diff --git a/examples/conversational-rag/graph_db_example/application.py b/examples/conversational-rag/graph_db_example/application.py
index fd2261cc..aa1c0187 100644
--- a/examples/conversational-rag/graph_db_example/application.py
+++ b/examples/conversational-rag/graph_db_example/application.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def schema_to_prompt(schema):
     return prompt
 
 
-def set_inital_chat_history(schema_prompt: str) -> list[dict]:
+def set_initial_chat_history(schema_prompt: str) -> list[dict]:
     SYSTEM_MESSAGE = "You are a Cypher expert with access to a directed knowledge graph\n"
     SYSTEM_MESSAGE += schema_prompt
     SYSTEM_MESSAGE += (
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def build_application(
     # create a prompt from it
     schema_prompt = schema_to_prompt(schema)
     # set the initial chat history
-    base_messages = set_inital_chat_history(schema_prompt)
+    base_messages = set_initial_chat_history(schema_prompt)
 
     tracker = LocalTrackingClient("ufc-falkor")
     # create graph
diff --git a/examples/conversational-rag/graph_db_example/notebook.ipynb b/examples/conversational-rag/graph_db_example/notebook.ipynb
index a246c3d0..45d8ba71 100644
--- a/examples/conversational-rag/graph_db_example/notebook.ipynb
+++ b/examples/conversational-rag/graph_db_example/notebook.ipynb
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     "\n",
     "    return prompt\n",
     "\n",
-    "def set_inital_chat_history(schema_prompt: str) -> list[dict]:\n",
+    "def set_initial_chat_history(schema_prompt: str) -> list[dict]:\n",
     "    \"\"\"Helper to set initial system message\"\"\"\n",
     "    SYSTEM_MESSAGE = \"You are a Cypher expert with access to a directed knowledge graph\\n\"\n",
     "    SYSTEM_MESSAGE += schema_prompt\n",
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
     "# create a prompt from it\n",
     "schema_prompt = schema_to_prompt(schema)\n",
     "# set the initial chat history\n",
-    "base_messages = set_inital_chat_history(schema_prompt)"
+    "base_messages = set_initial_chat_history(schema_prompt)"
    ],
    "outputs": []
   },