diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 4cf5c11..43ec7bb 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ API_BASE=http://gx10.aquantico.lan:8093
 OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://gx10.aquantico.lan:11434
 OLLAMA_MODEL=qwen3.5:9b
 OLLAMA_NUM_PREDICT=4096
-OLLAMA_THINK=false
+OLLAMA_THINK=true
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index ef40506..f21a94a 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ API_BASE = os.getenv("API_BASE", "http://gx10.aquantico.lan:8093").rstrip("/")
 OLLAMA_BASE_URL = os.getenv("OLLAMA_BASE_URL", "http://gx10.aquantico.lan:11434").rstrip("/")
 OLLAMA_MODEL = os.getenv("OLLAMA_MODEL", "qwen3.5:9b")
 OLLAMA_NUM_PREDICT = int(os.getenv("OLLAMA_NUM_PREDICT", "4096"))
-OLLAMA_THINK = os.getenv("OLLAMA_THINK", "false").lower() in ("1", "true", "yes")
+OLLAMA_THINK = os.getenv("OLLAMA_THINK", "true").lower() in ("1", "true", "yes")
 DB_PATH = os.getenv("DB_PATH", "/data/ui.db")
 
 app = FastAPI(title="Diarization UI")