diff --git a/lua/gp/config.lua b/lua/gp/config.lua
index 768095c6..ff2b535c 100644
--- a/lua/gp/config.lua
+++ b/lua/gp/config.lua
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ local config = {
 			endpoint = "http://localhost:1234/v1/chat/completions",
 		},
 		googleai = {
-			endpoint = "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-pro:streamGenerateContent?key={{secret}}",
+			endpoint = "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/{{model}}:streamGenerateContent?key={{secret}}",
 			secret = os.getenv("GOOGLEAI_API_KEY"),
 		},
 	},
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ local config = {
 			chat = true,
 			command = false,
 			-- string with model name or table with model name and parameters
-			model = { model = "dummy", temperature = 1.1, top_p = 1 },
+			model = { model = "gemini-pro", temperature = 1.1, top_p = 1 },
 			-- system prompt (use this to specify the persona/role of the AI)
 			system_prompt = "You are a general AI assistant.\n\n"
 				.. "The user provided the additional info about how they would like you to respond:\n\n"
diff --git a/lua/gp/init.lua b/lua/gp/init.lua
index 28d8c585..d1e71911 100644
--- a/lua/gp/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gp/init.lua
@@ -1215,6 +1215,7 @@ M.prepare_payload = function(messages, model, default_model, provider)
 				topP = math.max(0, math.min(1, model.top_p or 1)),
 				topK = model.top_k or 100,
 			},
+			model = model.model,
 		}
 		return payload
 	end
@@ -1407,6 +1408,8 @@ M.query = function(buf, provider, payload, handler, on_exit)
 	if provider == "googleai" then
 		headers = {}
 		endpoint = M._H.template_replace(endpoint, "{{secret}}", bearer)
+		endpoint = M._H.template_replace(endpoint, "{{model}}", payload.model)
+		payload.model = nil
 	end
 
 	if provider == "azure" then