diff --git a/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py b/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
index 6de359ae..e6927d27 100644
--- a/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
+++ b/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
@@ -436,16 +436,16 @@ class ConversationAdapters:
 
     @staticmethod
     async def aget_conversation_by_user(
-        user: KhojUser, client_application: ClientApplication = None, conversation_id: int = None, slug: str = None
+        user: KhojUser, client_application: ClientApplication = None, conversation_id: int = None, title: str = None
     ):
         if conversation_id:
             return await Conversation.objects.filter(user=user, client=client_application, id=conversation_id).afirst()
-        elif slug:
-            return await Conversation.objects.filter(user=user, client=client_application, slug=slug).afirst()
+        elif title:
+            return await Conversation.objects.filter(user=user, client=client_application, title=title).afirst()
         else:
             return await (
                 Conversation.objects.filter(user=user, client=client_application).order_by("-updated_at").afirst()
-            ) or Conversation.objects.acreate(user=user, client=client_application, slug=slug)
+            ) or Conversation.objects.acreate(user=user, client=client_application)
 
     @staticmethod
     async def adelete_conversation_by_user(
diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py b/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
index 79f13351..7cd04c98 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ async def chat(
     n: Optional[int] = 5,
     d: Optional[float] = 0.18,
     stream: Optional[bool] = False,
-    slug: Optional[str] = None,
+    title: Optional[str] = None,
     conversation_id: Optional[int] = None,
     city: Optional[str] = None,
     region: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -251,9 +251,14 @@ async def chat(
         return StreamingResponse(iter([formatted_help]), media_type="text/event-stream", status_code=200)
 
     conversation = await ConversationAdapters.aget_conversation_by_user(
-        user, request.user.client_app, conversation_id, slug
+        user, request.user.client_app, conversation_id, title
     )
-    meta_log = conversation.conversation_log if conversation else {}
+    if not conversation:
+        return Response(
+            content=f"No conversation found with requested id, title", media_type="text/plain", status_code=400
+        )
+    else:
+        meta_log = conversation.conversation_log
 
     if conversation_commands == [ConversationCommand.Default]:
         conversation_commands = await aget_relevant_information_sources(q, meta_log)