diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_evals.yml b/.github/workflows/run_evals.yml
index 4faeaec6..0d6490d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_evals.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_evals.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ on:
       openai_base_url:
         description: 'Base URL of OpenAI compatible API'
         required: false
-        default: ''
+        default: 'https://api.openai.com/v1'
         type: string
       auto_read_webpage:
         description: 'Auto read webpage on online search'
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
           KHOJ_RESEARCH_ITERATIONS: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.max_research_iterations || 10 }}
           KHOJ_AUTO_READ_WEBPAGE: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.auto_read_webpage || 'false' }}
           GEMINI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}
-          OPENAI_BASE_URL: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.openai_base_url || '' }}
+          OPENAI_BASE_URL: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.openai_base_url || 'https://api.openai.com/v1' }}
           SERPER_DEV_API_KEY: ${{ matrix.dataset != 'math500' && secrets.SERPER_DEV_API_KEY || '' }}
           OLOSTEP_API_KEY: ${{ matrix.dataset != 'math500' && secrets.OLOSTEP_API_KEY || ''}}
           FIRECRAWL_API_KEY: ${{ matrix.dataset != 'math500' && secrets.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY || '' }}
diff --git a/src/khoj/utils/initialization.py b/src/khoj/utils/initialization.py
index b039c30d..903c1278 100644
--- a/src/khoj/utils/initialization.py
+++ b/src/khoj/utils/initialization.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def initialization(interactive: bool = True):
             "🗣️ Configure chat models available to your server. You can always update these at /server/admin using your admin account"
         )
 
-        openai_base_url = os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+        openai_base_url = os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL") or None
         provider = "Ollama" if openai_base_url and openai_base_url.endswith(":11434/v1/") else "OpenAI"
         openai_api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "placeholder" if openai_base_url else None)
         default_chat_models = default_openai_chat_models
@@ -329,4 +329,4 @@ def initialization(interactive: bool = True):
             )
             return
         ConversationAdapters.set_default_chat_model(chat_model)
-        logger.info(f"🗣️ Default chat model set to {chat_model.name}")
+        logger.info(f"🗣️ Default chat model set to {chat_model.name} served by {chat_model.ai_model_api}")