diff --git a/crates/tabby/src/serve.rs b/crates/tabby/src/serve.rs
index d8526ef..efe3a7b 100644
--- a/crates/tabby/src/serve.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby/src/serve.rs
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ async fn api_router(args: &ServeArgs, config: &Config) -> Router {
         .await,
     );
 
-    let chat_state = if let Some(_chat_model) = &args.chat_model {
+    let chat_state = if let Some(chat_model) = &args.chat_model {
         Some(Arc::new(
-            create_chat_service(&args.model, &args.device, args.parallelism).await,
+            create_chat_service(chat_model, &args.device, args.parallelism).await,
         ))
     } else {
         None