diff --git a/backend/open_webui/apps/openai/main.py b/backend/open_webui/apps/openai/main.py
index fc3b01ab2..dbdf9911d 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/apps/openai/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/apps/openai/main.py
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ from open_webui.config import (
     OPENAI_API_KEYS,
     AppConfig,
 )
-from open_webui.env import AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT, OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT
+from open_webui.env import (
+    AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT,
+    AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST,
+)
 
 from open_webui.constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 from open_webui.env import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ async def speech(request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
 
 
 async def fetch_url(url, key):
-    timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT)
+    timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST)
     try:
         headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {key}"}
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession(timeout=timeout, trust_env=True) as session:
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index 34b67e9de..15c8cd7cc 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -363,15 +363,19 @@ else:
     except Exception:
         AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT = 300
 
-OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT = os.environ.get("OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT", "")
+AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST = os.environ.get(
+    "AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST", "3"
+)
 
-if OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT == "":
-    OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT = None
+if AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST == "":
+    AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST = None
 else:
     try:
-        OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT = int(OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT)
+        AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST = int(
+            AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST
+        )
     except Exception:
-        OPENAI_MODEL_LIST_TIMEOUT = 3
+        AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST = None
 
 ####################################
 # OFFLINE_MODE