diff --git a/README-zh.md b/README-zh.md
index 66690ee8..5300b2cf 100644
--- a/README-zh.md
+++ b/README-zh.md
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ rag = LightRAG(
     embedding_func=EmbeddingFunc(
         embedding_dim=768,
         max_token_size=8192,
-        func=lambda texts: ollama_embedding(
+        func=lambda texts: ollama_embed(
             texts,
             embed_model="nomic-embed-text"
         )
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 449880f2..12e18f0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ rag = LightRAG(
     embedding_func=EmbeddingFunc(
         embedding_dim=768,
         max_token_size=8192,
-        func=lambda texts: ollama_embedding(
+        func=lambda texts: ollama_embed(
             texts,
             embed_model="nomic-embed-text"
         )
diff --git a/lightrag/llm/ollama.py b/lightrag/llm/ollama.py
index 21ae9a67..7668be44 100644
--- a/lightrag/llm/ollama.py
+++ b/lightrag/llm/ollama.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from lightrag.api import __api_version__
 
 import numpy as np
 from typing import Union
+from lightrag.utils import logger
 
 
 @retry(
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ async def _ollama_model_if_cache(
     kwargs.pop("max_tokens", None)
     # kwargs.pop("response_format", None) # allow json
     host = kwargs.pop("host", None)
-    timeout = kwargs.pop("timeout", None)
+    timeout = kwargs.pop("timeout", None) or 300  # Default timeout 300s
     kwargs.pop("hashing_kv", None)
     api_key = kwargs.pop("api_key", None)
     headers = {
@@ -61,32 +62,59 @@ async def _ollama_model_if_cache(
     }
     if api_key:
         headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {api_key}"
+    
     ollama_client = ollama.AsyncClient(host=host, timeout=timeout, headers=headers)
-    messages = []
-    if system_prompt:
-        messages.append({"role": "system", "content": system_prompt})
-    messages.extend(history_messages)
-    messages.append({"role": "user", "content": prompt})
+    
+    try:
+        messages = []
+        if system_prompt:
+            messages.append({"role": "system", "content": system_prompt})
+        messages.extend(history_messages)
+        messages.append({"role": "user", "content": prompt})
 
-    response = await ollama_client.chat(model=model, messages=messages, **kwargs)
-    if stream:
-        """cannot cache stream response and process reasoning"""
+        response = await ollama_client.chat(model=model, messages=messages, **kwargs)
+        if stream:
+            """cannot cache stream response and process reasoning"""
 
-        async def inner():
-            async for chunk in response:
-                yield chunk["message"]["content"]
+            async def inner():
+                try:
+                    async for chunk in response:
+                        yield chunk["message"]["content"]
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.error(f"Error in stream response: {str(e)}")
+                    raise
+                finally:
+                    try:
+                        await ollama_client._client.aclose()
+                        logger.debug("Successfully closed Ollama client for streaming")
+                    except Exception as close_error:
+                        logger.warning(f"Failed to close Ollama client: {close_error}")
 
-        return inner()
-    else:
-        model_response = response["message"]["content"]
+            return inner()
+        else:
+            model_response = response["message"]["content"]
 
-        """
-        If the model also wraps its thoughts in a specific tag,
-        this information is not needed for the final
-        response and can simply be trimmed.
-        """
+            """
+            If the model also wraps its thoughts in a specific tag,
+            this information is not needed for the final
+            response and can simply be trimmed.
+            """
 
-        return model_response
+            return model_response
+    except Exception as e:
+        try:
+            await ollama_client._client.aclose()
+            logger.debug("Successfully closed Ollama client after exception")
+        except Exception as close_error:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to close Ollama client after exception: {close_error}")
+        raise e
+    finally:
+        if not stream:
+            try:
+                await ollama_client._client.aclose()
+                logger.debug("Successfully closed Ollama client for non-streaming response")
+            except Exception as close_error:
+                logger.warning(f"Failed to close Ollama client in finally block: {close_error}")
 
 
 async def ollama_model_complete(
@@ -105,19 +133,6 @@ async def ollama_model_complete(
     )
 
 
-async def ollama_embedding(texts: list[str], embed_model, **kwargs) -> np.ndarray:
-    """
-    Deprecated in favor of `embed`.
-    """
-    embed_text = []
-    ollama_client = ollama.Client(**kwargs)
-    for text in texts:
-        data = ollama_client.embeddings(model=embed_model, prompt=text)
-        embed_text.append(data["embedding"])
-
-    return embed_text
-
-
 async def ollama_embed(texts: list[str], embed_model, **kwargs) -> np.ndarray:
     api_key = kwargs.pop("api_key", None)
     headers = {
@@ -125,8 +140,27 @@ async def ollama_embed(texts: list[str], embed_model, **kwargs) -> np.ndarray:
         "User-Agent": f"LightRAG/{__api_version__}",
     }
     if api_key:
-        headers["Authorization"] = api_key
-    kwargs["headers"] = headers
-    ollama_client = ollama.Client(**kwargs)
-    data = ollama_client.embed(model=embed_model, input=texts)
-    return np.array(data["embeddings"])
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {api_key}"
+    
+    host = kwargs.pop("host", None)
+    timeout = kwargs.pop("timeout", None) or 90  # Default time out 90s
+    
+    ollama_client = ollama.AsyncClient(host=host, timeout=timeout, headers=headers)
+    
+    try:
+        data = await ollama_client.embed(model=embed_model, input=texts)
+        return np.array(data["embeddings"])
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error in ollama_embed: {str(e)}")
+        try:
+            await ollama_client._client.aclose()
+            logger.debug("Successfully closed Ollama client after exception in embed")
+        except Exception as close_error:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to close Ollama client after exception in embed: {close_error}")
+        raise e
+    finally:
+        try:
+            await ollama_client._client.aclose()
+            logger.debug("Successfully closed Ollama client after embed")
+        except Exception as close_error:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to close Ollama client after embed: {close_error}")