diff --git a/ai/.python-version b/ai/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b326afbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ai/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.9.15
diff --git a/ai/README.md b/ai/README.md
index ea44a7326..2960e3898 100644
--- a/ai/README.md
+++ b/ai/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ The server is built with FastAPI. To start the server by running `uvicorn main:a
 Swaggger Documentation: /docs
 Chat endpoint: /chat
 
+The storage context is pulled from s3 so the `main.py` script needs to know where to find it and how to authenticate.
+
+- Auth:
+    IRSA should work, otherwise you'll need to set the standard AWS env vars:
+    - `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`
+    - `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`
+- Path:
+    The script expects the AWS path in `PLURAL_AI_INDEX_S3_PATH` in the format `<bucket-name>/<path>`.
+    Defaults to `plural-assets/dagster/plural-ai/vector_store_index`
+
+To be safe `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` should be set to the region of the bucket.
+
 ## Running scraper.py
 
 The scraper currently incorporates three datasources:
diff --git a/ai/main.py b/ai/main.py
index 05043562e..2183d15e8 100644
--- a/ai/main.py
+++ b/ai/main.py
@@ -1,15 +1,34 @@
 import os
 import openai
+import asyncio
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from llama_index import StorageContext, load_index_from_storage, ServiceContext, set_global_service_context
 from llama_index.indices.postprocessor import SentenceEmbeddingOptimizer
 from llama_index.embeddings import OpenAIEmbedding
-
+from s3fs import S3FileSystem
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
+def load_query_engine(s3_path: str):
+    storage_context = StorageContext.from_defaults(
+        # persist_dir format: "<bucket-name>/<path>"
+        persist_dir=s3_path,
+        fs=S3FileSystem()
+    )
+    index = load_index_from_storage(storage_context)
+    return index.as_query_engine(
+        node_postprocessors=[SentenceEmbeddingOptimizer(percentile_cutoff=0.5)],    
+        response_mode="compact",
+        similarity_cutoff=0.7
+    )
+
 openai.api_key = os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"]
+PLURAL_AI_INDEX_S3_PATH = os.getenv("PLURAL_AI_INDEX_S3_PATH", "plural-assets/dagster/plural-ai/vector_store_index")
 
 app = FastAPI()
+embed_model = OpenAIEmbedding(embed_batch_size=10)
+service_context = ServiceContext.from_defaults(embed_model=embed_model)
+set_global_service_context(service_context)
+query_engine = load_query_engine(PLURAL_AI_INDEX_S3_PATH)
 
 class QueryRequest(BaseModel):
     question: str
@@ -17,22 +36,20 @@ class QueryRequest(BaseModel):
 class QueryResponse(BaseModel):
     answer: str
 
+async def reload_query_engine():
+    global query_engine
+    while True:
+        await asyncio.sleep(86400) # 86400 seconds in a day 
+        query_engine = load_query_engine(PLURAL_AI_INDEX_S3_PATH)
 
-embed_model = OpenAIEmbedding(embed_batch_size=10)
-service_context = ServiceContext.from_defaults(embed_model=embed_model)
-set_global_service_context(service_context)
-
-storage_context = StorageContext.from_defaults(persist_dir="./storage")
-index = load_index_from_storage(storage_context)
-query_engine = index.as_query_engine(
-    node_postprocessors=[SentenceEmbeddingOptimizer(percentile_cutoff=0.5)],    
-    response_mode="compact",
-    similarity_cutoff=0.7
-)
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def schedule_reload_query_engine():
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop.create_task(reload_query_engine())
 
 @app.get("/")
 def read_root():
-    return {"Hello": "World"}
+    return {"Plural": "AI"}
 
 @app.post("/chat")
 def query_data(request: QueryRequest):
diff --git a/ai/requirements.txt b/ai/requirements.txt
index e8ce47a2b..7d810c54d 100644
--- a/ai/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai/requirements.txt
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ yarl==1.9.2
 python-graphql-client
 nltk
 config
-html2text
\ No newline at end of file
+html2text
+s3fs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ai/scraper.py b/ai/scraper.py
index 8861d39bf..403c40643 100755
--- a/ai/scraper.py
+++ b/ai/scraper.py
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ def scrape_discord():
 index = VectorStoreIndex.from_documents(list(chain))
 index.storage_context.persist()
 
-print("persisted new vector index")
\ No newline at end of file
+print("persisted new vector index")