diff --git a/api/server/services/ModelService.js b/api/server/services/ModelService.js
index 7789e70cf2..f8857bb5c5 100644
--- a/api/server/services/ModelService.js
+++ b/api/server/services/ModelService.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const fetchOpenAIModels = async (opts = { azure: false, plugins: false }, _model
 
   if (OPENROUTER_API_KEY) {
     reverseProxyUrl = 'https://openrouter.ai/api/v1';
+    apiKey = OPENROUTER_API_KEY
   }
 
   if (reverseProxyUrl) {