diff --git a/lib/completions/endpoints/hugging_face.rb b/lib/completions/endpoints/hugging_face.rb
index f4290bae..22fd39f5 100644
--- a/lib/completions/endpoints/hugging_face.rb
+++ b/lib/completions/endpoints/hugging_face.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
             Llama2-chat-hf
             mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1
             mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2
-          ].include?(model_name)
+          ].include?(model_name) && SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_api_url.present?
         end
 
         def default_options