diff --git a/src/app/api/config/route.ts b/src/app/api/config/route.ts
index 0c11b23..f117cce 100644
--- a/src/app/api/config/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/config/route.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   getAimlApiKey,
   getLMStudioApiEndpoint,
   updateConfig,
+  getOllamaApiKey,
 } from '@/lib/config';
 import {
   getAvailableChatModelProviders,
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export const GET = async (req: Request) => {
 
     config['openaiApiKey'] = getOpenaiApiKey();
     config['ollamaApiUrl'] = getOllamaApiEndpoint();
+    config['ollamaApiKey'] = getOllamaApiKey();
     config['lmStudioApiUrl'] = getLMStudioApiEndpoint();
     config['anthropicApiKey'] = getAnthropicApiKey();
     config['groqApiKey'] = getGroqApiKey();
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ export const POST = async (req: Request) => {
         },
         OLLAMA: {
           API_URL: config.ollamaApiUrl,
+          API_KEY: config.ollamaApiKey,
         },
         DEEPSEEK: {
           API_KEY: config.deepseekApiKey,
diff --git a/src/app/settings/page.tsx b/src/app/settings/page.tsx
index 1b13c9c..6fb8255 100644
--- a/src/app/settings/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/settings/page.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ interface SettingsType {
   anthropicApiKey: string;
   geminiApiKey: string;
   ollamaApiUrl: string;
+  ollamaApiKey: string;
   lmStudioApiUrl: string;
   deepseekApiKey: string;
   aimlApiKey: string;
@@ -818,6 +819,25 @@ const Page = () => {
                   />
                 </div>
 
+                <div className="flex flex-col space-y-1">
+                  <p className="text-black/70 dark:text-white/70 text-sm">
+                    Ollama API Key (Can be left blank)
+                  </p>
+                  <Input
+                    type="text"
+                    placeholder="Ollama API Key"
+                    value={config.ollamaApiKey}
+                    isSaving={savingStates['ollamaApiKey']}
+                    onChange={(e) => {
+                      setConfig((prev) => ({
+                        ...prev!,
+                        ollamaApiKey: e.target.value,
+                      }));
+                    }}
+                    onSave={(value) => saveConfig('ollamaApiKey', value)}
+                  />
+                </div>
+
                 <div className="flex flex-col space-y-1">
                   <p className="text-black/70 dark:text-white/70 text-sm">
                     GROQ API Key
diff --git a/src/lib/config.ts b/src/lib/config.ts
index d885e13..79d69dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ interface Config {
     };
     OLLAMA: {
       API_URL: string;
+      API_KEY: string;
     };
     DEEPSEEK: {
       API_KEY: string;
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ export const getSearxngApiEndpoint = () =>
 
 export const getOllamaApiEndpoint = () => loadConfig().MODELS.OLLAMA.API_URL;
 
+export const getOllamaApiKey = () => loadConfig().MODELS.OLLAMA.API_KEY;
+
 export const getDeepseekApiKey = () => loadConfig().MODELS.DEEPSEEK.API_KEY;
 
 export const getAimlApiKey = () => loadConfig().MODELS.AIMLAPI.API_KEY;
diff --git a/src/lib/providers/ollama.ts b/src/lib/providers/ollama.ts
index d5c7899..cb0b848 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 } from '../config';
 import { ChatModel, EmbeddingModel } from '.';
 
 export const PROVIDER_INFO = {
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { OllamaEmbeddings } from '@langchain/ollama';
 
 export const loadOllamaChatModels = async () => {
   const ollamaApiEndpoint = getOllamaApiEndpoint();
+  const ollamaApiKey = getOllamaApiKey();
 
   if (!ollamaApiEndpoint) return {};
 
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ export const loadOllamaChatModels = async () => {
           model: model.model,
           temperature: 0.7,
           keepAlive: getKeepAlive(),
+          ...(ollamaApiKey
+            ? { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${ollamaApiKey}` } }
+            : {}),
         }),
       };
     });
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ export const loadOllamaChatModels = async () => {
 
 export const loadOllamaEmbeddingModels = async () => {
   const ollamaApiEndpoint = getOllamaApiEndpoint();
+  const ollamaApiKey = getOllamaApiKey();
 
   if (!ollamaApiEndpoint) return {};
 
@@ -66,6 +71,9 @@ export const loadOllamaEmbeddingModels = async () => {
         model: new OllamaEmbeddings({
           baseUrl: ollamaApiEndpoint,
           model: model.model,
+          ...(ollamaApiKey
+            ? { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${ollamaApiKey}` } }
+            : {}),
         }),
       };
     });