diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index d65b6e4e..b0be3dc8 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "com.devoxx.genie"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/model/enumarations/ModelProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/model/enumarations/ModelProvider.java
index 64e1bb62..b88429fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/model/enumarations/ModelProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/model/enumarations/ModelProvider.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public enum ModelProvider {
     Groq("Groq"),
     DeepInfra("DeepInfra"),
     Google("Google"),
-    Exo("Exo");
+    Exo("Exo (Experimental)");
 
     private final String name;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/service/OllamaApiService.java b/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/service/OllamaApiService.java
index bca6971e..8b92ab5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/service/OllamaApiService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/service/OllamaApiService.java
@@ -1,26 +1,36 @@
 package com.devoxx.genie.service;
 
+import com.devoxx.genie.ui.settings.DevoxxGenieStateService;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import okhttp3.*;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class OllamaApiService {
-    private static final String OLLAMA_API_URL = "http://localhost:11434/api/show";
     private static final OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
     private static final Gson gson = new Gson();
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTH = 4096;
 
+    /**
+     * Get the context length of the model.
+     * @param modelName the model name
+     * @return the context length
+     * @throws IOException if there is an error
+     */
     public static int getModelContext(@NotNull String modelName) throws IOException {
         RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(
             MediaType.parse("application/json"),
             "{\"name\":\"" + modelName + "\"}"
         );
 
+        String baseUrl = ensureEndsWithSlash(DevoxxGenieStateService.getInstance().getOllamaModelUrl());
+
         Request request = new Request.Builder()
-            .url(OLLAMA_API_URL)
+            .url(DevoxxGenieStateService.getInstance().getOllamaModelUrl()+ "api/show")
             .post(body)
             .build();
 
@@ -49,6 +59,17 @@ private static int findContextLength(@NotNull JsonObject jsonObject) {
             return contextLength.getAsInt();
         }
 
-        return -1; // Return -1 if not found
+        return DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTH;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensure the URL ends with a slash.
+     *
+     * @param url the URL
+     * @return the URL with a slash at the end
+     */
+    @Contract(pure = true)
+    public static String ensureEndsWithSlash(@NotNull String url) {
+        return url.endsWith("/") ? url : url + "/";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/service/OllamaService.java b/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/service/OllamaService.java
index 5b751951..595281fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/service/OllamaService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devoxx/genie/service/OllamaService.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import static com.devoxx.genie.service.OllamaApiService.ensureEndsWithSlash;
+
 public class OllamaService {
 
     private final OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ public static OllamaService getInstance() {
     /**
      * Get the models from the Ollama service.
      *
-     * @return List of model names
+     * @return array of model names
      * @throws IOException if there is an error
      */
     public OllamaModelEntryDTO[] getModels() throws IOException {
@@ -47,17 +49,6 @@ public OllamaModelEntryDTO[] getModels() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Ensure the URL ends with a slash.
-     *
-     * @param url the URL
-     * @return the URL with a slash at the end
-     */
-    @Contract(pure = true)
-    private String ensureEndsWithSlash(@NotNull String url) {
-        return url.endsWith("/") ? url : url + "/";
-    }
-
     /**
      * Exception for unsuccessful requests.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 65467895..48ac13a4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     ]]></description>
 
     <change-notes><![CDATA[
+        <h2>v0.2.9</h2>
+        <UL>
+            <LI>Fix #183 - Allow usage of remote Ollama instances</LI>
+        </UL>
         <h2>v0.2.8</h2>
         <UL>
             <LI>Support Exo Local LLM cluster: more info @ https://github.com/exo-explore/exo</LI>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b3ecaef7..01e2f7cd 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#Wed Jul 24 19:23:27 CEST 2024
-version=0.2.7
+#Fri Jul 26 12:51:47 CEST 2024
+version=0.2.9