diff --git a/custom_addons/encoach_ai/services/__pycache__/elai_service.cpython-312.pyc b/custom_addons/encoach_ai/services/__pycache__/elai_service.cpython-312.pyc
index 5caae276..41b46b2d 100644
Binary files a/custom_addons/encoach_ai/services/__pycache__/elai_service.cpython-312.pyc and b/custom_addons/encoach_ai/services/__pycache__/elai_service.cpython-312.pyc differ
diff --git a/custom_addons/encoach_ai/services/elai_service.py b/custom_addons/encoach_ai/services/elai_service.py
index 8fb55d31..8bc0c406 100644
--- a/custom_addons/encoach_ai/services/elai_service.py
+++ b/custom_addons/encoach_ai/services/elai_service.py
@@ -72,9 +72,36 @@ class ElaiService:
         resp.raise_for_status()
         return resp.json()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _split_script(script, max_chars=500):
+        """Split a long script into chunks that stay under ELAI's 60s/slide limit.
+
+        Uses ~10 chars/second heuristic, so 500 chars ~ 50s (with safety margin).
+        Splits on sentence boundaries ('. ', '? ', '! ', newlines).
+        """
+        if len(script) <= max_chars:
+            return [script]
+        import re
+        sentences = re.split(r'(?<=[.!?])\s+|\n+', script)
+        chunks, current = [], ""
+        for sent in sentences:
+            if not sent.strip():
+                continue
+            if current and len(current) + len(sent) + 1 > max_chars:
+                chunks.append(current.strip())
+                current = sent
+            else:
+                current = f"{current} {sent}" if current else sent
+        if current.strip():
+            chunks.append(current.strip())
+        return chunks or [script]
+
     def create_video(self, script, *, avatar_id=None, title="EnCoach Video", language="en"):
         """Create an avatar video from a script.
 
+        Automatically splits long scripts into multiple slides to stay under
+        ELAI's 60-second-per-slide limit.
+
         Returns:
             dict with 'video_id', 'status'
         """
@@ -85,39 +112,43 @@ class ElaiService:
         avatar_code = avatar_preset["code"]
         avatar_src = f"https://elai-avatars.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/common/{avatar_code.replace('.', '/')}/{avatar_code.replace('.', '_')}.png"
 
+        chunks = self._split_script(script)
+        slides = []
+        for idx, chunk in enumerate(chunks, 1):
+            slides.append({
+                "id": idx,
+                "speech": chunk,
+                "language": "English",
+                "voice": avatar_preset["voice"],
+                "voiceType": "text",
+                "voiceProvider": "azure",
+                "avatar": {
+                    "code": avatar_code,
+                    "gender": avatar_preset["gender"],
+                },
+                "canvas": {
+                    "version": "4.4.0",
+                    "background": "#ffffff",
+                    "objects": [
+                        {
+                            "type": "avatar",
+                            "left": 151.5,
+                            "top": 36,
+                            "fill": "#4868FF",
+                            "scaleX": 0.3,
+                            "scaleY": 0.3,
+                            "height": 1080,
+                            "width": 1080,
+                            "src": avatar_src,
+                        }
+                    ],
+                },
+            })
+        _logger.info("ELAI: creating video with %d slide(s) from %d chars", len(slides), len(script))
+
         payload = {
             "name": title,
-            "slides": [
-                {
-                    "id": 1,
-                    "speech": script,
-                    "language": "English",
-                    "voice": avatar_preset["voice"],
-                    "voiceType": "text",
-                    "voiceProvider": "azure",
-                    "avatar": {
-                        "code": avatar_code,
-                        "gender": avatar_preset["gender"],
-                    },
-                    "canvas": {
-                        "version": "4.4.0",
-                        "background": "#ffffff",
-                        "objects": [
-                            {
-                                "type": "avatar",
-                                "left": 151.5,
-                                "top": 36,
-                                "fill": "#4868FF",
-                                "scaleX": 0.3,
-                                "scaleY": 0.3,
-                                "height": 1080,
-                                "width": 1080,
-                                "src": avatar_src,
-                            }
-                        ],
-                    },
-                }
-            ],
+            "slides": slides,
             "tags": ["encoach"],
         }
         t0 = time.time()
@@ -135,7 +166,7 @@ class ElaiService:
             # Step 2: trigger rendering -- ELAI requires a separate render call
             try:
                 render_resp = _requests.post(
-                    f"{ELAI_BASE}/videos/{video_id}/render",
+                    f"{ELAI_BASE}/videos/render/{video_id}",
                     headers=self._headers(),
                     timeout=30,
                 )