diff --git a/admin-compliance/app/api/sdk/compliance-advisor/chat/route.ts b/admin-compliance/app/api/sdk/compliance-advisor/chat/route.ts
index 695ea00b..37b5c5ed 100644
--- a/admin-compliance/app/api/sdk/compliance-advisor/chat/route.ts
+++ b/admin-compliance/app/api/sdk/compliance-advisor/chat/route.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ Der Nutzer hat "${countryLabel} (${validCountry})" gewaehlt.
         messages,
         stream: true,
         think: false,
+        // Modell im VRAM halten → kein Kaltstart bei der naechsten Frage
+        // (Kaltstart eines 35b-Modells war die Ursache fuer "Load failed").
+        keep_alive: '30m',
         options: {
           temperature: 0.3,
           num_predict: 8192,