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 ## Configuration
 
 You can configure the server address, the system prompt and the model used for a query or chat.
-If not configured otherwise, `rollama` assumes you are using the default port (11434) of a local instance ("http://localhost").
+If not configured otherwise, `rollama` assumes you are using the default port (11434) of a local instance ("localhost").
 Let's make this explicit by setting the option:
 
 ```{r server}
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 You can configure the server address, the system prompt and the model
 used for a query or chat. If not configured otherwise, `rollama` assumes
 you are using the default port (11434) of a local instance
-(“<http://localhost>”). Let’s make this explicit by setting the option:
+(“localhost”). Let’s make this explicit by setting the option:
 
 ``` r
 options(rollama_server = "http://localhost:11434")