diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c8d609a..897f1272 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ solana-validator-*.log
 sonic-*.log
 eclipse-*.log
 osvm-*.log
+audit_reports/
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a075e92a..038e35f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3173,7 +3173,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "osvm"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "askama",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index acd03915..a5830195 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "osvm"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "OpenSVM CLI tool for managing SVM nodes and deployments"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 461d0c57..8524cab8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ async fn handle_ai_query(
     let mut query_parts = vec![sub_command.to_string()];
     
     // Get additional arguments from clap's external subcommand handling
-    if let Some(external_args) = sub_matches.get_many::<String>("") {
-        query_parts.extend(external_args.cloned());
+    // External subcommands store arguments as OsString, not String
+    if let Some(external_args) = sub_matches.get_many::<std::ffi::OsString>("") {
+        query_parts.extend(external_args.map(|os_str| os_str.to_string_lossy().to_string()));
     }
     
     // If clap doesn't provide args (fallback), parse from environment