diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df838cd..e878b97 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "tiny-ai-client"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.0.5"
 description = "Tiny AI client for LLMs. As simple as it gets."
 authors = ["piEsposito <piero.skywalker@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache 2.0"
diff --git a/tiny_ai_client/models.py b/tiny_ai_client/models.py
index 0629b6f..f92748d 100644
--- a/tiny_ai_client/models.py
+++ b/tiny_ai_client/models.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.temperature: int = temperature
         self.max_new_tokens: int | None = max_new_tokens
         self.timeout: int = timeout
-        self.tools = tools or []
+        tools = tools or []
+        self.tools = tools
         self.tools_dict = {tool.__name__: tool for tool in tools}
 
         self.model_name: str = model_name