diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ProviderDialog.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ProviderDialog.razor
index d76438c8..370b3c84 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ProviderDialog.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ProviderDialog.razor	
@@ -131,15 +131,17 @@
             />
             
             <MudStack>
-                <MudButton  OnClick="@this.ToggleProviderExpertSettings">@(this.showExpertProviderSettings ? @T("Hide Expert Settings") : @T("Show Expert Settings"))</MudButton>
+                <MudButton OnClick="@this.ToggleProviderExpertSettings">
+                    @(this.showExpertProviderSettings ? @T("Hide Expert Settings") : @T("Show Expert Settings"))
+                </MudButton>
                 <MudDivider />
-                <MudCollapse Expanded="@this.showExpertProviderSettings">
-                    <MudJustifiedText>@T("Please be aware: This is for experts only. You are responsible for verifying the correctness of the additional parameters you provide to the API call.")</MudJustifiedText>
-                    <MudJustifiedText>@T("By default, AI Studio uses the OpenAI-compatible chat/completions API, provided that it is supported by the underlying service and model.")</MudJustifiedText>
-                    <MudTextField T="string" Label=@T("Additional API parameters") Variant="Variant.Outlined" Lines="3" AutoGrow="true" HelperText=@T("Add the parameters in proper json formatting, e.g., \"temperature\": 0.5. Remove trailing commas.") HelperTextOnFocus="true " @bind-Value="@ExpertProviderApiParameters" OnBlur="@OnInputChangeExpertSettings"></MudTextField>
+                <MudCollapse Expanded="@this.showExpertProviderSettings" Class="@this.GetExpertStyles">
+                    <MudJustifiedText Class="mb-5">
+                        @T("Please be aware: This section is for experts only. You are responsible for verifying the correctness of the additional parameters you provide to the API call. By default, AI Studio uses the OpenAI-compatible chat completions API, when that it is supported by the underlying service and model.")
+                    </MudJustifiedText>
+                    <MudTextField T="string" Label=@T("Additional API parameters") Variant="Variant.Outlined" Lines="4" AutoGrow="true" MaxLines="10" HelperText=@T("""Add the parameters in proper JSON formatting, e.g., "temperature": 0.5. Remove trailing commas. The usual surrounding curly brackets {} must not be used, though.""") Placeholder="@GetPlaceholderExpertSettings" @bind-Value="@this.ExpertProviderApiParameters" OnBlur="@this.OnInputChangeExpertSettings"/>
                 </MudCollapse>
             </MudStack>
-            
         </MudForm>
         <Issues IssuesData="@this.dataIssues"/>
     </DialogContent>
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ProviderDialog.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ProviderDialog.razor.cs
index d793bcce..2549971d 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ProviderDialog.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Dialogs/ProviderDialog.razor.cs	
@@ -285,4 +285,13 @@ public partial class ProviderDialog : MSGComponentBase, ISecretId
     {
         this.ExpertProviderApiParameters = this.ExpertProviderApiParameters.TrimEnd(',', ' ');
     }
+    
+    private string GetExpertStyles => this.showExpertProviderSettings ? "border-2 border-dashed rounded pa-2" : string.Empty;
+
+    private static string GetPlaceholderExpertSettings => 
+      """
+      "temperature": 0.5,
+      "top_p": 0.9,
+      "frequency_penalty": 0.0
+      """;
 }
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