diff --git a/application/app.py b/application/app.py
index a88a1bec..14916d06 100644
--- a/application/app.py
+++ b/application/app.py
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@ def api_answer():
         elif settings.LLM_NAME == "cohere":
             llm = Cohere(model="command-xlarge-nightly", cohere_api_key=api_key)
         elif settings.LLM_NAME == "gpt4all":
-            llm = GPT4All(model="/Users/alextu/Library/Application Support/nomic.ai/GPT4All/",
-                          backend='gpt4all-j-v1.3-groovy')
+            llm = GPT4All(model=settings.MODEL_PATH)
         else:
             raise ValueError("unknown LLM model")
 
diff --git a/application/core/settings.py b/application/core/settings.py
index fa654ed5..3c0672da 100644
--- a/application/core/settings.py
+++ b/application/core/settings.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     CELERY_BROKER_URL: str = "redis://localhost:6379/0"
     CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: str = "redis://localhost:6379/1"
     MONGO_URI: str = "mongodb://localhost:27017/docsgpt"
+    MODEL_PATH: str = "./models/gpt4all-model.bin"
 
     API_URL: str = "http://localhost:5001"  # backend url for celery worker
 
diff --git a/application/requirements.txt b/application/requirements.txt
index af976297..4d9c1b0d 100644
--- a/application/requirements.txt
+++ b/application/requirements.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Flask-Cors==3.0.10
 frozenlist==1.3.3
 geojson==2.5.0
 greenlet==2.0.2
+gpt4all==0.1.7
 hub==3.0.1
 huggingface-hub==0.12.1
 humbug==0.2.8