diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index f5802402..af91aadd 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 
 ## For contributors
 
-- [] I have added the relevant changes to the NEWS.md file
-- [] I have added relevant tests or documentation with my changes
+- [ ] I have added the relevant changes to the NEWS.md file
+- [ ] I have added relevant tests or documentation with my changes
 
 ## For reviewers
 
-- [] Changes meet the acceptance criteria of the related issue
-- [] The contribution follows style conventions and code of conduct
-- [] Branch passes automated testing
-- [] I have incremented the package version in the DESCRIPTION file before merging
+- [ ] Changes meet the acceptance criteria of the related issue
+- [ ] The contribution follows style conventions and code of conduct
+- [ ] Branch passes automated testing
+- [ ] I have incremented the package version in the DESCRIPTION file before merging
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 869ed567..461fc07f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: gptstudio
 Title: Use Large Language Models Directly in your Development Environment
-Version: 0.4.0.9008
+Version: 0.4.0.9009
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Michel", "Nivard", , "m.g.nivard@vu.nl", role = c("aut", "cph")),
     person("James", "Wade", , "github@jameshwade.com", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 94b153f7..4b434618 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - Remove magrittr pipe in favor of base pipe, require R >= 4.1 #226
 - Tweak app sidebar and set min version of bsicons and httr2 #228
 - Added info tooltips to the API service settings to inform users to save after modifying this section #230
+- Fixed a bug in `gptstudio_sitrep()` that prevented it to correctly report an active `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`
 
 ## gptstudio 0.4.0
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ The ChatGPT addin can now speak German! Thanks to [Mark Colley](https://github.c
 
 ### Translations
 
-The ChatGPT addin can now receive translations. If anyone wants to contribute with a new translation only needs to edit the translation file ("inst/translations/translation.json"). Currently supported languages are English and Spanish. 
+The ChatGPT addin can now receive translations. If anyone wants to contribute with a new translation only needs to edit the translation file ("inst/translations/translation.json"). Currently supported languages are English and Spanish.
 
 ### `{httr2}`
 
diff --git a/R/gptstudio-sitrep.R b/R/gptstudio-sitrep.R
index d139dc7f..6eddf504 100644
--- a/R/gptstudio-sitrep.R
+++ b/R/gptstudio-sitrep.R
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ check_api_connection_anthropic <- function(service, api_key) {
     request_base_anthropic(key = Sys.getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")) |>
     req_body_json(
       data = list(
-        prompt = "\n\nHuman: Hello, Claude\n\nAssistant:",
-        model = "claude-2.1",
-        max_tokens_to_sample = 1024
+        model = "claude-3-haiku-20240307",
+        max_tokens = 1024,
+        messages = list(
+          list(role = "user", content = "Hello, Claude")
+        )
       )
     ) |>
     req_error(is_error = function(resp) FALSE) |>