diff --git a/ollama/bootstrap.sh b/ollama/bootstrap.sh
index 714c659..3b625c1 100755
--- a/ollama/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/ollama/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
+# Ollama has trouble handling HTTP_PROXY
+# https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/2168
+unset HTTP_PROXY
+unset http_proxy
+
 ollama serve &
 
 sleep 1