diff --git a/server/utils/AiProviders/anthropic/index.js b/server/utils/AiProviders/anthropic/index.js
index 703c0859a7c09c02ee24681580f23c8e2e1ceea6..709333231c1a2b3aa72197e0c88ae9a49240eb5d 100644
--- a/server/utils/AiProviders/anthropic/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/AiProviders/anthropic/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class AnthropicLLM {
       apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
     });
     this.anthropic = anthropic;
-    this.model = process.env.ANTHROPIC_MODEL_PREF;
+    this.model = process.env.ANTHROPIC_MODEL_PREF || "claude-2";
     this.limits = {
       history: this.promptWindowLimit() * 0.15,
       system: this.promptWindowLimit() * 0.15,
diff --git a/server/utils/AiProviders/lmStudio/index.js b/server/utils/AiProviders/lmStudio/index.js
index e0ccc316edb12954833211dca92c2a4fbe372624..4d9770e6651e1dd38ac21cfa61cd6d04552ee28a 100644
--- a/server/utils/AiProviders/lmStudio/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/AiProviders/lmStudio/index.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Context:
   async sendChat(chatHistory = [], prompt, workspace = {}, rawHistory = []) {
     if (!this.model)
       throw new Error(
-        `LMStudio chat: ${model} is not valid or defined for chat completion!`
+        `LMStudio chat: ${this.model} is not valid or defined for chat completion!`
       );
 
     const textResponse = await this.lmstudio
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Context:
   async streamChat(chatHistory = [], prompt, workspace = {}, rawHistory = []) {
     if (!this.model)
       throw new Error(
-        `LMStudio chat: ${model} is not valid or defined for chat completion!`
+        `LMStudio chat: ${this.model} is not valid or defined for chat completion!`
       );
 
     const streamRequest = await this.lmstudio.createChatCompletion(
diff --git a/server/utils/AiProviders/openAi/index.js b/server/utils/AiProviders/openAi/index.js
index 33ed1b1989ef3441d7c08005900ed127e518bea4..0c5b7116dd2b9e367deed2fa5fed878f04fdf689 100644
--- a/server/utils/AiProviders/openAi/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/AiProviders/openAi/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class OpenAiLLM extends OpenAiEmbedder {
       apiKey: process.env.OPEN_AI_KEY,
     });
     this.openai = new OpenAIApi(config);
-    this.model = process.env.OPEN_MODEL_PREF;
+    this.model = process.env.OPEN_MODEL_PREF || "gpt-3.5-turbo";
     this.limits = {
       history: this.promptWindowLimit() * 0.15,
       system: this.promptWindowLimit() * 0.15,
@@ -107,15 +107,14 @@ Context:
   }
 
   async sendChat(chatHistory = [], prompt, workspace = {}, rawHistory = []) {
-    const model = process.env.OPEN_MODEL_PREF;
-    if (!(await this.isValidChatCompletionModel(model)))
+    if (!(await this.isValidChatCompletionModel(this.model)))
       throw new Error(
-        `OpenAI chat: ${model} is not valid for chat completion!`
+        `OpenAI chat: ${this.model} is not valid for chat completion!`
       );
 
     const textResponse = await this.openai
       .createChatCompletion({
-        model,
+        model: this.model,
         temperature: Number(workspace?.openAiTemp ?? 0.7),
         n: 1,
         messages: await this.compressMessages(
@@ -145,15 +144,14 @@ Context:
   }
 
   async streamChat(chatHistory = [], prompt, workspace = {}, rawHistory = []) {
-    const model = process.env.OPEN_MODEL_PREF;
-    if (!(await this.isValidChatCompletionModel(model)))
+    if (!(await this.isValidChatCompletionModel(this.model)))
       throw new Error(
-        `OpenAI chat: ${model} is not valid for chat completion!`
+        `OpenAI chat: ${this.model} is not valid for chat completion!`
       );
 
     const streamRequest = await this.openai.createChatCompletion(
       {
-        model,
+        model: this.model,
         stream: true,
         temperature: Number(workspace?.openAiTemp ?? 0.7),
         n: 1,