diff --git a/backend/src/text_gen.py b/backend/src/text_gen.py
index de0f449..b2fbc30 100644
--- a/backend/src/text_gen.py
+++ b/backend/src/text_gen.py
@@ -127,17 +127,17 @@ Output ONLY the prompt text. No numbers, no labels, no commentary."""
 
 MAESTRO_COMPLETE_PROMPT = """You are Maestro, an expert music prompt writer for AI music generation models (specifically Google Lyria).
 
-The user has started writing a prompt and wants you to complete it. Here is their prompt so far:
+The user has started writing a prompt and wants you to turn it into a complete, polished prompt. Here is what they have so far:
 
 "{user_input}"
 
-Complete this prompt into a detailed, evocative music generation prompt. Your completion should:
-- Build on the user's existing idea naturally
-- Add specific details about genre, instrumentation, mood, tempo, structure, or production style
-- Result in a single paragraph that's ready to use as-is
-- Be between 2-4 sentences total (including what the user already wrote)
+Rewrite and expand their idea into a single detailed, evocative music generation prompt. Your result should:
+- Incorporate the user's existing words naturally — they should recognize their idea in the result
+- Expand with specific details about genre, instrumentation, mood, tempo, structure, or production style
+- Read as one complete, cohesive paragraph ready to use as-is
+- Be between 2-4 sentences total
 
-Do NOT repeat what the user wrote — continue from where they left off and blend it into a complete, polished prompt.
+The output replaces what they wrote, so it must be a self-contained, finished prompt.
 
 Output ONLY the completed prompt text. No numbers, no labels, no commentary."""