diff --git a/lib/towerops/llm/deepseek.ex b/lib/towerops/llm/deepseek.ex
index a39ae911..4acfd5a6 100644
--- a/lib/towerops/llm/deepseek.ex
+++ b/lib/towerops/llm/deepseek.ex
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ defmodule Towerops.LLM.DeepSeek do
   @impl true
   def complete(messages, opts \\ []) do
     cfg = Application.get_env(:towerops, __MODULE__, [])
-    api_key = opts[:api_key] || cfg[:api_key]
-    base_url = present(opts[:base_url]) || present(cfg[:base_url]) || @default_base_url
-    model = present(opts[:model]) || present(cfg[:model]) || @default_model
+    api_key = Keyword.get(opts, :api_key, cfg[:api_key])
+    base_url = present(Keyword.get(opts, :base_url, nil)) || present(cfg[:base_url]) || @default_base_url
+    model = present(Keyword.get(opts, :model, nil)) || present(cfg[:model]) || @default_model
 
     if blank?(api_key) do
       {:error, :missing_api_key}
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 04f82660..05ff30af 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ defmodule Towerops.MixProject do
       setup: ["deps.get", "ecto.setup", "assets.setup", "assets.build"],
       "ecto.setup": ["ecto.create", "ecto.migrate", "run priv/repo/seeds.exs"],
       "ecto.reset": ["ecto.drop", "ecto.setup"],
-      test: ["ecto.create --quiet", "ecto.load --quiet --skip-if-loaded", "test"],
+      test: ["ecto.create --quiet", "ecto.load --quiet --skip-if-loaded", "ecto.migrate --quiet", "test"],
       "assets.setup": ["tailwind.install --if-missing", "esbuild.install --if-missing"],
       "assets.build": ["compile", "tailwind towerops", "esbuild towerops"],
       "assets.deploy": [