diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 16bb67e..a0e1d73 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ services:
       args:
         - NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3001/api
         - NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_URL=ws://127.0.0.1:3001
-      network: host
     image: itzcrazykns1337/perplexica-frontend:main
     depends_on:
       - perplexica-backend
diff --git a/sample.config.toml b/sample.config.toml
index 259f58d..8933a95 100644
--- a/sample.config.toml
+++ b/sample.config.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ API_KEY = ""
 
 [MODELS.DEEPSEEK]
 API_KEY = ""
+STREAM_DELAY = 5  # Milliseconds between token emissions for reasoning models (higher = slower, 0 = no delay)
 
 [MODELS.OLLAMA]
 API_URL = "" # Ollama API URL - http://host.docker.internal:11434
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 166d48e..5d31dbb 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ interface Config {
     };
     DEEPSEEK: {
       API_KEY: string;
+      STREAM_DELAY: number;
     };
     OLLAMA: {
       API_URL: string;
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ export const getGeminiApiKey = () => loadConfig().MODELS.GEMINI.API_KEY;
 
 export const getDeepseekApiKey = () => loadConfig().MODELS.DEEPSEEK.API_KEY;
 
+export const getDeepseekStreamDelay = () => 
+  loadConfig().MODELS.DEEPSEEK.STREAM_DELAY || 20; // Default to 20ms if not specified
+
 export const getSearxngApiEndpoint = () =>
   process.env.SEARXNG_API_URL || loadConfig().API_ENDPOINTS.SEARXNG;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/providers/deepseek.ts b/src/lib/providers/deepseek.ts
index baae1c5..e03503c 100644
--- a/src/lib/providers/deepseek.ts
+++ b/src/lib/providers/deepseek.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ReasoningChatModel } from '../reasoningChatModel';
 import { ChatOpenAI } from '@langchain/openai';
 import logger from '../../utils/logger';
-import { getDeepseekApiKey } from '../../config';
+import { getDeepseekApiKey, getDeepseekStreamDelay } from '../../config';
 import axios from 'axios';
 
 interface DeepSeekModel {
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export const loadDeepSeekChatModels = async (): Promise<Record<string, ChatModel
       if (model.id in MODEL_DISPLAY_NAMES) {
         // Use ReasoningChatModel for models that need reasoning capabilities
         if (REASONING_MODELS.includes(model.id)) {
+          const streamDelay = getDeepseekStreamDelay();
+          logger.debug(`Using stream delay of ${streamDelay}ms for ${model.id}`);
+          
           acc[model.id] = {
             displayName: MODEL_DISPLAY_NAMES[model.id],
             model: new ReasoningChatModel({
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ export const loadDeepSeekChatModels = async (): Promise<Record<string, ChatModel
               baseURL: deepSeekEndpoint,
               modelName: model.id,
               temperature: 0.7,
-              streamDelay: 20 // Add a small delay to control streaming speed
+              streamDelay // Use configured stream delay from config
             }),
           };
         } else {