diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/agents/new_chat/llm_config.py b/surfsense_backend/app/agents/new_chat/llm_config.py
index f9f92959c..12b389a2d 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/agents/new_chat/llm_config.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/agents/new_chat/llm_config.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PROVIDER_MAP = {
     "GROQ": "groq",
     "COHERE": "cohere",
     "GOOGLE": "gemini",
-    "OLLAMA": "ollama",
+    "OLLAMA": "ollama_chat",
     "MISTRAL": "mistral",
     "AZURE_OPENAI": "azure",
     "OPENROUTER": "openrouter",
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/services/llm_service.py b/surfsense_backend/app/services/llm_service.py
index f0198d91f..e21259990 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/services/llm_service.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/services/llm_service.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async def validate_llm_config(
                 "GROQ": "groq",
                 "COHERE": "cohere",
                 "GOOGLE": "gemini",
-                "OLLAMA": "ollama",
+                "OLLAMA": "ollama_chat",
                 "MISTRAL": "mistral",
                 "AZURE_OPENAI": "azure",
                 "OPENROUTER": "openrouter",
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async def get_search_space_llm_instance(
                     "GROQ": "groq",
                     "COHERE": "cohere",
                     "GOOGLE": "gemini",
-                    "OLLAMA": "ollama",
+                    "OLLAMA": "ollama_chat",
                     "MISTRAL": "mistral",
                     "AZURE_OPENAI": "azure",
                     "OPENROUTER": "openrouter",
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ async def get_search_space_llm_instance(
                 "GROQ": "groq",
                 "COHERE": "cohere",
                 "GOOGLE": "gemini",
-                "OLLAMA": "ollama",
+                "OLLAMA": "ollama_chat",
                 "MISTRAL": "mistral",
                 "AZURE_OPENAI": "azure",
                 "OPENROUTER": "openrouter",