diff --git a/gpt4all-backend-test/src/main.cpp b/gpt4all-backend-test/src/main.cpp
index cc0b9f23..a5098dc9 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend-test/src/main.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-backend-test/src/main.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,15 @@ static void run()
         for (const auto & model : modelsResponse->models)
             fmt::print("{}\n", model.model);
     } else {
-        fmt::print("Error retrieving version: {}\n", modelsResponse.error().errorString);
+        fmt::print("Error retrieving available models: {}\n", modelsResponse.error().errorString);
+        return QCoreApplication::exit(1);
+    }
+
+    auto showResponse = QCoro::waitFor(provider.showModelInfo({ .model = "DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B-Q4_K_S" }));
+    if (showResponse) {
+        fmt::print("Model family: {}\n", showResponse->details.family);
+    } else {
+        fmt::print("Error retrieving model info: {}\n", showResponse.error().errorString);
         return QCoreApplication::exit(1);
     }
 
diff --git a/gpt4all-backend/include/gpt4all-backend/ollama-client.h b/gpt4all-backend/include/gpt4all-backend/ollama-client.h
index 2c956252..ccecffed 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend/include/gpt4all-backend/ollama-client.h
+++ b/gpt4all-backend/include/gpt4all-backend/ollama-client.h
@@ -92,4 +92,7 @@ private:
 extern template auto OllamaClient::get(const QString &) -> QCoro::Task<DataOrRespErr<ollama::VersionResponse>>;
 extern template auto OllamaClient::get(const QString &) -> QCoro::Task<DataOrRespErr<ollama::ModelsResponse>>;
 
+extern template auto OllamaClient::post(const QString &, const ollama::ModelInfoRequest &)
+    -> QCoro::Task<DataOrRespErr<ollama::ModelInfo>>;
+
 } // namespace gpt4all::backend
diff --git a/gpt4all-backend/include/gpt4all-backend/ollama-types.h b/gpt4all-backend/include/gpt4all-backend/ollama-types.h
index 0a59fe8a..1219adab 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend/include/gpt4all-backend/ollama-types.h
+++ b/gpt4all-backend/include/gpt4all-backend/ollama-types.h
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 namespace gpt4all::backend::ollama {
 
+//
+// basic types
+//
+
 /// Details about a model.
 struct ModelDetails {
     QString              parent_model;       /// The parent of the model.
@@ -39,15 +43,6 @@ struct Model {
 BOOST_DESCRIBE_STRUCT(Model, (), (model, modified_at, size, digest, details))
 #endif
 
-
-/// Request class for the show model info endpoint.
-struct ModelInfoRequest {
-    QString model; /// The model name.
-};
-#ifdef G4A_BACKEND_IMPL
-BOOST_DESCRIBE_STRUCT(ModelInfoRequest, (), (model))
-#endif
-
 enum MessageRole {
     system,
     user,
@@ -84,6 +79,21 @@ struct Message {
 BOOST_DESCRIBE_STRUCT(Message, (), (role, content, images, tool_calls))
 #endif
 
+//
+// request types
+//
+
+/// Request class for the show model info endpoint.
+struct ModelInfoRequest {
+    QString model; /// The model name.
+};
+#ifdef G4A_BACKEND_IMPL
+BOOST_DESCRIBE_STRUCT(ModelInfoRequest, (), (model))
+#endif
+
+//
+// response types
+//
 
 /// The response class for the version endpoint.
 struct VersionResponse {
diff --git a/gpt4all-backend/src/ollama-client.cpp b/gpt4all-backend/src/ollama-client.cpp
index 74029628..339c363e 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend/src/ollama-client.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-backend/src/ollama-client.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ auto OllamaClient::post(const QString &path, const Req &req) -> QCoro::Task<Data
     co_return std::unexpected(value.error());
 }
 
+template auto OllamaClient::post(const QString &, const ModelInfoRequest &) -> QCoro::Task<DataOrRespErr<ModelInfo>>;
+
 auto OllamaClient::getJson(const QString &path) -> QCoro::Task<DataOrRespErr<json::value>>
 {
     std::unique_ptr<QNetworkReply> reply(m_nam.get(makeRequest(path)));