diff --git a/apps/agent-zero/agent-zero.yaml b/apps/agent-zero/agent-zero.yaml
index e91a8f3..967360f 100644
--- a/apps/agent-zero/agent-zero.yaml
+++ b/apps/agent-zero/agent-zero.yaml
@@ -192,6 +192,37 @@ spec:
               fi
               # Link Blue Jay profile from workspace into Agent Zero's expected path
               ln -sfn /a0/work/.bluejay/agents/bluejay /a0/agents/bluejay
+              # Write model config BEFORE initialize.sh loads it
+              # The _model_config plugin defaults to OpenRouter; override to local Ollama
+              mkdir -p /a0/usr/plugins/_model_config
+              cat > /a0/usr/plugins/_model_config/config.yaml << 'MODELCFG'
+              allow_chat_override: true
+              chat_model:
+                provider: "ollama"
+                name: "qwen2.5-coder:7b"
+                api_base: "http://10.0.57.17:11434"
+                ctx_length: 32768
+                ctx_history: 0.7
+                vision: false
+                kwargs:
+                  temperature: 0
+                  num_ctx: 32768
+              utility_model:
+                provider: "ollama"
+                name: "qwen2.5-coder:7b"
+                api_base: "http://10.0.57.17:11434"
+                ctx_length: 8192
+                ctx_input: 0.7
+                kwargs:
+                  num_ctx: 8192
+              embedding_model:
+                provider: "ollama"
+                name: "nomic-embed-text"
+                api_base: "http://10.0.57.17:11434"
+                kwargs: {}
+              MODELCFG
+              # Strip leading whitespace from heredoc (YAML is indentation-sensitive)
+              sed -i 's/^              //' /a0/usr/plugins/_model_config/config.yaml
               # Run the original entrypoint
               exec /exe/initialize.sh $BRANCH
           ports: