diff --git a/src/lib/providers.ts b/src/lib/providers.ts
index bce1d15..da60376 100644
--- a/src/lib/providers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/providers.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ import {
 } from '../config';
 import logger from '../utils/logger';
 
+function getOllamaHeaders() {
+  const ollamaAuthHeader = getOllamaAuthHeader();
+  let headers;
+    if (typeof ollamaAuthHeader !== undefined) {
+      return {
+	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+	'Authorization': ollamaAuthHeader
+      };
+    } else {
+      return { 'Content-Type': 'application/json'      };
+    }
+}
+
 export const getAvailableChatModelProviders = async () => {
   const openAIApiKey = getOpenaiApiKey();
   const groqApiKey = getGroqApiKey();
@@ -97,17 +110,8 @@ export const getAvailableChatModelProviders = async () => {
   }
 
   if (ollamaEndpoint) {
-    let headers;
-    if (typeof ollamaAuthHeader !== undefined) {
-      headers = {
-	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-	'Authorization': ollamaAuthHeader
-      };
-    } else {
-      headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json'      };
-    }
-
     try {
+      const headers = getOllamaHeaders();
       const response = await fetch(`${ollamaEndpoint}/api/tags`, { headers });
 
       const { models: ollamaModels } = (await response.json()) as any;
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ export const getAvailableChatModelProviders = async () => {
 export const getAvailableEmbeddingModelProviders = async () => {
   const openAIApiKey = getOpenaiApiKey();
   const ollamaEndpoint = getOllamaApiEndpoint();
+  const ollamaAuthHeader = getOllamaAuthHeader();
 
   const models = {};
 
@@ -154,13 +159,9 @@ export const getAvailableEmbeddingModelProviders = async () => {
   }
 
   if (ollamaEndpoint) {
+    const headers = getOllamaHeaders();
     try {
-      const response = await fetch(`${ollamaEndpoint}/api/tags`, {
-        headers: {
-          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        },
-      });
-
+      const response = await fetch(`${ollamaEndpoint}/api/tags`, { headers });
       const { models: ollamaModels } = (await response.json()) as any;
 
       models['ollama'] = ollamaModels.reduce((acc, model) => {