diff --git a/config/config.example.json b/config/config.example.json
index 858472488..9e090d807 100644
--- a/config/config.example.json
+++ b/config/config.example.json
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
     "defaults": {
       "workspace": "~/.picoclaw/workspace",
       "restrict_to_workspace": true,
-      "model_name": "gpt-5.4",
+      "model_name": "gpt-4o",
+      "model_fallbacks": [
+        "openrouter/anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet",
+        "openrouter/google/gemini-2.0-flash-exp:free"
+      ],
       "max_tokens": 8192,
       "context_window": 131072,
       "temperature": 0.7,