diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a64a55..0b0c97f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@ acseo_typesense:
                         from:
                             - title
                             - description
-                        model_config: 
-                            model_name: ts/e5-small
+                        model_config:
+                            model_name: ts/e5-small  # Typesense Cloud model (requires Typesense Cloud)
+                            # For custom embedding services (Ollama, local models, etc.):
+                            # model_name: 'openai/your-model-name'
+                            # url: 'http://your-embedding-service:port'
+                            # api_key: 'your-api-key'  # Optional
             default_sorting_field: sortable_id       # Default sorting field. Must be int32 or float
             symbols_to_index: ['+']                  # Optional - You can add + to this list to make the word c++ indexable verbatim.
         users:
@@ -327,7 +331,7 @@ $commonParams = new TypesenseQuery()->addParameter('query_by', 'name');
 $response = $this->collectionClient->multisearch($searchRequests, $commonParams);
 ```
 
-## Cookbook 
+## Cookbook
 ----------------
 
 * [Use Typesense to make an autocomplete field](doc/cookbook/autocomplete.md)
diff --git a/src/Client/CollectionClient.php b/src/Client/CollectionClient.php
index 19075ff..aebfdfe 100644
--- a/src/Client/CollectionClient.php
+++ b/src/Client/CollectionClient.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function list()
         return $this->client->collections->retrieve();
     }
 
-    public function create($name, $fields, $defaultSortingField, array $tokenSeparators, array $symbolsToIndex, bool $enableNestedFields = false, ?array $embed = null)
+    public function create($name, $fields, $defaultSortingField, array $tokenSeparators, array $symbolsToIndex, bool $enableNestedFields = false)
     {
         if (!$this->client->isOperationnal()) {
             return null;
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ public function create($name, $fields, $defaultSortingField, array $tokenSeparat
             'symbols_to_index'      => $symbolsToIndex,
             'enable_nested_fields'  => $enableNestedFields,
         ];
-        
-        if ($embed) {
-            $options['embed'] = $embed;
-        }
 
         $this->client->collections->create($options);
     }
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 476c869..9224d9f 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder(): TreeBuilder
                                                 ->arrayNode('model_config')
                                                     ->children()
                                                         ->scalarNode('model_name')->isRequired()->end()
+                                                        ->scalarNode('api_key')->cannotBeEmpty()->end()
+                                                        ->scalarNode('url')->cannotBeEmpty()->end()
                                                     ->end()
                                                 ->end()
                                             ->end()
diff --git a/src/Manager/CollectionManager.php b/src/Manager/CollectionManager.php
index d7105b7..d242258 100644
--- a/src/Manager/CollectionManager.php
+++ b/src/Manager/CollectionManager.php
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ public function createCollection($collectionDefinitionName)
             $definition['default_sorting_field'],
             $tokenSeparators,
             $symbolsToIndex,
-            $definition['enable_nested_fields'] ?? false,
-            $definition['embed'] ?? null
+            $definition['enable_nested_fields'] ?? false
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/ACSEOTypesenseExtensionTest.php b/tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/ACSEOTypesenseExtensionTest.php
index c111de4..525a17c 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/ACSEOTypesenseExtensionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/ACSEOTypesenseExtensionTest.php
@@ -92,4 +92,39 @@ public function testFinderServiceDefinitionWithCollectionPrefix()
         $this->assertSame('acseo_prefix_books', $arguments['typesense_name']);
         $this->assertSame('books', $arguments['name']);
     }
+
+    public function testEmbeddingConfigurationWithCustomService()
+    {
+        $containerBuilder = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $containerBuilder->registerExtension($extension = new ACSEOTypesenseExtension());
+        $containerBuilder->setParameter('kernel.debug', true);
+
+        $loader = new YamlFileLoader($containerBuilder, new FileLocator(__DIR__.'/fixtures'));
+        $loader->load('acseo_typesense.yml');
+
+        $extensionConfig = $containerBuilder->getExtensionConfig($extension->getAlias());
+        $extension->load($extensionConfig, $containerBuilder);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($containerBuilder->hasDefinition('typesense.client'));
+        $this->assertTrue($containerBuilder->hasDefinition('typesense.finder.books'));
+
+        // Verify that embed configuration is properly stored at field level
+        $managerDefinition = $containerBuilder->getDefinition('typesense.collection_manager');
+        $collections = $managerDefinition->getArgument(2);
+
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('books', $collections);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('embeddings', $collections['books']['fields']);
+
+        $embeddingsField = $collections['books']['fields']['embeddings'];
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('embed', $embeddingsField);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('from', $embeddingsField['embed']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('model_config', $embeddingsField['embed']);
+        $this->assertEquals(['title'], $embeddingsField['embed']['from']);
+        $this->assertEquals('openai/test-model', $embeddingsField['embed']['model_config']['model_name']);
+        $this->assertEquals('test-api-key', $embeddingsField['embed']['model_config']['api_key']);
+        $this->assertEquals('http://test-url:8080', $embeddingsField['embed']['model_config']['url']);
+
+        // Verify that there is NO embed parameter at collection level
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('embed', $collections['books']);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/fixtures/acseo_typesense.yml b/tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/fixtures/acseo_typesense.yml
index 9bb4c69..b540b1e 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/fixtures/acseo_typesense.yml
+++ b/tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/fixtures/acseo_typesense.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,21 @@ acseo_typesense:
                 genres:
                     name: genres
                     type: collection                 # Convert ArrayCollection to array of strings
-                publishedAt: 
+                publishedAt:
                     name: publishedAt
                     type: datetime
                     optional: true                   # Declare field as optional
+                embeddings:
+                    name: embeddings
+                    type: float[]
+                    optional: true
+                    embed:
+                        from:
+                            - title
+                        model_config:
+                            model_name: 'openai/test-model'
+                            api_key: 'test-api-key'
+                            url: 'http://test-url:8080'
             default_sorting_field: sortable_id       # Default sorting field. Must be int32 or float
             finders: 
                 title_or_author: