diff --git a/ai/honcho/Dockerfile b/ai/honcho/Dockerfile
index a4d43d9..e124482 100644
--- a/ai/honcho/Dockerfile
+++ b/ai/honcho/Dockerfile
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ COPY honcho-nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 
 EXPOSE 80
 
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "nginx -g 'daemon off;' & fastapi run --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000 src/main.py"]
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "nginx -g 'daemon off;' & fastapi run --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000 src/main.py & python3 -m src.deriver & wait -n"]
diff --git a/ai/honcho/config.toml b/ai/honcho/config.toml
index 3c474d1..8c61033 100644
--- a/ai/honcho/config.toml
+++ b/ai/honcho/config.toml
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ URL = "redis://honcho-redis:6379/0"
 [llm]
 DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS = 4096
 
-# Embeddings via Ollama
+# Embeddings via Ollama — bge-m3 provides 1024-dim
 [embedding]
 VECTOR_DIMENSIONS = 1024
 MAX_INPUT_TOKENS = 8192
 
 [embedding.model_config]
 transport = "openai"
-model = "nomic-embed-text"
-base_url = "http://ollama:11434/v1"
+model = "bge-m3"
+overrides = {base_url = "http://ollama:11434/v1", api_key = "ollama"}
 
 # --- Deriver ---
 [deriver]
@@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ POLLING_SLEEP_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 5.0
 FLUSH_ENABLED = true
 
 [deriver.model_config]
+overrides = {base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1", api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"}
 transport = "openai"
 model = "deepseek-v4-flash"
-base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1"
-api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 
 # --- Dialectic ---
 [dialectic]
@@ -61,42 +60,37 @@ SESSION_HISTORY_MAX_TOKENS = 8192
 MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS = 1
 MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS = 512
 [dialectic.levels.minimal.model_config]
+overrides = {base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1", api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"}
 transport = "openai"
 model = "deepseek-v4-flash"
-base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1"
-api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 
 [dialectic.levels.low]
 MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS = 3
 [dialectic.levels.low.model_config]
+overrides = {base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1", api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"}
 transport = "openai"
 model = "deepseek-v4-flash"
-base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1"
-api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 
 [dialectic.levels.medium]
 MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS = 2
 [dialectic.levels.medium.model_config]
+overrides = {base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1", api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"}
 transport = "openai"
 model = "deepseek-v4-flash"
-base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1"
-api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 
 [dialectic.levels.high]
 MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS = 4
 [dialectic.levels.high.model_config]
+overrides = {base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1", api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"}
 transport = "openai"
 model = "deepseek-v4-flash"
-base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1"
-api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 
 [dialectic.levels.max]
 MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS = 10
 [dialectic.levels.max.model_config]
+overrides = {base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1", api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"}
 transport = "openai"
 model = "deepseek-v4-flash"
-base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1"
-api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 
 # --- Summary ---
 [summary]
@@ -105,10 +99,9 @@ MESSAGES_PER_SHORT_SUMMARY = 20
 MESSAGES_PER_LONG_SUMMARY = 60
 
 [summary.model_config]
+overrides = {base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1", api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"}
 transport = "openai"
 model = "deepseek-v4-flash"
-base_url = "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1"
-api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 
 # --- Dream ---
 [dream]
@@ -121,4 +114,4 @@ ENABLED = true
 # --- Vector Store ---
 [vector_store]
 TYPE = "pgvector"
-DIMENSIONS = 1024
+# DIMENSIONS is deprecated — EMBEDDING.VECTOR_DIMENSIONS is authoritative