diff --git a/Seasoned.Backend/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs b/Seasoned.Backend/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
index 1b7765e..6479ae2 100644
--- a/Seasoned.Backend/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
+++ b/Seasoned.Backend/Data/ApplicationDbContext.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<IdentityUser>
             else
             {
                 entity.Property(r => r.Embedding)
-                    .HasColumnType("vector(1536)"); 
+                    .HasColumnType("vector(768)"); 
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318201722_InitialCreateWith768Vector.Designer.cs b/Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318220841_FixEmbeddingDimensions.Designer.cs
similarity index 99%
rename from Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318201722_InitialCreateWith768Vector.Designer.cs
rename to Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318220841_FixEmbeddingDimensions.Designer.cs
index 60b95ff..47f7547 100644
--- a/Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318201722_InitialCreateWith768Vector.Designer.cs
+++ b/Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318220841_FixEmbeddingDimensions.Designer.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ using Seasoned.Backend.Data;
 namespace Seasoned.Backend.Migrations
 {
     [DbContext(typeof(ApplicationDbContext))]
-    [Migration("20260318201722_InitialCreateWith768Vector")]
-    partial class InitialCreateWith768Vector
+    [Migration("20260318220841_FixEmbeddingDimensions")]
+    partial class FixEmbeddingDimensions
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
diff --git a/Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318201722_InitialCreateWith768Vector.cs b/Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318220841_FixEmbeddingDimensions.cs
similarity index 99%
rename from Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318201722_InitialCreateWith768Vector.cs
rename to Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318220841_FixEmbeddingDimensions.cs
index 0bb577f..f730eb4 100644
--- a/Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318201722_InitialCreateWith768Vector.cs
+++ b/Seasoned.Backend/Migrations/20260318220841_FixEmbeddingDimensions.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using Pgvector;
 namespace Seasoned.Backend.Migrations
 {
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public partial class InitialCreateWith768Vector : Migration
+    public partial class FixEmbeddingDimensions : Migration
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
diff --git a/Seasoned.Backend/Services/RecipeService.cs b/Seasoned.Backend/Services/RecipeService.cs
index 783dc18..4597379 100644
--- a/Seasoned.Backend/Services/RecipeService.cs
+++ b/Seasoned.Backend/Services/RecipeService.cs
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ public class RecipeService : IRecipeService
         {
                 return new RecipeResponseDto { Title = "Error: No image provided" };
         }
-
-        var googleAI = new GoogleAI(_apiKey);
         
-        var model = googleAI.GenerativeModel("gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview"); 
+        var model = _googleAI.GenerativeModel("gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview"); 
 
         using var ms = new MemoryStream();
         await image.CopyToAsync(ms);
@@ -100,8 +98,7 @@ public class RecipeService : IRecipeService
 
     public async Task<ChefConsultResponseDto> ConsultChefAsync(string userPrompt)
     {
-        var googleAI = new GoogleAI(_apiKey);
-        var model = googleAI.GenerativeModel("gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview");
+        var model = _googleAI.GenerativeModel("gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview");
 
         var systemPrompt = @"You are the 'Seasoned' Head Chef, a master of real-world culinary arts. 
         You operate a professional kitchen and only provide advice that can be used in a real kitchen.