diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9ea7449..a50355c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ To interact with the various language models, you can use the following commands
 - For Google Gemini Pro, send a message with ``gemini-pro`` and include your prompt.
 - For Twitter/X AI Grok, send a message with ``grok-beta`` and include your prompt.
 - For vLLM Hermes, send a message with ``vllm/hermes`` and include your prompt.
+- For vLLM Deepseek R1 32B, send a message with ``vllm/r1`` and include your prompt.
 - For Ollama Hermes, send a message with ``ollama/hermes`` and include your prompt.
 - For Dall-e-3, send a message with ``dall-e-3`` and include your prompt.
 
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 2d4cd27..8637bd0 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ system_users = [
     "anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229-v1:0",
     "anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0",
     "anthropic.claude-3-opus-20240229-v1:0",
+    "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B",
     "gpt-3.5-turbo",
     "gpt-4",
     "gpt-4o",
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ HELP_MESSAGE = """
 - `gemini-pro`: For Google Gemini Pro, send a message with `gemini-pro` and include your prompt.
 - `grok-beta`: For twitter/xai Grok, send a message with `grok-beta` and include your prompt.
 - `vllm/hermes`: For vLLM Hermes, send a message with `vllm/hermes` and include your prompt.
+- `vllm/r1`: For vLLM Deepseek R1 32B, send a message with `vllm/r1` and include your prompt.
 - `ollama/hermes`: For Ollama Hermes, send a message with `ollama/hermes` and include your prompt.
 - `ollama/qwen-coder`: For Ollama qwen2.5-coder , send a message with `ollama/qwen-coder` and include your prompt.
 - `ollama/deepseek-coder`: For Ollama DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite-Instruct, send a message with `ollama/deepseek-coder` and include your prompt.
@@ -918,6 +920,13 @@ def handle_message(data):
                 room.name,
                 model_name="NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B",
             )
+        if "vllm/r1" in data["message"]:
+            gevent.spawn(
+                chat_gpt,
+                data["username"],
+                room.name,
+                model_name="deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B",
+            )
         if "vllm/qwq" in data["message"]:
             gevent.spawn(
                 chat_gpt,
@@ -1183,6 +1192,8 @@ def get_openai_client_and_model(model_name="NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B")
     vllm_api_key = os.environ.get("VLLM_API_KEY", "not-needed")
     vllm_endpoint2 = os.environ.get("VLLM_ENDPOINT2")
     vllm_api_key2 = os.environ.get("VLLM_ENDPOINTAPI_KEY2", "not-needed")
+    vllm_endpoint3 = os.environ.get("VLLM_ENDPOINT3")
+    vllm_api_key3 = os.environ.get("VLLM_ENDPOINTAPI_KEY3", "not-needed")
     ollama_endpoint = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_ENDPOINT")
     ollama_api_key = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_API_KEY", "not-needed")
     xai_api_key = os.environ.get("XAI_API_KEY")
@@ -1193,18 +1204,23 @@ def get_openai_client_and_model(model_name="NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B")
     is_google_model = "gemini-" in model_name.lower()
     is_ollama_model = "hf.co" in model_name.lower()
     is_qwq_model = "qwq" in model_name.lower()
+    is_r1_model = "deepseek" in model_name.lower()
     is_vllm_model = not (
         is_openai_model
         or is_xai_model
         or is_google_model
         or is_ollama_model
         or is_qwq_model
+        or is_r1_model
     )
 
+    # clearly this isn't the ideal way to grow our open source endpoints...
     if is_vllm_model:
         openai_client = OpenAI(base_url=vllm_endpoint, api_key=vllm_api_key)
     elif is_qwq_model:
         openai_client = OpenAI(base_url=vllm_endpoint2, api_key=vllm_api_key2)
+    elif is_r1_model:
+        openai_client = OpenAI(base_url=vllm_endpoint3, api_key=vllm_api_key3)
     elif is_ollama_model:
         openai_client = OpenAI(base_url=ollama_endpoint, api_key=ollama_api_key)
     elif is_xai_model:
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 76598ad..5ab31fd 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@
                 <label for="model-select-mobile">Choose Model:</label>
                 <select id="model-select-mobile">
                     <option value="None">None</option>
+                    <option value="vllm/r1">vllm/r1</option>
                     <option value="vllm/hermes">vllm/hermes</option>
                     <option value="vllm/qwq">vllm/qwq</option>
                     <option value="ollama/qwen-coder">ollama/qwen-coder</option>
diff --git a/templates/chat.html b/templates/chat.html
index 2d3c7f3..cdfe918 100644
--- a/templates/chat.html
+++ b/templates/chat.html
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
             <select id="model-select">
                 <option value="None">None</option>
                 <option value="vllm/hermes">vllm/hermes</option>
+                <option value="vllm/r1">vllm/r1</option>
                 <option value="vllm/qwq">vllm/qwq</option>
                 <option value="ollama/qwen-coder">ollama/qwen-coder</option>
                 <option value="ollama/deepseek-coder">ollama/deepseek-coder</option>
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ const room_name = "{{ room_name }}";
 const VALID_VOICES = ['alloy', 'echo', 'fable', 'onyx', 'nova', 'shimmer'];
 const VALID_MODELS = [
     'None', 'gemini-flash', 'gemini-flash-8b', 'gemini-pro', 'grok-beta',
-    'vllm/hermes', 'vllm/qwq', 'ollama/qwen-coder', 'ollama/deepseek-coder',
+    'vllm/hermes', 'vllm/r1', 'vllm/qwq', 'ollama/qwen-coder', 'ollama/deepseek-coder',
     'gpt-4', 'gpt-4o-2024-08-06', 'gpt-mini', 'gpt-o1-mini', 'gpt-o1-preview', 'gpt-o1',
     'claude-haiku', 'claude-sonnet', 'claude-opus', 'dall-e-3'
 ];