diff --git a/scripts/frank-default-sightsound.env b/scripts/frank-default-sightsound.env
index 34ccaf2..980bc7d 100644
--- a/scripts/frank-default-sightsound.env
+++ b/scripts/frank-default-sightsound.env
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # endpoint trades "uncensored" for "sight + sound". The NPU draws from the
 # unified RAM pool shared with frank-default-large (iGPU); ~31 GiB was
 # available there at idle, so a 9.1 GB pack fits with headroom.
-FLM_MODEL=gemma4-it:e4b
+FLM_MODEL=qwen3.8-distilled-heretic:9b
 FLM_HOST=0.0.0.0
 FLM_PORT=7771
 # turbo = max NPU power mode (xrt-smi configure --pmode turbo at serve start).