diff --git a/private_gpt/server/chat/chat_service.py b/private_gpt/server/chat/chat_service.py
index da6f494e..cd1b5041 100644
--- a/private_gpt/server/chat/chat_service.py
+++ b/private_gpt/server/chat/chat_service.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from private_gpt.components.vector_store.vector_store_component import (
 )
 from private_gpt.open_ai.extensions.context_filter import ContextFilter
 from private_gpt.server.chunks.chunks_service import Chunk
-from private_gpt.settings.settings import settings
+from private_gpt.settings.settings import Settings
 
 
 class Completion(BaseModel):
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class ChatService:
         vector_store_component: VectorStoreComponent,
         embedding_component: EmbeddingComponent,
         node_store_component: NodeStoreComponent,
+        settings: Settings,
     ) -> None:
         self.llm_service = llm_component
         self.vector_store_component = vector_store_component
@@ -92,17 +93,19 @@ class ChatService:
             service_context=self.service_context,
             show_progress=True,
         )
+        self.default_context_template = settings.rag.default_context_template
 
     def _chat_engine(
         self,
         system_prompt: str | None = None,
         use_context: bool = False,
         context_filter: ContextFilter | None = None,
-        context_template: str | None = None,
     ) -> BaseChatEngine:
         if use_context:
-            if context_template is None:
-                context_template = settings().rag.default_context_template
+            if self.default_context_template is not None:
+                context_template = self.default_context_template
+            else:
+                context_template = None
             vector_index_retriever = self.vector_store_component.get_retriever(
                 index=self.index, context_filter=context_filter
             )
@@ -126,7 +129,6 @@ class ChatService:
         messages: list[ChatMessage],
         use_context: bool = False,
         context_filter: ContextFilter | None = None,
-        context_template: str | None = None,
     ) -> CompletionGen:
         chat_engine_input = ChatEngineInput.from_messages(messages)
         last_message = (
@@ -147,7 +149,6 @@ class ChatService:
             system_prompt=system_prompt,
             use_context=use_context,
             context_filter=context_filter,
-            context_template=context_template,
         )
         streaming_response = chat_engine.stream_chat(
             message=last_message if last_message is not None else "",
@@ -164,7 +165,6 @@ class ChatService:
         messages: list[ChatMessage],
         use_context: bool = False,
         context_filter: ContextFilter | None = None,
-        context_template: str | None = None,
     ) -> Completion:
         chat_engine_input = ChatEngineInput.from_messages(messages)
         last_message = (
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ class ChatService:
             system_prompt=system_prompt,
             use_context=use_context,
             context_filter=context_filter,
-            context_template=context_template,
         )
         wrapped_response = chat_engine.chat(
             message=last_message if last_message is not None else "",