diff --git a/app/lifecycle/logging.go b/app/lifecycle/logging.go
index 4be90648..df2597a8 100644
--- a/app/lifecycle/logging.go
+++ b/app/lifecycle/logging.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 )
 
 func InitLogging() {
diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 5d919d9a..36d4af08 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/auth"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/progress"
@@ -1079,12 +1080,7 @@ func versionHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	}
 }
 
-type EnvironmentVar struct {
-	Name        string
-	Description string
-}
-
-func appendEnvDocs(cmd *cobra.Command, envs []EnvironmentVar) {
+func appendEnvDocs(cmd *cobra.Command, envs []envconfig.EnvVar) {
 	if len(envs) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
@@ -1093,7 +1089,7 @@ func appendEnvDocs(cmd *cobra.Command, envs []EnvironmentVar) {
 Environment Variables:
 `
 	for _, e := range envs {
-		envUsage += fmt.Sprintf("      %-16s   %s\n", e.Name, e.Description)
+		envUsage += fmt.Sprintf("      %-24s   %s\n", e.Name, e.Description)
 	}
 
 	cmd.SetUsageTemplate(cmd.UsageTemplate() + envUsage)
@@ -1172,15 +1168,6 @@ func NewCLI() *cobra.Command {
 		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 		RunE:    RunServer,
 	}
-	serveCmd.SetUsageTemplate(serveCmd.UsageTemplate() + `
-Environment Variables:
-
-    OLLAMA_HOST         The host:port to bind to (default "127.0.0.1:11434")
-    OLLAMA_ORIGINS      A comma separated list of allowed origins
-    OLLAMA_MODELS       The path to the models directory (default "~/.ollama/models")
-    OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE   The duration that models stay loaded in memory (default "5m")
-    OLLAMA_DEBUG        Set to 1 to enable additional debug logging
-`)
 
 	pullCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "pull MODEL",
@@ -1233,9 +1220,9 @@ Environment Variables:
 		RunE:    DeleteHandler,
 	}
 
-	ollamaHostEnv := EnvironmentVar{"OLLAMA_HOST", "The host:port or base URL of the Ollama server (e.g. http://localhost:11434)"}
-	ollamaNoHistoryEnv := EnvironmentVar{"OLLAMA_NOHISTORY", "Disable readline history"}
-	envs := []EnvironmentVar{ollamaHostEnv}
+	envVars := envconfig.AsMap()
+
+	envs := []envconfig.EnvVar{envVars["OLLAMA_HOST"]}
 
 	for _, cmd := range []*cobra.Command{
 		createCmd,
@@ -1247,10 +1234,24 @@ Environment Variables:
 		psCmd,
 		copyCmd,
 		deleteCmd,
+		serveCmd,
 	} {
 		switch cmd {
 		case runCmd:
-			appendEnvDocs(cmd, []EnvironmentVar{ollamaHostEnv, ollamaNoHistoryEnv})
+			appendEnvDocs(cmd, []envconfig.EnvVar{envVars["OLLAMA_HOST"], envVars["OLLAMA_NOHISTORY"]})
+		case serveCmd:
+			appendEnvDocs(cmd, []envconfig.EnvVar{
+				envVars["OLLAMA_DEBUG"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_HOST"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_MODELS"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_NOPRUNE"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_ORIGINS"],
+				envVars["OLLAMA_TMPDIR"],
+			})
 		default:
 			appendEnvDocs(cmd, envs)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/interactive.go b/cmd/interactive.go
index 0a31efb5..c055df0e 100644
--- a/cmd/interactive.go
+++ b/cmd/interactive.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/progress"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/readline"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/errtypes"
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ func generateInteractive(cmd *cobra.Command, opts runOptions) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if os.Getenv("OLLAMA_NOHISTORY") != "" {
+	if envconfig.NoHistory {
 		scanner.HistoryDisable()
 	}
 
