diff --git a/scripts/chat_web.py b/scripts/chat_web.py
index 2643417..f8e807c 100644
--- a/scripts/chat_web.py
+++ b/scripts/chat_web.py
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ Endpoints:
   POST /chat/completions - Chat API (streaming only)
   GET  /health     - Health check with worker pool status
   GET  /stats      - Worker pool statistics and GPU utilization
+
+Abuse Prevention:
+  - Maximum 500 messages per request
+  - Maximum 8000 characters per message
+  - Maximum 32000 characters total conversation length
+  - Temperature clamped to 0.0-2.0
+  - Top-k clamped to 1-200
+  - Max tokens clamped to 1-4096
 """
 
 import argparse
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@ import os
 import torch
 import asyncio
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse, HTMLResponse, FileResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -39,6 +47,17 @@ from nanochat.common import compute_init
 from nanochat.checkpoint_manager import load_model
 from nanochat.engine import Engine
 
+# Abuse prevention limits
+MAX_MESSAGES_PER_REQUEST = 500
+MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 8000
+MAX_TOTAL_CONVERSATION_LENGTH = 32000
+MIN_TEMPERATURE = 0.0
+MAX_TEMPERATURE = 2.0
+MIN_TOP_K = 1
+MAX_TOP_K = 200
+MIN_MAX_TOKENS = 1
+MAX_MAX_TOKENS = 4096
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='NanoChat Web Server')
 parser.add_argument('-n', '--num-gpus', type=int, default=1, help='Number of GPUs to use (default: 1)')
 parser.add_argument('-i', '--source', type=str, default="sft", help="Source of the model: sft|mid|rl")
@@ -112,6 +131,69 @@ class ChatRequest(BaseModel):
     max_tokens: Optional[int] = None
     top_k: Optional[int] = None
 
+def validate_chat_request(request: ChatRequest):
+    """Validate chat request to prevent abuse."""
+    # Check number of messages
+    if len(request.messages) == 0:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="At least one message is required")
+    if len(request.messages) > MAX_MESSAGES_PER_REQUEST:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"Too many messages. Maximum {MAX_MESSAGES_PER_REQUEST} messages allowed per request"
+        )
+
+    # Check individual message lengths and total conversation length
+    total_length = 0
+    for i, message in enumerate(request.messages):
+        if not message.content:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=f"Message {i} has empty content")
+
+        msg_length = len(message.content)
+        if msg_length > MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=400,
+                detail=f"Message {i} is too long. Maximum {MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH} characters allowed per message"
+            )
+        total_length += msg_length
+
+    if total_length > MAX_TOTAL_CONVERSATION_LENGTH:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"Total conversation is too long. Maximum {MAX_TOTAL_CONVERSATION_LENGTH} characters allowed"
+        )
+
+    # Validate role values
+    for i, message in enumerate(request.messages):
+        if message.role not in ["user", "assistant"]:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=400,
+                detail=f"Message {i} has invalid role. Must be 'user', 'assistant', or 'system'"
+            )
+
+    # Validate temperature
+    if request.temperature is not None:
+        if not (MIN_TEMPERATURE <= request.temperature <= MAX_TEMPERATURE):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=400,
+                detail=f"Temperature must be between {MIN_TEMPERATURE} and {MAX_TEMPERATURE}"
+            )
+
+    # Validate top_k
+    if request.top_k is not None:
+        if not (MIN_TOP_K <= request.top_k <= MAX_TOP_K):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=400,
+                detail=f"top_k must be between {MIN_TOP_K} and {MAX_TOP_K}"
+            )
+
+    # Validate max_tokens
+    if request.max_tokens is not None:
+        if not (MIN_MAX_TOKENS <= request.max_tokens <= MAX_MAX_TOKENS):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=400,
+                detail=f"max_tokens must be between {MIN_MAX_TOKENS} and {MAX_MAX_TOKENS}"
+            )
+
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
     """Load models on all GPUs on startup."""
@@ -187,9 +269,12 @@ async def generate_stream(
 @app.post("/chat/completions")
 async def chat_completions(request: ChatRequest):
     """Chat completion endpoint (streaming only) - uses worker pool for multi-GPU."""
-    worker_pool = app.state.worker_pool
+
+    # Basic validation to prevent abuse
+    validate_chat_request(request)
 
     # Acquire a worker from the pool (will wait if all are busy)
+    worker_pool = app.state.worker_pool
     worker = await worker_pool.acquire_worker()
 
     try: