diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/package.json b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/package.json
index 8425c6ff389a..f531b8506be3 100644
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/package.json
+++ b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     "@types/node": "^16.7.13",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.0",
-    "openai": "^3.2.1",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
     "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/assets/icons8-github-512.png b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/assets/icons8-github-512.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49d0d273eb6a
Binary files /dev/null and b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/assets/icons8-github-512.png differ
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/GitHubRepoSelection.tsx b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/GitHubRepoSelection.tsx
index c6d066c6616c..b1558087bf81 100644
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/GitHubRepoSelection.tsx
+++ b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/GitHubRepoSelection.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
 import { Body1, Button, Input, Label, Spinner, Title3 } from '@fluentui/react-components';
-import { ArrowDownload16Regular, CheckmarkCircle20Filled } from '@fluentui/react-icons';
-import React, { FC, useState } from 'react';
+import { ArrowDownload16Regular, CheckmarkCircle20Filled, ErrorCircle20Regular } from '@fluentui/react-icons';
+import { FC, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useSemanticKernel } from '../hooks/useSemanticKernel';
 import { IKeyConfig } from '../model/KeyConfig';
 
@@ -15,23 +15,26 @@ interface IData {
     onLoadProject: (project: string, branch: string) => void;
 }
 
+const enum DownloadState {
+    Setup = 0,
+    Loading = 1,
+    Loaded = 2,
+    Error = 3,
+}
+
 const GitHubProjectSelection: FC<IData> = ({ uri, keyConfig, prevProject, prevBranch, onLoadProject, onBack }) => {
     const [project, setProject] = useState<string>(prevProject);
     const [branch, setBranch] = useState<string>(prevBranch);
-    const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
-    const [isLoaded, setIsLoaded] = useState<boolean>(project !== '' && branch !== '');
-    const [isLoadError, setIsLoadError] = useState<boolean>(false);
+    const [downloadState, setDownloadState] = useState<DownloadState>(DownloadState.Setup);
     const sk = useSemanticKernel(uri);
 
     const isSameProjectAndBranch = () => {
         return project === prevProject && branch === prevBranch && project !== '' && branch !== '';
-    }
+    };
 
     const download = async () => {
         try {
-            setIsLoading(true);
-            setIsLoaded(false);
-            setIsLoadError(false);
+            setDownloadState(DownloadState.Loading);
             var result = await sk.invokeAsync(
                 keyConfig,
                 {
@@ -44,22 +47,24 @@ const GitHubProjectSelection: FC<IData> = ({ uri, keyConfig, prevProject, prevBr
                 'GitHubSkill',
                 'SummarizeRepository',
             );
-            setIsLoaded(true);
+            setDownloadState(DownloadState.Loaded);
             console.log(result);
         } catch (e) {
-            setIsLoadError(true);
+            setDownloadState(DownloadState.Error);
             alert('Something went wrong.\n\nDetails:\n' + e);
-        } finally {
-            setIsLoading(false);
         }
     };
 
-    React.useEffect(() => {
-        setIsLoaded(isSameProjectAndBranch())
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (isSameProjectAndBranch()) {
+            setDownloadState(DownloadState.Loaded);
+        }
     }, [project]);
 
-    React.useEffect(() => {
-        setIsLoaded(isSameProjectAndBranch())
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (isSameProjectAndBranch()) {
+            setDownloadState(DownloadState.Loaded);
+        }
     }, [branch]);
 