diff --git a/server/envconfig/config.go b/envconfig/config.go
similarity index 66%
rename from server/envconfig/config.go
rename to envconfig/config.go
index ae7d89b2..2304c4f0 100644
--- a/server/envconfig/config.go
+++ b/envconfig/config.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ var (
 	AllowOrigins []string
 	// Set via OLLAMA_DEBUG in the environment
 	Debug bool
+	// Experimental flash attention
+	FlashAttention bool
+	// Set via OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE in the environment
+	KeepAlive string
 	// Set via OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY in the environment
 	LLMLibrary string
 	// Set via OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS in the environment
@@ -23,6 +27,8 @@ var (
 	MaxQueuedRequests int
 	// Set via OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM in the environment
 	MaxVRAM uint64
+	// Set via OLLAMA_NOHISTORY in the environment
+	NoHistory bool
 	// Set via OLLAMA_NOPRUNE in the environment
 	NoPrune bool
 	// Set via OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL in the environment
@@ -31,26 +37,42 @@ var (
 	RunnersDir string
 	// Set via OLLAMA_TMPDIR in the environment
 	TmpDir string
-	// Experimental flash attention
-	FlashAttention bool
 )
 
-func AsMap() map[string]string {
-	return map[string]string{
-		"OLLAMA_ORIGINS":           fmt.Sprintf("%v", AllowOrigins),
-		"OLLAMA_DEBUG":             fmt.Sprintf("%v", Debug),
-		"OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY":       fmt.Sprintf("%v", LLMLibrary),
-		"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS": fmt.Sprintf("%v", MaxRunners),
-		"OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE":         fmt.Sprintf("%v", MaxQueuedRequests),
-		"OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM":          fmt.Sprintf("%v", MaxVRAM),
-		"OLLAMA_NOPRUNE":           fmt.Sprintf("%v", NoPrune),
-		"OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL":      fmt.Sprintf("%v", NumParallel),
-		"OLLAMA_RUNNERS_DIR":       fmt.Sprintf("%v", RunnersDir),
-		"OLLAMA_TMPDIR":            fmt.Sprintf("%v", TmpDir),
-		"OLLAMA_FLASH_ATTENTION":   fmt.Sprintf("%v", FlashAttention),
+type EnvVar struct {
+	Name        string
+	Value       any
+	Description string
+}
+
+func AsMap() map[string]EnvVar {
+	return map[string]EnvVar{
+		"OLLAMA_DEBUG":             {"OLLAMA_DEBUG", Debug, "Show additional debug information (e.g. OLLAMA_DEBUG=1)"},
+		"OLLAMA_FLASH_ATTENTION":   {"OLLAMA_FLASH_ATTENTION", FlashAttention, "Enabled flash attention"},
+		"OLLAMA_HOST":              {"OLLAMA_HOST", "", "IP Address for the ollama server (default 127.0.0.1:11434)"},
+		"OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE":        {"OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE", KeepAlive, "The duration that models stay loaded in memory (default \"5m\")"},
+		"OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY":       {"OLLAMA_ORIGINS", LLMLibrary, ""},
+		"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS": {"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS", MaxRunners, "Maximum number of loaded models (default 1)"},
+		"OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE":         {"OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE", MaxQueuedRequests, "Maximum number of queued requests"},
+		"OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM":          {"OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM", MaxVRAM, ""},
+		"OLLAMA_MODELS":            {"OLLAMA_MODELS", "", "The path to the models directory"},
+		"OLLAMA_NOHISTORY":         {"OLLAMA_NOHISTORY", NoHistory, "Do not preserve readline history"},
+		"OLLAMA_NOPRUNE":           {"OLLAMA_NOPRUNE", NoPrune, "Do not prune model blobs on startup"},
+		"OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL":      {"OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL", NumParallel, "Maximum number of parallel requests (default 1)"},
+		"OLLAMA_ORIGINS":           {"OLLAMA_ORIGINS", AllowOrigins, "A comma separated list of allowed origins"},
+		"OLLAMA_RUNNERS_DIR":       {"OLLAMA_RUNNERS_DIR", RunnersDir, ""},
+		"OLLAMA_TMPDIR":            {"OLLAMA_TMPDIR", TmpDir, "Location for temporary files"},
 	}
 }
 
