diff --git a/backend/src/Api/appsettings.json b/backend/src/Api/appsettings.json
index aec4ad10..289ae7f6 100644
--- a/backend/src/Api/appsettings.json
+++ b/backend/src/Api/appsettings.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   "Ollama": {
     "BaseUrl": "http://localhost:11434",
     "Model": "gemma4:e4b",
-    "TimeoutSeconds": 10
+    "TimeoutSeconds": 30
   },
   "LLM": {
     "DefaultProvider": "openai",
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 51d54bb1..b6482032 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ services:
     container_name: textstack_ollama
     volumes:
       - ./data/ollama:/root/.ollama
+    environment:
+      OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE: "-1"
     restart: always
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "ollama list >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1"]