diff --git a/services/atlasbot/atlasbot-deployment.yaml b/services/atlasbot/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
index f6eb37d1..40d49fc5 100644
--- a/services/atlasbot/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/atlasbot/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ spec:
               value: qwen2.5:14b-instruct-q4_0
             - name: OLLAMA_TIMEOUT_SEC
               value: "600"
+            - name: OLLAMA_RETRIES
+              value: "0"
             - name: ATLASBOT_THINKING_INTERVAL_SEC
               value: "30"
             - name: ATLASBOT_QUICK_TIME_BUDGET_SEC