diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab700b4..8af283a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Set the following environment variables:
 
 ### Google Gemini
 - `GEMINI_API_KEY`: Your Google AI API key.
-- `GEMINI_MODEL`: Defaults to `gemini-1.5-flash`.
+- `GEMINI_MODEL`: Defaults to `gemma-3-27b-it`.
 
 ### OpenRouter / OpenAI / Ollama
 - `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`: Your API key.
diff --git a/gemini_flash.py b/gemini_flash.py
index ca7a029..5352c90 100644
--- a/gemini_flash.py
+++ b/gemini_flash.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class SXNGPlugin(Plugin):
         )
         self.provider = os.getenv('LLM_PROVIDER', 'openrouter').lower()
         self.api_key = os.getenv('OPENROUTER_API_KEY') if self.provider == 'openrouter' else os.getenv('GEMINI_API_KEY')
-        self.model = os.getenv('GEMINI_MODEL', 'gemini-1.5-flash') if self.provider == 'gemini' else os.getenv('OPENROUTER_MODEL', 'google/gemma-3-27b-it:free')
+        self.model = os.getenv('GEMINI_MODEL', 'gemma-3-27b-it') if self.provider == 'gemini' else os.getenv('OPENROUTER_MODEL', 'google/gemma-3-27b-it:free')
         self.max_tokens = int(os.getenv('GEMINI_MAX_TOKENS', 500))
         self.temperature = float(os.getenv('GEMINI_TEMPERATURE', 0.2))
         self.base_url = os.getenv('OPENROUTER_BASE_URL', 'openrouter.ai')