diff --git a/bin/chat-chainlit.py b/bin/chat-chainlit.py
index fa4faf6..60e0f95 100644
--- a/bin/chat-chainlit.py
+++ b/bin/chat-chainlit.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 config: Config | None = Config.from_yaml()
 
 profiles: list[ProfileName] = config.profiles if config else [ProfileName.React_to_Me]
-llm_graph = AgentGraph(profiles)
+models_config = config.models if config else None
+llm_graph = AgentGraph(profiles, models_config=models_config)
 
 POSTGRES_CHAINLIT_DB = os.getenv("POSTGRES_CHAINLIT_DB")
 POSTGRES_USER = os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER")
diff --git a/config_default.yml b/config_default.yml
index e53055a..e2b8eda 100644
--- a/config_default.yml
+++ b/config_default.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=./.config.schema.yaml
 
+models:
+  llm:
+    provider: openai
+    model: gpt-4o-mini
+  embedding:
+    provider: openai
+    model: text-embedding-3-large
+
 profiles:
   - React-to-Me
 
diff --git a/src/agent/graph.py b/src/agent/graph.py
index 012df27..b972e4c 100644
--- a/src/agent/graph.py
+++ b/src/agent/graph.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from agent.models import get_embedding, get_llm
 from agent.profiles import ProfileName, create_profile_graphs
 from agent.profiles.base import InputState, OutputState
+from util.config_yml.models import EmbeddingConfig, LLMConfig, ModelsConfig
 from util.logging import logging
 
 LANGGRAPH_DB_URI = f"postgresql://{os.getenv('POSTGRES_USER')}:{os.getenv('POSTGRES_PASSWORD')}@postgres:5432/{os.getenv('POSTGRES_LANGGRAPH_DB')}?sslmode=disable"
@@ -28,10 +29,21 @@ class AgentGraph:
     def __init__(
         self,
         profiles: list[ProfileName],
+        models_config: ModelsConfig | None = None,
     ) -> None:
-        # Get base models
-        llm: BaseChatModel = get_llm("openai", "gpt-4o-mini")
-        embedding: Embeddings = get_embedding("openai", "text-embedding-3-large")
+        # Get base models from config (with backward-compatible defaults)
+        if models_config is None:
+            models_config = ModelsConfig()
+
+        llm_cfg: LLMConfig = models_config.llm
+        emb_cfg: EmbeddingConfig = models_config.embedding
+
+        llm: BaseChatModel = get_llm(
+            llm_cfg.provider, llm_cfg.model, base_url=llm_cfg.base_url
+        )
+        embedding: Embeddings = get_embedding(
+            emb_cfg.provider, emb_cfg.model, device=emb_cfg.device
+        )
 
         self.uncompiled_graph: dict[str, StateGraph] = create_profile_graphs(
             profiles, llm, embedding
diff --git a/src/util/config_yml/__init__.py b/src/util/config_yml/__init__.py
index e6d57e9..fa460c2 100644
--- a/src/util/config_yml/__init__.py
+++ b/src/util/config_yml/__init__.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 from typing import Self
 
 import yaml
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, ValidationError
 
 from agent.profiles import ProfileName
 from util.config_yml.features import Feature, Features
 from util.config_yml.messages import Message, TriggerEvent
+from util.config_yml.models import EmbeddingConfig, LLMConfig, ModelsConfig
 from util.config_yml.usage_limits import MessageRate, UsageLimits
 from util.config_yml.user_matching import match_user
 from util.logging import logging
@@ -16,8 +17,11 @@
 
 
 class Config(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="ignore")
+
     features: Features
     messages: dict[str, Message]
+    models: ModelsConfig = ModelsConfig()
     profiles: list[ProfileName]
     usage_limits: UsageLimits
 
diff --git a/src/util/config_yml/models.py b/src/util/config_yml/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8df314a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/config_yml/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from typing import Literal
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class LLMConfig(BaseModel):
+    provider: Literal["openai", "ollama"] | str = "openai"
+    model: str = "gpt-4o-mini"
+    base_url: str | None = None
+
+
+class EmbeddingConfig(BaseModel):
+    provider: Literal["openai", "huggingfacehub", "huggingfacelocal"] | str = "openai"
+    model: str = "text-embedding-3-large"
+    device: str | None = "cpu"
+
+
+class ModelsConfig(BaseModel):
+    llm: LLMConfig = LLMConfig()
+    embedding: EmbeddingConfig = EmbeddingConfig()