diff --git a/internal/rag/config/config.go b/internal/rag/config/config.go
index 218627a..7f7d0ac 100644
--- a/internal/rag/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/rag/config/config.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func (s *StringSlice) UnmarshalYAML(value *yaml.Node) error {
 type ModelCfg struct {
 	Provider string      `yaml:"provider"`
 	Models   StringSlice `yaml:"models"`
+	BaseURL  string      `yaml:"baseurl"`
 	Endpoint string      `yaml:"endpoint"`
 	Token    string      `yaml:"token"`
 }
diff --git a/internal/rag/embed/chutes.go b/internal/rag/embed/chutes.go
index 0ec459d..0942d85 100644
--- a/internal/rag/embed/chutes.go
+++ b/internal/rag/embed/chutes.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -45,12 +46,22 @@ func (c *Chutes) Embed(ctx context.Context, inputs []string) ([][]float32, int,
 	if resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
 		return nil, 0, &HTTPError{Code: resp.StatusCode, Status: fmt.Sprintf("embed failed: %s", resp.Status)}
 	}
+
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+
 	var out struct {
 		Data [][]float32 `json:"data"`
 	}
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&out); err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, err
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &out); err != nil || len(out.Data) == 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &out.Data); err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, err
+		}
 	}
+
 	if len(out.Data) != len(inputs) {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("embedding count mismatch")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/rag/embed/chutes_test.go b/internal/rag/embed/chutes_test.go
index 61f46f6..0b390f8 100644
--- a/internal/rag/embed/chutes_test.go
+++ b/internal/rag/embed/chutes_test.go
@@ -8,18 +8,30 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestChutesEmbed(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.Write([]byte(`{"data":[[0.1,0.2],[0.3,0.4]]}`))
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	emb := NewChutes(srv.URL, "", 0)
-	vecs, _, err := emb.Embed(context.Background(), []string{"a", "b"})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Embed returned error: %v", err)
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		response string
+	}{
+		{"object", `{"data":[[0.1,0.2],[0.3,0.4]]}`},
+		{"array", `[[0.1,0.2],[0.3,0.4]]`},
 	}
-	if len(vecs) != 2 || len(vecs[0]) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected embedding: %#v", vecs)
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+				w.Write([]byte(tc.response))
+			}))
+			defer srv.Close()
+
+			emb := NewChutes(srv.URL, "", 0)
+			vecs, _, err := emb.Embed(context.Background(), []string{"a", "b"})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Embed returned error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if len(vecs) != 2 || len(vecs[0]) != 2 {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected embedding: %#v", vecs)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index e25e7b5..cba5e6a 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func (s *StringSlice) UnmarshalYAML(value *yaml.Node) error {
 type ModelCfg struct {
 	Provider string      `yaml:"provider"`
 	Models   StringSlice `yaml:"models"`
+	BaseURL  string      `yaml:"baseurl"`
 	Endpoint string      `yaml:"endpoint"`
 	Token    string      `yaml:"token"`
 }