+func Values() map[string]string {
+	vals := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range AsMap() {
+		vals[k] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v.Value)
+	}
+	return vals
+}
+
 var defaultAllowOrigins = []string{
 	"localhost",
 	"127.0.0.1",
@@ -147,6 +169,10 @@ func LoadConfig() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if nohistory := clean("OLLAMA_NOHISTORY"); nohistory != "" {
+		NoHistory = true
+	}
+
 	if noprune := clean("OLLAMA_NOPRUNE"); noprune != "" {
 		NoPrune = true
 	}
@@ -181,4 +207,6 @@ func LoadConfig() {
 			MaxQueuedRequests = p
 		}
 	}
+
+	KeepAlive = clean("OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE")
 }
diff --git a/server/envconfig/config_test.go b/envconfig/config_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from server/envconfig/config_test.go
rename to envconfig/config_test.go
diff --git a/gpu/assets.go b/gpu/assets.go
index 911a6977..e3fbe47c 100644
--- a/gpu/assets.go
+++ b/gpu/assets.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/gpu/gpu.go b/gpu/gpu.go
index 781e23df..74160b60 100644
--- a/gpu/gpu.go
+++ b/gpu/gpu.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 )
 
 type handles struct {
diff --git a/llm/memory.go b/llm/memory.go
index acc2dd0b..ff64baf1 100644
--- a/llm/memory.go
+++ b/llm/memory.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/gpu"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 )
 
 // This algorithm looks for a complete fit to determine if we need to unload other models
diff --git a/llm/server.go b/llm/server.go
index 384d31ca..36fc727c 100644
--- a/llm/server.go
+++ b/llm/server.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/gpu"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 )
 
 type LlamaServer interface {
diff --git a/server/images.go b/server/images.go
index 520c899b..cf6edf95 100644
--- a/server/images.go
+++ b/server/images.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/llm"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/errtypes"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/model"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/version"
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index 4b3239e1..4ac284a4 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/gpu"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/llm"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/openai"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/errtypes"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/model"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/version"
@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 }
 
 func getDefaultSessionDuration() time.Duration {
-	if t, exists := os.LookupEnv("OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE"); exists {
-		v, err := strconv.Atoi(t)
+	if envconfig.KeepAlive != "" {
+		v, err := strconv.Atoi(envconfig.KeepAlive)
 		if err != nil {
-			d, err := time.ParseDuration(t)
+			d, err := time.ParseDuration(envconfig.KeepAlive)
 			if err != nil {
 				return defaultSessionDuration
 			}
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ func Serve(ln net.Listener) error {
 		level = slog.LevelDebug
 	}
 
-	slog.Info("server config", "env", envconfig.AsMap())
+	slog.Info("server config", "env", envconfig.Values())
 	handler := slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stderr, &slog.HandlerOptions{
 		Level:     level,
 		AddSource: true,
diff --git a/server/routes_test.go b/server/routes_test.go
index a48819fe..37671d0c 100644
--- a/server/routes_test.go
+++ b/server/routes_test.go
@@ -209,14 +209,14 @@ func Test_Routes(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	t.Setenv("OLLAMA_MODELS", t.TempDir())
+
 	s := &Server{}
 	router := s.GenerateRoutes()
 
 	httpSrv := httptest.NewServer(router)
 	t.Cleanup(httpSrv.Close)
 
-	t.Setenv("OLLAMA_MODELS", t.TempDir())
-
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			u := httpSrv.URL + tc.Path
diff --git a/server/sched.go b/server/sched.go
index 8b97e354..8c72177f 100644
--- a/server/sched.go
+++ b/server/sched.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/gpu"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/llm"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
diff --git a/server/sched_test.go b/server/sched_test.go
index addc1ad8..3ee1b989 100644
--- a/server/sched_test.go
+++ b/server/sched_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/gpu"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/llm"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/envconfig"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/envconfig"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )