diff --git a/config.lua b/config.lua
index 0a5bb05..b46ff45 100644
--- a/config.lua
+++ b/config.lua
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ return {
         },
         deep = {
             endpoint    = HOSSENFELDER,
-            model       = "qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct",
-            timeout_ms  = 1800000,   -- 10 min; Nemo on RK3588 is patient work
+            -- 2026-05-13: qwen3-30b not loaded on hossenfelder right now;
+            -- using deepseek-coder-v2-lite (16B MoE, ~2.4B active) for the
+            -- time being. Restore qwen3-30b when the slot is back up.
+            model       = "deepseek-coder-v2-lite",
+            timeout_ms  = 300000,   -- 5 min; MoE inference is faster than dense 30B
             temperature = 0.1,
         },
         cloud = {