     return (
@@ -98,46 +103,44 @@ const GitHubProjectSelection: FC<IData> = ({ uri, keyConfig, prevProject, prevBr
                     placeholder="main"
                 />
                 <Button
-                    disabled={isLoading || isLoaded || project === '' || branch === '' }
+                    disabled={
+                        project === '' ||
+                        branch === '' ||
+                        downloadState === DownloadState.Loading ||
+                        downloadState === DownloadState.Loaded
+                    }
                     appearance="transparent"
                     icon={<ArrowDownload16Regular />}
                     onClick={() => download()}
                 />
             </div>
-            {isLoading ? (
-                <div>
-                    <Spinner />
-                    <Body1>
-                        Summarizing repository markdown files. Please wait, this can take several minutes depending on
-                        the number of files.
-                    </Body1>
-                </div>
-            ) : (
-                <></>
-            )}
-            {isLoaded ? (
-                <div>
-                    <CheckmarkCircle20Filled />
-                    <Body1>
-                        Repository markdown files summarized. You can ask questions about it on the next page.
-                    </Body1>
-                </div>
-            ) : (
-                <></>
-            )}
-            {isLoadError ? (
-                <div>
-                    <Body1>There was an error summarizing the repository. Please try again.</Body1>
-                </div>
-            ) : (
-                <></>
-            )}
+            <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', gap: 10, alignItems: 'center' }}>
+                {downloadState === DownloadState.Loading ? (
+                    <>
+                        <Spinner size="tiny" />
+                        <Body1>
+                            Downloading repository. Please wait, this can take several minutes depending on the number
+                            of files.
+                        </Body1>
+                    </>
+                ) : downloadState === DownloadState.Loaded ? (
+                    <>
+                        <CheckmarkCircle20Filled color="green" />
+                        <Body1>Repository downloaded. You can learn more about it on the next page.</Body1>
+                    </>
+                ) : downloadState === DownloadState.Error ? (
+                    <>
+                        <ErrorCircle20Regular color="red" />
+                        <Body1>There was an error downloading the repository. Please try again.</Body1>
+                    </>
+                ) : null}
+            </div>
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'left', gap: 20 }}>
                 <Button style={{ width: 54 }} appearance="secondary" onClick={() => onBack()}>
                     Back
                 </Button>
                 <Button
-                    disabled={!isLoaded}
+                    disabled={downloadState !== DownloadState.Loaded}
                     appearance="primary"
                     onClick={() => {
                         if (project !== undefined && branch !== undefined) onLoadProject(project, branch);
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/QnA.tsx b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/QnA.tsx
index 7f349f24ce21..589fd482d220 100644
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/QnA.tsx
+++ b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/QnA.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
-import { Body1, Button, Label, Slider, SliderOnChangeData, Title3 } from '@fluentui/react-components';
+import { Avatar, Body1, Button, Label, Slider, SliderOnChangeData, Title3 } from '@fluentui/react-components';
 import React, { FC, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { ChatHistoryItem, IChatMessage } from './chat/ChatHistoryItem';
 
+import GithubAvatar from '../assets/icons8-github-512.png';
 import { useSemanticKernel } from '../hooks/useSemanticKernel';
 import { IKeyConfig } from '../model/KeyConfig';
 import { ChatInput } from './chat/ChatInput';
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ const QnA: FC<IData> = ({ uri, project, branch, keyConfig, onBack }) => {
     const [chatHistory, setChatHistory] = useState<IChatMessage[]>([
         {
             content:
-                "Hi! I'm your GitHub Repo bot. Here's the GitHub repo you selected: <a href={project}>" +
+                "Hi! I'm your GitHub Repo bot. Here's the repo you are interested in: <a href={project}>" +
                 project +
                 '</a>',
             author: 'GitHub Repo Bot',
@@ -89,15 +90,36 @@ const QnA: FC<IData> = ({ uri, project, branch, keyConfig, onBack }) => {
             <div
                 style={{
                     position: 'relative',
-                    maxHeight: '70vh',
+                    maxHeight: '690px',
+                    maxWidth: '1052px',
                     display: 'grid',
                     gridTemplateColumns: 'minmax(300px, 800px)',
                     gridTemplateRows: 'auto 1fr auto',
                     gridTemplateAreas: "'menu' 'content' 'footer'",
                     justifyContent: 'center',
+                    boxShadow: '0 2px 4px 0 lightgray',
+                    padding: '2% 5% 2%',
                 }}
             >
-                <div style={{ gridArea: 'content', overflowY: 'auto', overflowX: 'hidden', padding: '1rem 0' }}>
+                <div
+                    style={{
+                        gridArea: 'content',
+                        overflowY: 'auto',
+                        overflowX: 'hidden',
+                        padding: '1rem 0',
+                        height: '500px',
+                        display: 'flex',
+                        flexDirection: 'row',
+                        gap: 10,
+                    }}
+                >
+                    <Avatar
+                        image={{
+                            src: GithubAvatar,
+                        }}
+                        color="neutral"
+                        badge={{ status: 'available' }}
+                    />
                     <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
                         {chatHistory.map((m, idx) => (
                             <ChatHistoryItem key={idx} message={m} />
@@ -127,6 +149,7 @@ const QnA: FC<IData> = ({ uri, project, branch, keyConfig, onBack }) => {
                     alignItems: 'left',
                     gap: '20',
                     justifyContent: 'space-between',
+                    marginTop: 20,
                 }}
             >
                 <Button onClick={() => onBack()} style={{ height: 'fit-content' }}>
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/chat/ChatHistoryItem.tsx b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/chat/ChatHistoryItem.tsx
index 61598cbeb594..14dd25a0b4a6 100644
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/chat/ChatHistoryItem.tsx
+++ b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/chat/ChatHistoryItem.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
-import React, { CSSProperties, FC } from 'react';
+import { CSSProperties, FC } from 'react';
 
