diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index e95badc69..647e9dac5 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -76,9 +76,20 @@ var lowVRAMThreshold uint64 = 20 * format.GibiByte
 var mode string = gin.DebugMode
 
 type Server struct {
-	addr    net.Addr
-	sched   *Scheduler
-	lowVRAM bool
+	addr         net.Addr
+	sched        *Scheduler
+	lowVRAM      bool
+	cloudBaseURL *url.URL
+}
+
+func (s *Server) webServiceBase() *url.URL {
+	defaultWebServiceURL := url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "ollama.com"}
+	if s != nil && s.cloudBaseURL != nil {
+		u := *s.cloudBaseURL
+		return &u
+	}
+	u := defaultWebServiceURL
+	return &u
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -788,7 +799,7 @@ func (s *Server) WebSearchHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	webServiceClient := api.NewClient(&url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "ollama.com"}, http.DefaultClient)
+	webServiceClient := api.NewClient(s.webServiceBase(), http.DefaultClient)
 	resp, err := webServiceClient.WebSearch(c.Request.Context(), &req)
 	if err != nil {
 		var authError api.AuthorizationError
@@ -835,7 +846,7 @@ func (s *Server) WebFetchHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	webServiceClient := api.NewClient(&url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: "ollama.com"}, http.DefaultClient)
+	webServiceClient := api.NewClient(s.webServiceBase(), http.DefaultClient)
 	resp, err := webServiceClient.WebFetch(c.Request.Context(), &req)
 	if err != nil {
 		var authError api.AuthorizationError
diff --git a/server/routes_test.go b/server/routes_test.go
index 68b34e418..e8a86ddfb 100644
--- a/server/routes_test.go
+++ b/server/routes_test.go
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ func (t *panicTransport) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 
 var panicOnRoundTrip = &http.Client{Transport: &panicTransport{}}
 
-type roundTripFunc func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
-
-func (f roundTripFunc) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) { return f(r) }
-
 func TestRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 	// Disable authentication for tests to avoid issues with missing private keys
 	t.Setenv("OLLAMA_AUTH", "false")
@@ -620,41 +616,9 @@ func TestRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("parse remote server URL: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	origTransport := http.DefaultTransport
-	remoteClient := remoteSrv.Client()
-	remoteTransport := remoteClient.Transport
-	if remoteTransport == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("remote client transport is nil")
+	s := &Server{
+		cloudBaseURL: remoteURL,
 	}
-
-	http.DefaultTransport = roundTripFunc(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-		if req.URL == nil {
-			panic("unexpected nil request URL")
-		}
-		if req.URL.Host != "ollama.com" {
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected outbound request to %s", req.URL))
-		}
-
-		clone := req.Clone(req.Context())
-		cloneURL := remoteURL.ResolveReference(&url.URL{
-			Path:     req.URL.Path,
-			RawPath:  req.URL.RawPath,
-			RawQuery: req.URL.RawQuery,
-		})
-		clone.URL = cloneURL
-		clone.Host = cloneURL.Host
-
-		return remoteTransport.RoundTrip(clone)
-	})
-
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		if closer, ok := remoteTransport.(interface{ CloseIdleConnections() }); ok {
-			closer.CloseIdleConnections()
-		}
-		http.DefaultTransport = origTransport
-	})
-
-	s := &Server{}
 	router, err := s.GenerateRoutes(rc)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to generate routes: %v", err)