diff --git a/litellm-config.yaml b/litellm-config.yaml
index fcbb3c2..1f105c5 100644
--- a/litellm-config.yaml
+++ b/litellm-config.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ model_list:
       # llama.cpp's low default, so the model runs out mid-thought and
       # content comes back empty. This is a floor, not a cap — any caller
       # that passes its own max_tokens still overrides it.
-      max_tokens: 4096
+      # Raised from 4096: confirmed in the wild (llama-server logs) that
+      # 4096 wasn't enough — reasoning_content alone ate the whole budget on
+      # a real request (n_gen = 4096 exactly, no answer ever written). At
+      # ~26.7 t/s and a 65536-token context window, 16384 is a ~10-minute
+      # worst case, not the full ~20-minute worst case 32768 would be.
+      max_tokens: 16384
     model_info:
       # Shadow cloud-cost estimate — priced against Claude Sonnet 5's published
       # rate, not real spend (this proxy only ever routes to the local model).