diff --git a/lisp/init-ai.el b/lisp/init-ai.el
index 667812e..4ce26ee 100644
--- a/lisp/init-ai.el
+++ b/lisp/init-ai.el
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   "Return the path to the DeepSeek API key file."
   (expand-file-name "~/.config/llm/deepseek/api_key.txt"))
 
-(defun read-deepseek-api-key ()
+(defun read-llm-api-key (path)
   "Read and return the DeepSeek API key from the configured file."
   (with-temp-buffer
-    (insert-file-contents (deepseek-api-key-path))
+    (insert-file-contents (path))
     (string-trim (buffer-string))))
 
 (use-package gptel
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
           :host "api.deepseek.com"
           :endpoint "/chat/completions"
           :stream t
-          :key (read-deepseek-api-key)
+          :key (read-deepseek-api-key(deepseek-api-key-path))
           :models '("deepseek-chat" "deepseek-coder"))))
 
 ;; aider.el
 (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/aider/")
 (require 'aider)
 (setq aider-args '("--model" "deepseek/deepseek-coder"))
-(setenv "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" (read-deepseek-api-key))
+(setenv "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" (read-deepseek-api-key()deepseek-api-key-path))
 
 (provide 'init-ai)
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