diff --git a/lab_api_new.py b/lab_api_new.py
index 760ed7a..52390fc 100644
--- a/lab_api_new.py
+++ b/lab_api_new.py
@@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ async def deck_gen_v3_status():
     return {
         'initialized': _deck_gen_v3 is not None,
         'pplx_configured': bool(CFG.pplx_api_key),
-        'model': _deck_gen_v3.pplx.model if _deck_gen_v3 else None,
+        'model': _deck_gen_v3.model if _deck_gen_v3 else None,
         'embeddings_loaded': (
             _coach_embeddings.loaded if _coach_embeddings else False
         ),
@@ -2992,42 +2992,23 @@ def init_coach_service():
 
         log_coach.info("  Coach:        Service initialized")
 
-        # Initialize V3 Deck Generator (Perplexity)
-        _deck_gen_v3_error = None
-        if CFG.pplx_api_key or os.environ.get('DECK_GEN_PROVIDER') == 'local':
-            try:
-                from coach.clients.perplexity_client import PerplexityClient
-                from coach.services.deck_generator import DeckGeneratorV3
-                from coach.config import DECK_GEN_MODEL, DECK_GEN_PROVIDER, DECK_GEN_BASE_URL
-
-                if DECK_GEN_PROVIDER == 'local':
-                    pplx_client = PerplexityClient(
-                        api_key='ollama',
-                        model=DECK_GEN_MODEL,
-                        base_url=DECK_GEN_BASE_URL,
-                    )
-                else:
-                    pplx_client = PerplexityClient(
-                        api_key=CFG.pplx_api_key,
-                        model=DECK_GEN_MODEL,
-                    )
-                _deck_gen_v3 = DeckGeneratorV3(
-                    pplx_client=pplx_client,
-                    db_conn_factory=_get_db_conn,
-                    embedding_index=_coach_embeddings,
-                )
-                log_deckgen.info(f"  Deck Gen V3:  Initialized (model: {DECK_GEN_MODEL})")
-            except ImportError as e:
-                _deck_gen_v3_error = f"Missing dependency: {e}. Run: pip install openai"
-                log_deckgen.error(f"  Deck Gen V3:  {_deck_gen_v3_error}")
-                _deck_gen_v3 = None
-            except Exception as e:
-                _deck_gen_v3_error = str(e)
-                log_deckgen.error(f"  Deck Gen V3:  Failed to initialize: {e}")
-                _deck_gen_v3 = None
-        else:
-            _deck_gen_v3_error = "PPLX_API_KEY not set"
-            log_deckgen.info("  Deck Gen V3:  Skipped (no PPLX_API_KEY)")
+            # Initialize V3 Deck Generator (Ollama-based)
+    _deck_gen_v3_error = None
+    try:
+        from src.commander_ai_lab.deck_builder.adapter import DeckBuilderAdapter
+        _deck_gen_v3 = DeckBuilderAdapter(
+            db_conn_factory=get_db_conn,
+            model="gpt-oss:20b",
+        )
+        log_deckgen.info(" Deck Gen V3:  Initialized (Ollama DeckBuilderAdapter)")
+    except ImportError as e:
+        _deck_gen_v3_error = f"Missing dependency: {e}. Run: pip install requests beautifulsoup4"
+        log_deckgen.error(f" Deck Gen V3:  {_deck_gen_v3_error}")
+        _deck_gen_v3 = None
+    except Exception as e:
+        _deck_gen_v3_error = str(e)
+        log_deckgen.error(f" Deck Gen V3:  Failed to initialize: {e}")
+        _deck_gen_v3 = None
 
     except Exception as e:
         log_coach.error(f"  Coach:        Failed to initialize: {e}")