diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/adapters/inference/ollama/__init__.py b/llama_stack/providers/adapters/inference/ollama/__init__.py
index 7763af8d1..68c8077ff 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/adapters/inference/ollama/__init__.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/adapters/inference/ollama/__init__.py
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
+from typing import List
 from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import RemoteProviderConfig
 
-
 class OllamaImplConfig(RemoteProviderConfig):
     port: int = 11434
+    preload_models: List[str] = ["Llama3.1-8B-Instruct"]
 
-
-async def get_adapter_impl(config: RemoteProviderConfig, _deps):
+async def get_adapter_impl(config: OllamaImplConfig, _deps):
     from .ollama import OllamaInferenceAdapter
 
-    impl = OllamaInferenceAdapter(config.url)
+    impl = OllamaInferenceAdapter(config.url, config.preload_models)
     await impl.initialize()
     return impl