diff --git a/sgpt/config.py b/sgpt/config.py
index bc083733..56cae15e 100644
--- a/sgpt/config.py
+++ b/sgpt/config.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "CHAT_CACHE_LENGTH": int(os.getenv("CHAT_CACHE_LENGTH", "100")),
     "CACHE_LENGTH": int(os.getenv("CHAT_CACHE_LENGTH", "100")),
     "REQUEST_TIMEOUT": int(os.getenv("REQUEST_TIMEOUT", "60")),
-    "DEFAULT_MODEL": os.getenv("DEFAULT_MODEL", "gpt-4o"),
+    "DEFAULT_MODEL": os.getenv("DEFAULT_MODEL", "gpt-4.1"),
     "DEFAULT_COLOR": os.getenv("DEFAULT_COLOR", "magenta"),
     "ROLE_STORAGE_PATH": os.getenv("ROLE_STORAGE_PATH", str(ROLE_STORAGE_PATH)),
     "DEFAULT_EXECUTE_SHELL_CMD": os.getenv("DEFAULT_EXECUTE_SHELL_CMD", "false"),