diff --git a/ai_stack/ollama/docker-compose.yml b/ai_stack/ollama/docker-compose.yml
index 41332bd..7d443e1 100644
--- a/ai_stack/ollama/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/ai_stack/ollama/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ services:
       context: .
       network: host
     image: localhost/ollama-server:latest
-    ports:
-      - "11434:11434" # Map host port 11434 to container port 11434 (Ollama default)
+    network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./models:/models # Mount a local directory for models
       - ollama_data:/usr/share/ollama/.ollama # Persistent storage for Ollama data
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       - OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0
     restart: unless-stopped
-    network_mode: slirp4netns
     # Uncomment the following lines if you have NVIDIA GPU support
     # deploy:
     #   resources:
@@ -26,10 +24,10 @@ services:
   postgres:
     image: docker.io/pgvector/pgvector:pg17
     container_name: ollama-postgres
-    ports:
-      - "54320:5432"
+    network_mode: host
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+      - POSTGRES_PORT=54320
     volumes:
       - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -37,10 +35,11 @@ services:
   speaches:
     image: ghcr.io/speaches-ai/speaches:latest-cpu
     container_name: speaches-server
+    network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - hf-hub-cache:/home/ubuntu/.cache/huggingface/hub
-    ports:
-      - "8900:8000"
+    environment:
+      - PORT=8900
     # deploy:
     #   resources:
     #     reservations:
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index f97f3ad..f5c2202 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  make ai-launcher          Interactive AI backend launcher (recommended for new users)"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Ollama-specific targets:"
-	@echo "  make ollama-build         Build Ollama container with no cache (using slirp4netns)"
+	@echo "  make ollama-build         Build Ollama container with no cache (using host networking)"
 	@echo "  make ollama-build-host    Build Ollama container with host networking (alternative)"
 	@echo "  make ollama-up            Start only the Ollama container"
 	@echo "  make ollama-down          Stop only the Ollama container"
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ info:
 
 # Ollama-specific targets
 ollama-build:
-	cd ai_stack/ollama && DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 CONTAINERS_NETNS=slirp4netns podman compose build --no-cache
+	cd ai_stack/ollama && DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 podman compose build --no-cache
 	@echo "Ollama container built with no cache. Use 'make ollama-up' to start it."
 
 ollama-build-host: