diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 7c0c7f1..172c8ca 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ export const getSearxngApiEndpoint = () => loadConfig().API_ENDPOINTS.SEARXNG;
 
 export const getOllamaApiEndpoint = () => loadConfig().API_ENDPOINTS.OLLAMA;
 
+export const getOllamaAuthHeader = () => loadConfig().API_ENDPOINTS.OLLAMA_AUTH_HEADER;
+
 export const updateConfig = (config: RecursivePartial<Config>) => {
   const currentConfig = loadConfig();
 
diff --git a/src/lib/providers.ts b/src/lib/providers.ts
index 3bf23b6..224448f 100644
--- a/src/lib/providers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/providers.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export const getAvailableChatModelProviders = async () => {
   const openAIApiKey = getOpenaiApiKey();
   const groqApiKey = getGroqApiKey();
   const ollamaEndpoint = getOllamaApiEndpoint();
+  const ollamaAuthHeader = getOllamaAuthHeader();
 
   const models = {};
 
@@ -96,10 +97,10 @@ export const getAvailableChatModelProviders = async () => {
 
   if (ollamaEndpoint) {
     let headers;
-    if (typeof process.env['OLLAMA_AUTH_HEADER'] !== undefined) {
+    if (typeof ollamaAuthHeader !== undefined) {
       headers = {
 	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-	'Authorization': process.env['OLLAMA_AUTH_HEADER']
+	'Authorization': ollamaAuthHeader
       };
     } else {
       headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json'      };