diff --git a/graalpy/graalpy-openai-starter/README.md b/graalpy/graalpy-openai-starter/README.md
index 3a758246..d03b19e6 100644
--- a/graalpy/graalpy-openai-starter/README.md
+++ b/graalpy/graalpy-openai-starter/README.md
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ To execute the main method, run:
 
 The [App.java](src/main/java/com/example/App.java) embeds a `create_chat_completion()` function based on [the official usage example](https://github.com/openai/openai-python?tab=readme-ov-file#usage).
 The Java text block that contains the Python code is annotated with `// language=python`, which triggers a [language injection in IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/using-language-injections.html).
-The `create_chat_completion()` function is returned when the Python code is evaluated.
-Afterward, the Python function is called with `userInput` from Java, and the result is mapped to the `ChatCompletion` interface.
+The `create_chat_completion()` function is returned when the Python code is evaluated, and mapped to `CreateChatCompletionFunction`, a `FunctionalInterface` from `String` to `ChatCompletion`.
+Afterward, the Python function is called with `userInput` from Java.
 The interfaces `ChatCompletion`, `Choice`, and `ChatComplectionMessage` are ported from [the official API](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/main/api.md), and only contain the functionality exercised by the example code.
 These interfaces can be extended appropriately when needed.
 
diff --git a/graalpy/graalpy-openai-starter/src/main/java/com/example/App.java b/graalpy/graalpy-openai-starter/src/main/java/com/example/App.java
index 4cb123b9..17dcac2b 100644
--- a/graalpy/graalpy-openai-starter/src/main/java/com/example/App.java
+++ b/graalpy/graalpy-openai-starter/src/main/java/com/example/App.java
@@ -8,17 +8,16 @@
 
 import org.graalvm.polyglot.Context;
 import org.graalvm.polyglot.PolyglotException;
-import org.graalvm.polyglot.Value;
 import org.graalvm.python.embedding.utils.GraalPyResources;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class App {
 
-    public static void main(String[] args)  {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
         String userInput = args.length > 0 ? args[0] : "Say this is a test";
         try (Context context = GraalPyResources.createContext()) {
-            Value createChatCompletion = context.eval("python",
+            CreateChatCompletionFunction createChatCompletion = context.eval("python",
                     // language=python
                     """
                             import os
@@ -39,10 +38,10 @@ def create_chat_completion(user_input):
                                     ],
                                     model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
                                 )
-
+                            
                             create_chat_completion
-                            """);
-            ChatCompletion chatCompletion = createChatCompletion.execute(userInput).as(ChatCompletion.class);
+                            """).as(CreateChatCompletionFunction.class);
+            ChatCompletion chatCompletion = createChatCompletion.apply(userInput);
             for (Choice choice : chatCompletion.choices()) {
                 System.out.println(choice.message().content());
             }
@@ -51,15 +50,20 @@ def create_chat_completion(user_input):
         }
     }
 
+    @FunctionalInterface
+    public interface CreateChatCompletionFunction {
+        ChatCompletion apply(String choice);
+    }
+
     public interface ChatCompletion {
-         List<Choice> choices();
+        List<Choice> choices();
     }
 
     public interface Choice {
         ChatCompletionMessage message();
     }
 
-    public interface  ChatCompletionMessage {
+    public interface ChatCompletionMessage {
         String content();
     }
 }