diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 6d80c99c..4f9830b1 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "language_model": {
         "provider": "litellm",
+        "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo-1106",
         "enable_observability_logging": true
     },
     "github_app": {
diff --git a/kaizen/llms/provider.py b/kaizen/llms/provider.py
index 2780c2c0..319229fc 100644
--- a/kaizen/llms/provider.py
+++ b/kaizen/llms/provider.py
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ def __init__(
         max_tokens=DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS,
         temperature=DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE,
     ):
+        self.config = ConfigData().get_config_data()
         self.system_prompt = system_prompt
         self.model = model
         self.max_tokens = max_tokens
         self.temperature = temperature
-        CONFIG_DATA = ConfigData()
-        self.config = CONFIG_DATA.get_config_data()
         if self.config.get("language_model", {}).get(
             "enable_observability_logging", False
         ):
@@ -33,6 +32,9 @@ def chat_completion(self, prompt, user: str = None):
             {"role": "system", "content": self.system_prompt},
             {"role": "user", "content": prompt},
         ]
+        if "model" in self.config.get("language_model", {}):
+            self.model = self.config["language_model"]["model"]
+
         response = litellm.completion(
             model=self.model,
             messages=messages,