diff --git a/application/core/settings.py b/application/core/settings.py
index 05a09510..2ff371af 100644
--- a/application/core/settings.py
+++ b/application/core/settings.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     )
     RETRIEVERS_ENABLED: list = ["classic_rag", "duckduck_search"]  # also brave_search
     AGENT_NAME: str = "classic"
+    FALLBACK_LLM_PROVIDER: Optional[str] = None  # provider for fallback llm
+    FALLBACK_LLM_NAME: Optional[str] = None  # model name for fallback llm
+    FALLBACK_LLM_API_KEY: Optional[str] = None  # api key for fallback llm
 
     # LLM Cache
     CACHE_REDIS_URL: str = "redis://localhost:6379/2"
diff --git a/application/llm/base.py b/application/llm/base.py
index b145816d..cbce4ffd 100644
--- a/application/llm/base.py
+++ b/application/llm/base.py
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class BaseLLM(ABC):
             logger.warning(
                 f"Falling back to {self.fallback_provider}/{self.fallback_model_name}. Error: {str(e)}"
             )
-            # Retry with fallback (without decorators for accurate token tracking)
 
             fallback_method = getattr(
                 self.fallback_llm, method_name.replace("_raw_", "")