom_gpt_set ? '' : _gpt_model) +`";