diff --git a/admin/app/controllers/settings_controller.ts b/admin/app/controllers/settings_controller.ts
index fb41318..98c90f5 100644
--- a/admin/app/controllers/settings_controller.ts
+++ b/admin/app/controllers/settings_controller.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default class SettingsController {
 
     async models({ inertia }: HttpContext) {
         const availableModels = await this.ollamaService.getAvailableModels({ sort: 'pulls', recommendedOnly: false, query: null, limit: 15 });
-        const installedModels = await this.ollamaService.getModels();
+        const installedModels = await this.ollamaService.getModels().catch(() => [])
         const chatSuggestionsEnabled = await KVStore.getValue('chat.suggestionsEnabled')
         const aiAssistantCustomName = await KVStore.getValue('ai.assistantCustomName')
         const remoteOllamaUrl = await KVStore.getValue('ai.remoteOllamaUrl')