diff --git a/scripts/tongueworm.pl b/scripts/tongueworm.pl
index a2cb4a978..481618f04 100644
--- a/scripts/tongueworm.pl
+++ b/scripts/tongueworm.pl
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION = "0.1";
+our $VERSION = "1.0.0";
 our %IRSSI = (
-  authors     => 'terminaldweller',
-  contact     => 'https://terminaldweller.com',
-  name        => 'tongueworm',
-  description => 'rewrites the input line using openai chatgpt',
-  license     => 'GPL3 or newer',
-  url         => 'https://github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org',
+    authors     => 'terminaldweller',
+    contact     => 'https://terminaldweller.com',
+    name        => 'tongueworm',
+    description => 'rewrites the input line using openai chatgpt',
+    license     => 'GPL3 or newer',
+    url         => 'https://github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org',
 );
 
 # adds the tongueworm command. the default question will just rephrase your input line
@@ -29,19 +29,22 @@
 # the temperature value is divided by 1000, so a value of 700 would become 700/1000, i.e. 0.7
 # /set wormtongue_debug 0
 # /set wormtongue_request my_awesome_request
-# NOTE: if we get a good FOSS and or self-hosted option in the future, we can switch to that.
-# if you find one let me know.
 Irssi::settings_add_str('misc','wormtongue_openai_api_key', '');
 Irssi::settings_add_str('misc','wormtongue_model', 'gpt-3.5-turbo');
 Irssi::settings_add_str('misc','wormtongue_role', 'user');
 Irssi::settings_add_int('misc','wormtongue_temperature', 700);
 Irssi::settings_add_bool('misc','wormtongue_debug', 0);
-Irssi::settings_add_str('misc', 'wormtongue_request', 'rephrase the sentence that comes after the question mark and dont change its language?');
+Irssi::settings_add_str('misc', 'wormtongue_request', 'rephrase this: ');
+Irssi::settings_add_str('misc', 'wormtongue_provider', 'ollama');
+Irssi::settings_add_str('misc', 'wormtongue_server_endpoint', '');
+Irssi::settings_add_int('misc', 'wormtongue_timeout', 5000);
+Irssi::settings_add_str('misc', 'wormtongue_system_prompt', 'you are good at rephrasing sentences');
 
 sub wormtongue {
     my $debug = Irssi::settings_get_bool('wormtongue_debug');
-    my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
-    my $server_endpoint = "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions";
+    my $timeout = Irssi::settings_get_int('wormtongue_timeout')/1000;
+    my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(timeout => $timeout);
+    my $server_endpoint = Irssi::settings_get_str('wormtongue_server_endpoint');
     my $req = HTTP::Request->new(POST => $server_endpoint);
     $req->header('Content-Type'=>'application/json');
     my $openai_api_key = Irssi::settings_get_str('wormtongue_openai_api_key');
@@ -49,20 +52,34 @@ sub wormtongue {
     my $ai_model = Irssi::settings_get_str('wormtongue_model');
     my $ai_role = Irssi::settings_get_str('wormtongue_role');
     my $ai_temp = Irssi::settings_get_int('wormtongue_temperature')/1000;
+    my $provider = Irssi::settings_get_str('wormtongue_provider');
     my $question = Irssi::settings_get_str('wormtongue_request');
     my $content = $question.Irssi::parse_special('$L', 0, 0);
-    my $post_data = '{"model" : "'.$ai_model.'", "temperature" : '.$ai_temp.', "messages" : [{"role" : "'.$ai_role.'","content" : "'.$content.'"}]}';
-    Irssi::print($post_data) if ($debug == 1);
+    my $system_prompt = Irssi::settings_get_str('wormtongue_system_prompt');
+    my $post_data = "";
+
+    if ($provider eq "chatgpt") {
+        $post_data = '{"model" : "'.$ai_model.'", "temperature" : '.$ai_temp.', "messages" : [{"role" : "'.$ai_role.'","content" : "'.$content.'"}]}';
+        Irssi::print($post_data) if ($debug == 1);
+    } elsif ($provider eq "ollama") {
+        $post_data = '{"model" : "'.$ai_model.'", "format" : "json", "prompt" : "'.$content.'" , "system" : "'.$system_prompt.'", "stream": false, "options" : {"temperature" : '.$ai_temp.'}}';
+        Irssi::print($post_data) if ($debug == 1);
+    }
 
     $req->content($post_data);
     my $resp = $ua->request($req);
+    my $result = "";
     Irssi::print($resp) if ($debug == 1);
     if ($resp->is_success) {
         my $message = $resp->decoded_content;
         Irssi::print("Received reply: $message") if ($debug == 1);
         my $json_parser = JSON::PP->new;
         my $data = $json_parser->decode($message);
-        my $result = $data->{choices}[0]{message}{content};
+        if ($provider eq "chatgpt"){
+            $result = $data->{choices}[0]{message}{content};
+        }elsif ($provider eq "ollama") {
+            $result = $data->{response};
+        }
         Irssi::print($result) if ($debug == 1);
         Irssi::gui_input_set($result);
     }