diff --git a/simplemind/providers/ollama.py b/simplemind/providers/ollama.py
index e4b45fd..ce96503 100644
--- a/simplemind/providers/ollama.py
+++ b/simplemind/providers/ollama.py
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 import ollama as ol
+import instructor
+from openai import OpenAI
 
 from ._base import BaseProvider
 from ..settings import settings
 
 PROVIDER_NAME = "ollama"
 DEFAULT_MODEL = "llama3.2"
-TIMEOUT = 60
-NOT_IMPLEMENTED_REASON = """
-# TODO: instructor does not natively support ollama.
-# Alternate python dependency may be required
-"""
+DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60
+
 
 class Ollama(BaseProvider):
     NAME = PROVIDER_NAME
     DEFAULT_MODEL = DEFAULT_MODEL
+    TIMEOUT = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 
     def __init__(self, host_url: str = None):
         self.host_url = host_url or settings.OLLAMA_HOST_URL
@@ -23,18 +23,23 @@ class Ollama(BaseProvider):
         """The raw Ollama client."""
         if not self.host_url:
             raise ValueError("No ollama host url provided")
-        return ol.Client(
-            timeout=TIMEOUT,
-            host=self.host_url)
+        return ol.Client(timeout=self.TIMEOUT, host=self.host_url)
 
     @property
     def structured_client(self):
         """A client patched with Instructor."""
-        raise NotImplementedError(NOT_IMPLEMENTED_REASON)
+        return instructor.from_openai(
+            OpenAI(
+                base_url=f"{self.host_url}/v1",
+                api_key="ollama",
+            ),
+            mode=instructor.Mode.JSON,
+        )
 
     def send_conversation(self, conversation: "Conversation"):
         """Send a conversation to the Ollama API."""
         from ..models import Message
+
         messages = [
             {"role": msg.role, "content": msg.text} for msg in conversation.messages
         ]
@@ -52,16 +57,21 @@ class Ollama(BaseProvider):
             llm_provider=PROVIDER_NAME,
         )
 
-    def structured_response(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        raise NotImplementedError(NOT_IMPLEMENTED_REASON)
+    def structured_response(self, prompt, response_model, *, llm_model: str, **kwargs):
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "user", "content": prompt},
+        ]
+
+        response = self.structured_client.chat.completions.create(
+            messages=messages, model=llm_model, response_model=response_model, **kwargs
+        )
+        return response
 
     def generate_text(self, prompt, *, llm_model):
         messages = [
             {"role": "user", "content": prompt},
         ]
 
-        response = self.client.chat(
-            messages=messages, model=llm_model
-        )
+        response = self.client.chat(messages=messages, model=llm_model)
 
         return response.get("message").get("content")