diff --git a/.config/containers/systemd/ollama.container b/.config/containers/systemd/ollama.container
index 51b9e69..1e53f79 100644
--- a/.config/containers/systemd/ollama.container
+++ b/.config/containers/systemd/ollama.container
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Description=A local LLM server
 [Container]
 # keep-sorted start
 ContainerName=ollama
+Environment=OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE=10m
 Image=docker.io/ollama/ollama:latest
 Network=ollama.network
 PodmanArgs=--transient-store