diff --git a/cmd/tapir/processor.go b/cmd/tapir/processor.go
index c815262..980ddd4 100644
--- a/cmd/tapir/processor.go
+++ b/cmd/tapir/processor.go
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ func chatModels(cfg config.Config) []string {
 	add(cfg.SummarizerModel)
 	add(cfg.FallbackModel)
 	add(cfg.CloudFallbackModel)
+	// The model chat over an uploaded recording opens on must be one the shared service can
+	// call: it re-maps a model it does not offer, which silently swapped a configured 31B for
+	// phi4-mini, whose context cannot hold an hour of speech. Local only, and only when
+	// uploads are on, so the video chat is unchanged otherwise (second adversarial review).
+	if cfg.UploadsEnabled && config.IsLocalModel(cfg.UploadChatModel) {
+		add(cfg.UploadChatModel)
+	}
 	return models
 }