diff --git a/sample.config.toml b/sample.config.toml
index 1db2125..65297d7 100644
--- a/sample.config.toml
+++ b/sample.config.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ MODEL_NAME = ""
 
 [MODELS.OLLAMA]
 API_URL = "" # Ollama API URL - http://host.docker.internal:11434
+API_KEY = ""
+MODEL_NAME = ""
 
 [MODELS.DEEPSEEK]
 API_KEY = ""
diff --git a/src/lib/config.ts b/src/lib/config.ts
index 78ad09c..86a349e 100644
--- a/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ interface Config {
     };
     OLLAMA: {
       API_URL: string;
+      API_KEY: string;
+      MODEL_NAME: string;
     };
     DEEPSEEK: {
       API_KEY: string;
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ export const getSearxngApiEndpoint = () =>
   process.env.SEARXNG_API_URL || loadConfig().API_ENDPOINTS.SEARXNG;
 
 export const getOllamaApiEndpoint = () => loadConfig().MODELS.OLLAMA.API_URL;
+export const getOllamaApiKey = () => loadConfig().MODELS.OLLAMA.API_KEY;
+export const getOllamaModelName = () => loadConfig().MODELS.OLLAMA.MODEL_NAME;
 
 export const getDeepseekApiKey = () => loadConfig().MODELS.DEEPSEEK.API_KEY;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/providers/ollama.ts b/src/lib/providers/ollama.ts
index cca2142..5f867ba 100644
--- a/src/lib/providers/ollama.ts
+++ b/src/lib/providers/ollama.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
-import { getKeepAlive, getOllamaApiEndpoint } from '../config';
+import { getKeepAlive, getOllamaApiEndpoint, getOllamaApiKey, getOllamaModelName } from '../config';
 import { ChatModel, EmbeddingModel } from '.';
 
 export const PROVIDER_INFO = {
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ export const PROVIDER_INFO = {
 };
 import { ChatOllama } from '@langchain/community/chat_models/ollama';
 import { OllamaEmbeddings } from '@langchain/community/embeddings/ollama';
+import { get } from 'http';
+
+const getOllamaHttpHeaders = (): Record<string, string> => {
+  const result: Record<string, string> = {};
+
+  if (getOllamaApiKey()) {
+    result["Authorization"] = `Bearer ${getOllamaApiKey()}`;
+  }
+  if (process.env.OLLAMA_API_KEY) {
+    result["Authorization"] = `Bearer ${process.env.OLLAMA_API_KEY}`;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+};
 
 export const loadOllamaChatModels = async () => {
   const ollamaApiEndpoint = getOllamaApiEndpoint();
@@ -18,6 +32,7 @@ export const loadOllamaChatModels = async () => {
     const res = await axios.get(`${ollamaApiEndpoint}/api/tags`, {
       headers: {
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        ...getOllamaHttpHeaders(),
       },
     });
 
@@ -26,6 +41,9 @@ export const loadOllamaChatModels = async () => {
     const chatModels: Record<string, ChatModel> = {};
 
     models.forEach((model: any) => {
+      if (getOllamaModelName() && !model.model.startsWith(getOllamaModelName())) {
+        return; // Skip models that do not match the configured model name
+      }
       chatModels[model.model] = {
         displayName: model.name,
         model: new ChatOllama({
@@ -33,6 +51,7 @@ export const loadOllamaChatModels = async () => {
           model: model.model,
           temperature: 0.7,
           keepAlive: getKeepAlive(),
+          headers: getOllamaHttpHeaders(),
         }),
       };
     });
@@ -53,6 +72,7 @@ export const loadOllamaEmbeddingModels = async () => {
     const res = await axios.get(`${ollamaApiEndpoint}/api/tags`, {
       headers: {
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        ...getOllamaHttpHeaders(),
       },
     });
 
@@ -66,6 +86,7 @@ export const loadOllamaEmbeddingModels = async () => {
         model: new OllamaEmbeddings({
           baseUrl: ollamaApiEndpoint,
           model: model.model,
+          headers: getOllamaHttpHeaders(),
         }),
       };
     });