diff --git a/embd_res/klite.embd b/embd_res/klite.embd
index 98addb276..60ec167dd 100644
--- a/embd_res/klite.embd
+++ b/embd_res/klite.embd
@@ -20749,7 +20749,10 @@ Current version indicated by LITEVER below.
 			submit_payload.params.banned_tokens = get_token_bans();
 			submit_payload.params.render_special = localsettings.render_special_tags;
 			submit_payload.params.logprobs = localsettings.request_logprobs;
-			submit_payload.params.reasoning_effort = localsettings.reasoning_effort;
+			if(localsettings.reasoning_effort)
+			{
+				submit_payload.params.reasoning_effort = localsettings.reasoning_effort;
+			}
 			let st = get_instruct_starttag(true);
 			let et = get_instruct_endtag(true);
 			if(st=="{{[INPUT]}}" || et=="{{[OUTPUT]}}")