diff --git a/researchowl/deployment.yaml b/researchowl/deployment.yaml
index 9911cd5..cbcb3a9 100644
--- a/researchowl/deployment.yaml
+++ b/researchowl/deployment.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ spec:
               value: "http://ollama.ollama.svc.cluster.local:11434"
             - name: OLLAMA_MODEL
               value: "qwen2.5:3b"
+            - name: OLLAMA_EMBED_MODEL
+              value: "nomic-embed-text"
             - name: DB_PATH
               value: "/data/researchowl.db"
             - name: MAX_SOURCES