diff --git a/backend/danswer/configs/model_configs.py b/backend/danswer/configs/model_configs.py
index e9c5029719e..0edfa1d304e 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/configs/model_configs.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/configs/model_configs.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     os.environ.get("DOCUMENT_ENCODER_MODEL") or "thenlper/gte-small"
 )
 # If the below is changed, Vespa deployment must also be changed
-DOC_EMBEDDING_DIM = int(os.environ.get("DOC_EMBEDDING_DIM") or 0)
+DOC_EMBEDDING_DIM = int(os.environ.get("DOC_EMBEDDING_DIM") or 384)
 # Model should be chosen with 512 context size, ideally don't change this
 DOC_EMBEDDING_CONTEXT_SIZE = 512
 NORMALIZE_EMBEDDINGS = (