diff --git a/apps/base/customer1/openclaw/a100-vllm.yaml b/apps/base/customer1/openclaw/a100-vllm.yaml
index 2b6ba6f..6a4d326 100644
--- a/apps/base/customer1/openclaw/a100-vllm.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/customer1/openclaw/a100-vllm.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: HF_TOKEN
               value: ""
+            - name: TOKENIZER_MODE
+              value: "hf"
           args:
             - --model=llmfan46/Qwen3.5-27B-uncensored-heretic
             - --host=0.0.0.0