diff --git a/telegram_helper.py b/telegram_helper.py
index 53d55b7..e3c83cc 100644
--- a/telegram_helper.py
+++ b/telegram_helper.py
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@ import logging
 import sys
 import asyncio
 import time
-import git
 from telegram import Update, InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
 from telegram.ext import Application, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, filters, ContextTypes, CallbackQueryHandler
 from browse_command import browse_command, button_callback
 
 class TelegramHelper:
+    # --- Constants for configurable paths and magic strings ---
+    REBOOT_CLAUDE_FILE = '.reboot_claude'
+    REBOOT_FILE = '.doreboot'
+    CLAUDE_REBOOT_TARGET = 'claude'
+    HTML_QUOTE_BLOCK_START = '<blockquote expandable><b>Thinking...</b>'
+    HTML_QUOTE_BLOCK_END = '</blockquote>'
+
     def __init__(self, bot):
         self.bot = bot
         self.telegram_bot_token = os.getenv('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN')
-        self.repo = git.Repo(".")
         self.start_time = time.time()
 
     async def start(self, update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> None:
@@ -23,11 +28,11 @@ class TelegramHelper:
 
     async def clear(self, update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> None:
         user_id = update.effective_user.id
-        await self.bot.clear(user_id)
+        await self.bot.clear_conversation_history(user_id)
         await update.message.reply_text("Conversation history cleared. Let's start fresh!")
 
     async def status(self, update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> None:
-        status_message = await self.bot.status()
+        status_message = await self.bot.get_bot_status()
         await update.message.reply_text(status_message)
 
     async def switch(self, update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> None:
@@ -56,23 +61,22 @@ class TelegramHelper:
 
             logging.info(f"Message from user {user_id}: {user_message}")
 
-            status_message = await update.message.reply_text("Processing your request...", reply_markup=InlineKeyboardMarkup([[InlineKeyboardButton("Abort", callback_data='abort')]]))
-            self.bot.processing_status[user_id] = {"processing": True, "message_id": status_message.message_id}
+            status_message = await update.message.reply_text("Processing your request...", reply_markup=InlineKeyboardMarkup([[InlineKeyboardButton("Abort", callback_data='abort')]]))\
+            await self.bot.set_processing_status(user_id, status_message.message_id)
 
             response = await self.bot.handle_message(user_id, user_message)
 
             await context.bot.delete_message(chat_id=update.effective_chat.id, message_id=status_message.message_id)
-            del self.bot.processing_status[user_id]
-            response = response.replace("<think>", "<blockquote expandable><b>Thinking...</b>").replace("</think>", "</blockquote>")
-            # Return response as html message
+            await self.bot.clear_processing_status(user_id)
+
+            response = response.replace("<think>", self.HTML_QUOTE_BLOCK_START).replace("</think>", self.HTML_QUOTE_BLOCK_END)
+
             if len(response) > 4096:
-                # If the response is too long, split it into chunks
                 chunks = [response[i:i + 4096] for i in range(0, len(response), 4096)]
                 for chunk in chunks:
                     await update.message.reply_text(chunk)
-                    # Add a small delay to avoid flooding
                     await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
-            else:                    
+            else:
                 await update.message.reply_text(response)
 
         except Exception as e:
@@ -82,27 +86,27 @@ class TelegramHelper:
     async def abort_processing(self, update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> None:
         query = update.callback_query
         await query.answer()
-        
+
         user_id = query.from_user.id
         result = await self.bot.abort_processing(user_id)
         await query.edit_message_text(text=result)
 
     async def reboot(self, update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE) -> None:
-        user_message = update.message.text.split()  # Split the message to check for 'claude'
-        if len(user_message) > 1 and user_message[1].lower() == 'claude':
-            open('./.reboot_claude', 'w').close()  # Create an empty file
+        user_message = update.message.text.split()
+        if len(user_message) > 1 and user_message[1].lower() == self.CLAUDE_REBOOT_TARGET:
+            open(self.REBOOT_CLAUDE_FILE, 'w').close()
 
         if update:
             await update.message.reply_text("Rebooting the bot...")
         logging.info("Received reboot command. Exiting process...")
-        reboot_file_path = "./.doreboot"
+        reboot_file_path = self.REBOOT_FILE
         if not os.path.exists(reboot_file_path):
             with open(reboot_file_path, 'w') as f:
                 f.write(str(update.effective_chat.id) if update else "")
         sys.exit(0)
 
     async def check_doreboot_file(self, application: Application):
-        reboot_file_path = "./.doreboot"
+        reboot_file_path = self.REBOOT_FILE
         if os.path.exists(reboot_file_path):
             with open(reboot_file_path, 'r') as f:
                 chat_id = f.read().strip()
@@ -122,16 +126,12 @@ class TelegramHelper:
         application.add_handler(CommandHandler("status", self.status))
         application.add_handler(CommandHandler("reboot", self.reboot))
         application.add_handler(CommandHandler("browse", self.browse))
-        application.add_handler(MessageHandler(filters.TEXT & ~filters.COMMAND, self.handle_message))
+        application.add_handler(MessageHandler(filters.TEXT & ~filters.COMMAND, self.handle_message))\
         application.add_handler(CallbackQueryHandler(self.abort_processing, pattern='^abort$'))
         application.add_handler(CallbackQueryHandler(button_callback, pattern='^(browse|file):'))
-        
+
         logging.info("Bot is running...")
 
-        # Check for .doreboot file and send message if it exists
         asyncio.get_event_loop().create_task(self.check_doreboot_file(application))
-        
-        # Commenting out the commit checking task
-        # asyncio.get_event_loop().create_task(self.check_for_new_commits())
-        
-        application.run_polling()
\ No newline at end of file
+
+        application.run_polling()