diff --git a/tasks/workstation/linux/software/llm.yml b/tasks/workstation/linux/software/llm.yml
index 6a1ba50..d1294cb 100644
--- a/tasks/workstation/linux/software/llm.yml
+++ b/tasks/workstation/linux/software/llm.yml
@@ -913,11 +913,18 @@
               curl -s http://localhost:11434/api/generate \
                 -d '{"model":"'$model'","prompt":"","stream":false,"keep_alive":1'$context'}' \
                 >/dev/null 2>&1
+              status=$?
 
               hdd="`ollama ls | grep $model | awk '{print $3 $4}'`"
               ram="`ollama ps | grep $model | awk '{print $3 $4}'`"
               ctx="`ollama ps | grep $model | awk '{print $7}'`"
 
+              if [[ "$status" != 0 ]]; then
+                ram="TOO LARGE $ram"
+                ctx="FAIL $ctx"
+                sleep 10
+              fi
+
               printf "$spacing\n" "$model" "$hdd" "$ctx" "$ram"
 
               ollama stop $model >/dev/null 2>&1