diff --git a/lollms/services/ollama/lollms_ollama.py b/lollms/services/ollama/lollms_ollama.py
index 804e7f1..8b3d4c8 100644
--- a/lollms/services/ollama/lollms_ollama.py
+++ b/lollms/services/ollama/lollms_ollama.py
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ class Service:
 
         # run ollama
         if platform.system() == 'Windows':
-            subprocess.run(['wsl', 'bash', '~/run_ollama.sh'])
+            subprocess.Popen(['wsl', 'bash', '~/run_ollama.sh'])
         else:
-            subprocess.run(['bash', '~/run_ollama.sh'])
+            subprocess.Popen(['bash', '~/run_ollama.sh'])
 
                         
 
diff --git a/lollms/services/ollama/run_ollama.sh b/lollms/services/ollama/run_ollama.sh
index 23a8e32..e457e76 100644
--- a/lollms/services/ollama/run_ollama.sh
+++ b/lollms/services/ollama/run_ollama.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 OLLAMA_HOST="0.0.0.0:11434"
 
 # Start the OLLAMA server
-ollama serve &
+OLLAMA_MODELS=~/ollama/models ollama serve &
 
 # Check if models.txt exists
 if [ ! -f models.txt ]; then
     # Create models.txt and add "mixtral" to it
-    echo "mixtral" > models.txt
+    echo "mistral" > models.txt
 fi
 
 # Read the models from the file