diff --git a/backend/open_webui/main.py b/backend/open_webui/main.py
index d91d39111..c2bed79ad 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/main.py
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ from open_webui.config import (
     YOUTUBE_LOADER_LANGUAGE,
     YOUTUBE_LOADER_PROXY_URL,
     DEFAULT_RAG_SETTINGS,
+    DOWNLOADED_EMBEDDING_MODELS,
+    DOWNLOADED_RERANKING_MODELS,
+    LOADED_EMBEDDING_MODELS,
+    LOADED_RERANKING_MODELS,
     # Retrieval (Web Search)
     ENABLE_WEB_SEARCH,
     WEB_SEARCH_ENGINE,
@@ -708,6 +712,10 @@ app.state.config.EXTERNAL_WEB_LOADER_URL = EXTERNAL_WEB_LOADER_URL
 app.state.config.EXTERNAL_WEB_LOADER_API_KEY = EXTERNAL_WEB_LOADER_API_KEY
 
 app.state.config.DEFAULT_RAG_SETTINGS = DEFAULT_RAG_SETTINGS
+app.state.config.DOWNLOADED_EMBEDDING_MODELS = DOWNLOADED_EMBEDDING_MODELS
+app.state.config.DOWNLOADED_RERANKING_MODELS = DOWNLOADED_RERANKING_MODELS
+app.state.config.LOADED_EMBEDDING_MODELS = LOADED_EMBEDDING_MODELS
+app.state.config.LOADED_RERANKING_MODELS = LOADED_RERANKING_MODELS
 
 app.state.config.PLAYWRIGHT_WS_URL = PLAYWRIGHT_WS_URL
 app.state.config.PLAYWRIGHT_TIMEOUT = PLAYWRIGHT_TIMEOUT
@@ -723,37 +731,41 @@ app.state.YOUTUBE_LOADER_TRANSLATION = None
 
 
 try:
-    app.state.ef[app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL] = get_ef(
-        app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE,
-        app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
-        RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE,
-    )
-
-    app.state.rf[app.state.config.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL] = get_rf(
-        app.state.config.RAG_RERANKING_MODEL,
-        RAG_RERANKING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE,
-    )
+    for engine, model_list in app.state.config.LOADED_EMBEDDING_MODELS.items():
+        for model in model_list:
+            app.state.ef[model] = get_ef(
+                engine,
+                model,
+                RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE,
+            )
+            app.state.EMBEDDING_FUNCTION[model] = get_embedding_function(
+                engine,
+                model,
+                app.state.ef[model],
+                (
+                    app.state.config.RAG_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL
+                    if engine == "openai"
+                    else app.state.config.RAG_OLLAMA_BASE_URL
+                ),
+                (
+                    app.state.config.RAG_OPENAI_API_KEY
+                    if engine == "openai"
+                    else app.state.config.RAG_OLLAMA_API_KEY
+                ),
+                app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE,
+            )
+    
+    for model in app.state.config.LOADED_RERANKING_MODELS:
+        app.state.ef[model] = get_ef(
+            model,
+            RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE,
+        )
+    
 except Exception as e:
     log.error(f"Error updating models: {e}")
     pass
 
 
-app.state.EMBEDDING_FUNCTION[app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL] = get_embedding_function(
-    app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE,
-    app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
-    app.state.ef,
-    (
-        app.state.config.RAG_OPENAI_API_BASE_URL
-        if app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE == "openai"
-        else app.state.config.RAG_OLLAMA_BASE_URL
-    ),
-    (
-        app.state.config.RAG_OPENAI_API_KEY
-        if app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE == "openai"
-        else app.state.config.RAG_OLLAMA_API_KEY
-    ),
-    app.state.config.RAG_EMBEDDING_BATCH_SIZE,
-)
 
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