diff --git a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/GenerateRoadmap.tsx b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/GenerateRoadmap.tsx
index 4923135d9..92f8a721d 100644
--- a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/GenerateRoadmap.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/GenerateRoadmap.tsx
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ export function GenerateRoadmap() {
         handleSubmit={handleSubmit}
         limit={roadmapLimit}
         limitUsed={roadmapLimitUsed}
+        loadAIRoadmapLimit={loadAIRoadmapLimit}
         onLoadTerm={(term: string) => {
           setRoadmapTerm(term);
           loadTermRoadmap(term).finally(() => {});
diff --git a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/OpenAISettings.tsx b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/OpenAISettings.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48236cf44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/OpenAISettings.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { Modal } from '../Modal.tsx';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+  deleteOpenAPIKey,
+  getOpenAPIKey,
+  saveOpenAPIKey,
+} from '../../lib/jwt.ts';
+import { cn } from '../../lib/classname.ts';
+import { CloseIcon } from '../ReactIcons/CloseIcon.tsx';
+import { useToast } from '../../hooks/use-toast.ts';
+
+type OpenAISettingsProps = {
+  onClose: () => void;
+};
+
+export function OpenAISettings(props: OpenAISettingsProps) {
+  const { onClose } = props;
+
+  const [hasError, setHasError] = useState(false);
+  const [openaiApiKey, setOpenaiApiKey] = useState('');
+  const toast = useToast();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const apiKey = getOpenAPIKey();
+    setOpenaiApiKey(apiKey || '');
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <Modal onClose={onClose}>
+      <div className="overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-white p-6 shadow-xl">
+        <h2 className="text-xl font-medium text-gray-800">OpenAI Settings</h2>
+        <div className="mt-4">
+          <p className="text-gray-700">
+            AI Roadmap generator uses OpenAI's GPT-4 model to generate roadmaps.
+          </p>
+
+          <p className="mt-2">
+            <a
+              className="font-semibold underline underline-offset-2"
+              href={'https://platform.openai.com/signup'}
+              target="_blank"
+            >
+              Create an account on OpenAI
+            </a>{' '}
+            and enter your API key below to enable the AI Roadmap generator
+          </p>
+
+          <form
+            className="mt-4"
+            onSubmit={(e) => {
+              e.preventDefault();
+              setHasError(false);
+
+              const normalizedKey = openaiApiKey.trim();
+              if (!normalizedKey) {
+                deleteOpenAPIKey();
+                toast.success('OpenAI API key removed');
+                onClose();
+                return;
+              }
+
+              if (!normalizedKey.startsWith('sk-')) {
+                setHasError(true);
+                return;
+              }
+
+              // Save the API key to cookies
+              saveOpenAPIKey(normalizedKey);
+              toast.success('OpenAI API key saved');
+              onClose();
+            }}
+          >
+            <div className="relative">
+              <input
+                type="text"
+                name="openai-api-key"
+                id="openai-api-key"
+                className={cn(
+                  'block w-full rounded-md border border-gray-300 px-3 py-2 text-gray-800 transition-colors focus:border-black focus:outline-none',
+                  {
+                    'border-red-500 bg-red-100 focus:border-red-500': hasError,
+                  },
+                )}
+                placeholder="Enter your OpenAI API key"
+                value={openaiApiKey}
+                onChange={(e) => {
+                  setHasError(false);
+                  setOpenaiApiKey((e.target as HTMLInputElement).value);
+                }}
+              />
+
+              {openaiApiKey && (
+                <button
+                  type={'button'}
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    setOpenaiApiKey('');
+                  }}
+                  className="absolute right-2 top-1/2 flex h-[20px] w-[20px] -translate-y-1/2 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gray-400 text-white hover:bg-gray-600"
+                >
+                  <CloseIcon className="h-[13px] w-[13px] stroke-[3.5]" />
+                </button>
+              )}
+            </div>
+            {hasError && (
+              <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-red-500">
+                Please enter a valid OpenAI API key
+              </p>
+            )}
+            <button
+              type="submit"
+              className="mt-2 w-full rounded-md bg-gray-700 px-4 py-2 text-white transition-colors hover:bg-black"
+            >
+              Save
+            </button>
+          </form>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/RoadmapSearch.tsx b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/RoadmapSearch.tsx
index bdc84fdf7..f2ddd6da2 100644
--- a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/RoadmapSearch.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/RoadmapSearch.tsx
@@ -2,18 +2,22 @@ import {
   ArrowUpRight,
   Ban,
   CircleFadingPlus,
+  Cog,
   Telescope,
   Wand,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import type { FormEvent } from 'react';
-import { isLoggedIn } from '../../lib/jwt';
+import { getOpenAPIKey, isLoggedIn } from '../../lib/jwt';
 import { showLoginPopup } from '../../lib/popup';
 import { cn } from '../../lib/classname.ts';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { OpenAISettings } from './OpenAISettings.tsx';
 
 type RoadmapSearchProps = {
   roadmapTerm: string;
   setRoadmapTerm: (topic: string) => void;
   handleSubmit: (e: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => void;
+  loadAIRoadmapLimit: () => void;
   onLoadTerm: (topic: string) => void;
   limit: number;
   limitUsed: number;
@@ -27,14 +31,25 @@ export function RoadmapSearch(props: RoadmapSearchProps) {
     limit = 0,
     limitUsed = 0,
     onLoadTerm,
+    loadAIRoadmapLimit,
   } = props;
 
   const canGenerateMore = limitUsed < limit;
+  const [isConfiguring, setIsConfiguring] = useState(false);
+  const openAPIKey = getOpenAPIKey();
 
   const randomTerms = ['OAuth', 'APIs', 'UX Design', 'gRPC'];
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-grow flex-col items-center justify-center px-4 py-6 sm:px-6">
+      {isConfiguring && (
+        <OpenAISettings
+          onClose={() => {
+            setIsConfiguring(false);
+            loadAIRoadmapLimit();
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
       <div className="flex flex-col gap-0 text-center sm:gap-2">
         <h1 className="relative text-2xl font-medium sm:text-3xl">
           <span className="hidden sm:inline">Generate roadmaps with AI</span>
@@ -144,6 +159,29 @@ export function RoadmapSearch(props: RoadmapSearchProps) {
             </button>
           )}
         </p>
+        <p className="-mt-[45px] flex min-h-[26px] items-center text-sm">
+          {limit > 0 && isLoggedIn() && !openAPIKey && (
+            <button
+              onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+              className="rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+            >
+              By-pass all limits by{' '}
+              <span className="font-semibold">
+                adding your own OpenAI API key
+              </span>
+            </button>
+          )}
+
+          {limit > 0 && isLoggedIn() && openAPIKey && (
+            <button
+              onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+              className="flex flex-row items-center gap-1 rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+            >
+              <Cog size={15} />
+              Configure OpenAI API key
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/lib/jwt.ts b/src/lib/jwt.ts
index e7d0ab7a0..22643b589 100644
--- a/src/lib/jwt.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jwt.ts
@@ -63,3 +63,24 @@ export function visitAIRoadmap(roadmapId: string) {
     domain: import.meta.env.DEV ? 'localhost' : '.roadmap.sh',
   });
 }
+
+export function deleteOpenAPIKey() {
+  Cookies.remove('oak', {
+    path: '/',
+    domain: import.meta.env.DEV ? 'localhost' : '.roadmap.sh',
+  });
+}
+
+export function saveOpenAPIKey(apiKey: string) {
+  Cookies.set('oak', apiKey, {
+    path: '/',
+    expires: 365,
+    sameSite: 'lax',
+    secure: true,
+    domain: import.meta.env.DEV ? 'localhost' : '.roadmap.sh',
+  });
+}
+
+export function getOpenAPIKey() {
+  return Cookies.get('oak');
+}