diff --git a/src/fabledassistant/routes/chat.py b/src/fabledassistant/routes/chat.py
index dfe8660..0e554b0 100644
--- a/src/fabledassistant/routes/chat.py
+++ b/src/fabledassistant/routes/chat.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ async def chat_status_route():
         "default_model": default_model,
     }
     try:
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0) as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=10.0) as client:
             # Query installed models and loaded models in parallel
             tags_task = asyncio.create_task(client.get(f"{Config.OLLAMA_URL}/api/tags"))
             ps_task = asyncio.create_task(client.get(f"{Config.OLLAMA_URL}/api/ps"))
diff --git a/src/fabledassistant/services/llm.py b/src/fabledassistant/services/llm.py
index 5365700..8b41672 100644
--- a/src/fabledassistant/services/llm.py
+++ b/src/fabledassistant/services/llm.py
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ async def stream_chat(
     if options:
         merged_options.update(options)
     payload: dict = {"model": model, "messages": messages, "stream": True, "options": merged_options}
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=httpx.Timeout(1800.0, connect=30.0, read=300.0)) as client:
+    # read=None: no per-chunk timeout — Ollama may pause for any duration while
+    # processing a large input context before the first token arrives.
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=30.0, read=None, write=None, pool=30.0)) as client:
         async with client.stream(
             "POST",
             f"{Config.OLLAMA_URL}/api/chat",
@@ -164,7 +166,8 @@ async def stream_chat_with_tools(
     }
     if tools:
         payload["tools"] = tools
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=httpx.Timeout(1800.0, connect=30.0, read=300.0)) as client:
+    # read=None: no per-chunk timeout for the same reason as stream_chat.
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=30.0, read=None, write=None, pool=30.0)) as client:
         async with client.stream(
             "POST",
             f"{Config.OLLAMA_URL}/api/chat",