diff --git a/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx b/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
index 3898051..0ed8143 100644
--- a/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Chat/Chat.tsx
@@ -41,9 +41,23 @@ const createMessage = (text: string, isUserMessage: boolean): Message => {
   };
 };
 
+
+
 export default function Chat() {
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Implement the recursive function that sums an array of integers
+    const recursiveArraySum = (arr: number[]): number => {
+      if (arr.length === 0) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      return arr[0] + recursiveArraySum(arr.slice(1));   
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   const userId = useAtomValue(chatUserIdAtom);
 
+
   // ref to track text area and scroll text into view
   const ref = useRef<HTMLParagraphElement | null>(null);