diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 1360105b99..cfe2a5bcdc 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ SMALL_OLLAMA_MODEL=                   # Default: llama3.2
 MEDIUM_OLLAMA_MODEL=                  # Default: hermes3
 LARGE_OLLAMA_MODEL=                   # Default: hermes3:70b
 
+#LlamaLocal Configuration
+LLAMALOCAL_PATH=                      # Default: "" which is the current directory in plugin-node/dist/ which gets destroyed and recreated on every build
+
 # API Keys
 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=                    # For Claude
 HEURIST_API_KEY=                      # Get from https://heurist.ai/dev-access
diff --git a/packages/plugin-node/src/services/llama.ts b/packages/plugin-node/src/services/llama.ts
index f158c1fefe..8a6c8a2f16 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-node/src/services/llama.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-node/src/services/llama.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class LlamaService extends Service {
         this.modelUrl =
             "https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF/resolve/main/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B.Q8_0.gguf?download=true";
         const modelName = "model.gguf";
-        this.modelPath = path.join(__dirname, modelName);
+        this.modelPath = path.join(process.env.LLAMALOCAL_PATH, modelName);
         this.ollamaModel = process.env.OLLAMA_MODEL;
     }