diff --git a/.azure/container-group.yml b/.azure/container-group.yml
index 5d7f760..c06178b 100644
--- a/.azure/container-group.yml
+++ b/.azure/container-group.yml
@@ -33,17 +33,7 @@ properties:
             secureValue: ${RELEASE_HISTORY_TOKEN}
           - name: APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING
             value: ${APPINSIGHTS_CONN_STR}
-          - name: ConnectionStrings__bottomlymodel
-            secureValue: "Endpoint=http://localhost:11434;Key=${OLLAMA_API_KEY}"
-    - name: ollama
-      properties:
-        image: ollama/ollama:latest
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 0.5
-            memoryInGB: 0.5
-        environmentVariables:
-          - name: OLLAMA_API_KEY
+          - name: bottomly_ollama_api_key
             secureValue: ${OLLAMA_API_KEY}
   imageRegistryCredentials:
     - server: ghcr.io
diff --git a/Bottomly.AppHost/AppHost.cs b/Bottomly.AppHost/AppHost.cs
index 1e74f12..f567516 100644
--- a/Bottomly.AppHost/AppHost.cs
+++ b/Bottomly.AppHost/AppHost.cs
@@ -11,19 +11,8 @@
 
 var mongodb = mongo.AddDatabase("mongodb", "bottomly");
 
-// var ollama = builder.AddOllama("ollama")
-//     .WithEnvironment("OLLAMA_API_KEY", builder.Configuration["AppHost:OllamaApiKey"])
-//     .WithDataVolume()
-//     .WithLifetime(ContainerLifetime.Persistent);
-
-var ollama = builder.AddOllamaLocal("ollama");
-
-var bottomlyModel = ollama.AddModel("bottomlymodel", "qwen3.5:cloud");
-
 var bottomly = builder.AddProject<Bottomly>("bottomly")
         .WaitFor(mongodb)
-        .WaitFor(ollama)
-        .WithReference(bottomlyModel)
         .WithReference(mongodb)
     ;
 
diff --git a/Bottomly.AppHost/Bottomly.AppHost.csproj b/Bottomly.AppHost/Bottomly.AppHost.csproj
index ec78659..3a05c1f 100644
--- a/Bottomly.AppHost/Bottomly.AppHost.csproj
+++ b/Bottomly.AppHost/Bottomly.AppHost.csproj
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Hosting" Version="13.3.0-preview.1.26156.8"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Hosting.AppHost" Version="13.3.0-preview.1.26156.8"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Hosting.MongoDB" Version="13.3.0-preview.1.26156.8"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Ollama" Version="13.2.1-beta.528"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="OllamaSharp" Version="5.4.23"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/Bottomly/Configuration/BottomlyOptions.cs b/Bottomly/Configuration/BottomlyOptions.cs
index 4067894..0c81547 100644
--- a/Bottomly/Configuration/BottomlyOptions.cs
+++ b/Bottomly/Configuration/BottomlyOptions.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ public class BottomlyOptions
     public string GiphyApiKey { get; set; } = string.Empty;
     public string Environment { get; set; } = "live";
     public string GitHubToken { get; set; } = string.Empty;
-    public bool EnableLlm { get; set; } = false;
-
     public bool IsDebug => Environment != "live";
     public string BraveApiKey { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string OllamaApiKey { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 }
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diff --git a/Bottomly/Program.cs b/Bottomly/Program.cs
index b55d7c0..f016622 100644
--- a/Bottomly/Program.cs
+++ b/Bottomly/Program.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 using Bottomly.Slack;
 using Bottomly.Slack.MembershipEventHandlers;
 using Bottomly.Slack.MessageEventHandlers;
-using Bottomly.Slack.MessageEventHandlers.ConversationMessageHandling;
 using Bottomly.Slack.ReactionHandlers;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@
     opts.Environment = builder.Configuration["bottomly_env"] ?? "live";
     opts.GitHubToken = builder.Configuration["bottomly_github_token"] ?? string.Empty;
     opts.BraveApiKey = builder.Configuration["bottomly_brave_api_key"] ?? string.Empty;
-    opts.EnableLlm = builder.Configuration.GetValue<bool>("EnableLlm");
+    opts.OllamaApiKey = builder.Configuration["bottomly_ollama_api_key"] ?? string.Empty;
 });
 
 var opts = builder.Services.BuildServiceProvider().GetRequiredService<IOptions<BottomlyOptions>>();
@@ -104,13 +103,18 @@
 builder.Services.AddHostedService(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<SlackWorker>());
 
 // LLM Support
-builder.AddOllamaApiClient("bottomlymodel")
+builder.AddOllamaApiClient("bottomlymodel", x =>
+    {
+        x.Endpoint = new Uri("https://ollama.com");
+        x.SelectedModel = "qwen3.5:cloud";
+    })
     .AddChatClient();
 
 // The built-in resilience settings are super aggressive, with a 10s timeout.
 // Running locally Qwen3 takes ~2m to respond to simple queries, so we need to override the defaults.
 #pragma warning disable EXTEXP0001
 builder.Services.AddHttpClient("bottomlymodel_httpClient")
+    .ConfigureHttpClient(c => c.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", $"Bearer {opts.Value.OllamaApiKey}"))
     .RemoveAllResilienceHandlers()
 #pragma warning restore EXTEXP0001
     .AddStandardResilienceHandler(options =>
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@
 var app = builder.Build();
 
 var featureFlagRepository = app.Services.GetRequiredService<IFeatureFlagRepository>();
-await featureFlagRepository.SeedAsync("EnableLlm", opts.Value.EnableLlm);
+await featureFlagRepository.SeedAsync("EnableLlm", false);
 
 var populator = app.Services.GetRequiredService<MemberlistPopulator>();
 await populator.PopulateMembers();
@@ -147,8 +151,7 @@ public static class HostBuilderExtensions
 {
     extension(HostApplicationBuilder builder)
     {
-        public void RegisterEventHandlers(Assembly assembly, Type[] exclude)
-        {
+        public void RegisterEventHandlers(Assembly assembly, Type[] exclude) =>
             assembly.GetTypes()
                 .Where(t => typeof(IMessageEventHandler).IsAssignableFrom(t) &&
                             t is { IsInterface: false, IsAbstract: false })
@@ -156,14 +159,11 @@ public void RegisterEventHandlers(Assembly assembly, Type[] exclude)
                 .Where(t => !exclude.Contains(t))
                 .ToList()
                 .ForEach(t => builder.Services.AddSingleton(typeof(IMessageEventHandler), t));
-        }
 
-        public void RegisterCommands(Assembly assembly)
-        {
+        public void RegisterCommands(Assembly assembly) =>
             assembly.GetTypes()
                 .Where(t => typeof(ICommand).IsAssignableFrom(t) && t is { IsInterface: false, IsAbstract: false })
                 .ToList()
                 .ForEach(t => builder.Services.AddSingleton(t));
-        }
     }
 }
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