 interface IData {
     message: IChatMessage;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export interface IChatMessage {
     content: string;
     author: string;
     timestamp: string;
-    mine: boolean
+    mine: boolean;
 }
 
 export const ChatHistoryItem: FC<IData> = ({ message }) => {
@@ -20,18 +20,25 @@ export const ChatHistoryItem: FC<IData> = ({ message }) => {
 
     const style: CSSProperties = {
         alignSelf: message.mine ? 'flex-end' : 'flex-start',
-        backgroundColor: message.mine ? '#e6f4ff' : '#f4f4f4',
+        backgroundColor: message.mine ? '#E8EBFA' : '#f4f4f4',
         borderRadius: 10,
-        padding: '0.5rem',
+        padding: '6px 12px',
         maxWidth: '75%',
     };
 
     const content = message.content.trim().replace(/\n/g, '<br />');
 
+    const time = new Date(message.timestamp).toLocaleTimeString();
+
     return (
         <div style={style}>
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 20 }}>
-                <div style={{ paddingBottom: 10 }}>{message.mine ? null : <span style={{ paddingRight: 20, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>{message.author}</span>}<span style={{ fontSize: 10 }}> Date: {message.timestamp}</span></div>
+                <div style={{ paddingBottom: 10 }}>
+                    {message.mine ? null : (
+                        <span style={{ paddingRight: 30, fontWeight: 'bold', fontSize: 16 }}>{message.author}</span>
+                    )}
+                    <span style={{ fontSize: 12 }}> {time}</span>
+                </div>
             </div>
             <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: content }} />
         </div>
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
index c89e7fa2af85..6856070377e9 100644
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
+++ b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const ChatInput: FC<ChatInputProps> = (props) => {
         <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', gap: 10 }}>
             <Input
                 style={{ width: '100%' }}
-                placeholder="Type your question here"
+                placeholder="Type a question you have for the repo"
                 value={value}
                 multiple
                 onChange={(e, d) => setValue(d.value)}
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/setup/ModelConfig.tsx b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/setup/ModelConfig.tsx
index 8c381805f87a..fc84cc78ed15 100644
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/setup/ModelConfig.tsx
+++ b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/components/setup/ModelConfig.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
-import { Dropdown, Label, Option, Spinner } from '@fluentui/react-components';
+import { Dropdown, Link, Option, Spinner } from '@fluentui/react-components';
+import { InfoLabel } from '@fluentui/react-components/unstable';
 // import { Configuration, OpenAIApi } from 'openai';
 import { FC, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import '../../App.css';
 import { IBackendConfig } from '../../model/KeyConfig';
 
 interface IData {
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ const ModelConfig: FC<IData> = ({
     setBackendConfig,
     defaultModel = '',
 }) => {
-    const modelTitle = modelType === ModelType.Embeddings ? ['embedding', 'Embedding'] : ['completion', 'Completion'];
+    const modelTitle = modelType === ModelType.Embeddings ? ['embeddings', 'Embeddings'] : ['completion', 'Completion'];
     const labelPrefix = `${isOpenAI ? 'oai' : 'aoai'}${modelTitle[0]}`;
     const [modelIds, setModelIds] = useState<ModelOption[] | undefined>();
     const [isBusy, setIsBusy] = useState(false);
@@ -107,7 +109,19 @@ const ModelConfig: FC<IData> = ({
 
     return (
         <div style={{ paddingTop: 20, gap: 10, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'left' }}>
-            <Label htmlFor={`${labelPrefix}model`}>{modelTitle[1]} Model</Label>
+            <InfoLabel
+                info={
+                    <div style={{ maxWidth: 250 }}>
+                        Please note this drop down lists all available models, but not all will work as{' '}
+                        {(modelType === ModelType.Completion ? 'a ' : 'an ') + modelTitle[0]} model.{' '}
+                        <Link href="https://platform.openai.com/docs/models"> Click here to learn more </Link>
+                        about the differences between completion and embedding models.
+                    </div>
+                }
+                htmlFor={`${labelPrefix}model`}
+            >
+                {modelTitle[1]} Model
+            </InfoLabel>
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 10, flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'left' }}>
                 {isBusy ? <Spinner size="tiny" /> : null}
                 <Dropdown
@@ -116,7 +130,7 @@ const ModelConfig: FC<IData> = ({
                     placeholder={
                         modelIds
                             ? 'Select a model id'
-                            : `Enter valid key ${isOpenAI ? '' : 'and endpoint to load'} models`
+                            : `Enter valid key ${isOpenAI ? '' : 'and endpoint'} to load models`
                     }
                     onOptionSelect={(_e, model) => {
                         setSelectedModel(model.optionValue ?? '');
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/model/KeyConfig.ts b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/model/KeyConfig.ts
index 03be05a80b46..e30beef8306d 100644
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/model/KeyConfig.ts
+++ b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/src/model/KeyConfig.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const SK_HTTP_HEADER_EMBEDDING_KEY: string = 'x-ms-sk-embedding-key';
 export const SK_HTTP_HEADER_MSGRAPH: string = 'x-ms-sk-msgraph';
 
 export interface IBackendConfig {
-    backend: number; //OpenAI = 0, Azure OpenAI = 1
+    backend: number; //OpenAI = 1, Azure OpenAI = 0
     label: string;
     deploymentOrModelId: string;
     endpoint: string;
diff --git a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/yarn.lock b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/yarn.lock
index 1f1c4d268ed0..48d898d9c7f0 100644
--- a/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/yarn.lock
+++ b/samples/apps/github-qna-webapp-react/yarn.lock
@@ -3393,13 +3393,6 @@ axe-core@^4.6.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axe-core/-/axe-core-4.6.3.tgz#fc0db6fdb65cc7a80ccf85286d91d64ababa3ece"
   integrity sha512-/BQzOX780JhsxDnPpH4ZiyrJAzcd8AfzFPkv+89veFSr1rcMjuq2JDCwypKaPeB6ljHp9KjXhPpjgCvQlWYuqg==
 
-axios@^0.26.0:
-  version "0.26.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.26.1.tgz#1ede41c51fcf51bbbd6fd43669caaa4f0495aaa9"
-  integrity sha512-fPwcX4EvnSHuInCMItEhAGnaSEXRBjtzh9fOtsE6E1G6p7vl7edEeZe11QHf18+6+9gR5PbKV/sGKNaD8YaMeA==
-  dependencies:
-    follow-redirects "^1.14.8"
-
 axobject-query@^3.1.1:
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axobject-query/-/axobject-query-3.1.1.tgz#3b6e5c6d4e43ca7ba51c5babf99d22a9c68485e1"
@@ -5209,7 +5202,7 @@ flatted@^3.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flatted/-/flatted-3.2.7.tgz#609f39207cb614b89d0765b477cb2d437fbf9787"
   integrity sha512-5nqDSxl8nn5BSNxyR3n4I6eDmbolI6WT+QqR547RwxQapgjQBmtktdP+HTBb/a/zLsbzERTONyUB5pefh5TtjQ==
 
-follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.14.8:
+follow-redirects@^1.0.0:
   version "1.15.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.2.tgz#b460864144ba63f2681096f274c4e57026da2c13"
   integrity sha512-VQLG33o04KaQ8uYi2tVNbdrWp1QWxNNea+nmIB4EVM28v0hmP17z7aG1+wAkNzVq4KeXTq3221ye5qTJP91JwA==
@@ -5249,15 +5242,6 @@ form-data@^3.0.0:
     combined-stream "^1.0.8"
     mime-types "^2.1.12"
 
-form-data@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.0.tgz#93919daeaf361ee529584b9b31664dc12c9fa452"
-  integrity sha512-ETEklSGi5t0QMZuiXoA/Q6vcnxcLQP5vdugSpuAyi6SVGi2clPPp+xgEhuMaHC+zGgn31Kd235W35f7Hykkaww==
-  dependencies:
-    asynckit "^0.4.0"
-    combined-stream "^1.0.8"
-    mime-types "^2.1.12"
-
 forwarded@0.2.0:
   version "0.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/forwarded/-/forwarded-0.2.0.tgz#2269936428aad4c15c7ebe9779a84bf0b2a81811"
@@ -7283,14 +7267,6 @@ open@^8.0.9, open@^8.4.0:
     is-docker "^2.1.1"
     is-wsl "^2.2.0"
 
-openai@^3.2.1:
-  version "3.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/openai/-/openai-3.2.1.tgz#1fa35bdf979cbde8453b43f2dd3a7d401ee40866"
-  integrity sha512-762C9BNlJPbjjlWZi4WYK9iM2tAVAv0uUp1UmI34vb0CN5T2mjB/qM6RYBmNKMh/dN9fC+bxqPwWJZUTWW052A==
-  dependencies:
-    axios "^0.26.0"
-    form-data "^4.0.0"
-
 optionator@^0.8.1:
   version "0.8.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/optionator/-/optionator-0.8.3.tgz#84fa1d036fe9d3c7e21d99884b601167ec8fb495"