diff --git a/backend/director/agents/index.py b/backend/director/agents/index.py
index 28e0b9e..a385fbe 100644
--- a/backend/director/agents/index.py
+++ b/backend/director/agents/index.py
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@
                     "default": "shot",
                     "description": "Method to use for scene detection and frame extraction",
                 },
+                "model_name": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "The name of the model to use for scene detection and frame extraction",
+                    "default": "gpt4-o",
+                    "enum": ["gemini-1.5-flash", "gemini-1.5-pro", "gpt4-o"],
+                },
                 "shot_based_config": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "description": "Configuration for shot-based scene detection and frame extraction, This is a required parameter for shot_based indexing",
@@ -246,6 +252,9 @@ def run(
 
             elif index_type == "scene":
                 scene_index_type = scene_index_config["type"]
+                scene_index_model_name = scene_index_config.get(
+                    "model_name", "gpt4-o"
+                )
                 scene_index_config = scene_index_config[
                     scene_index_type + "_based_config"
                 ]
@@ -254,6 +263,7 @@ def run(
                     extraction_type=scene_index_type,
                     extraction_config=scene_index_config,
                     prompt=scene_index_prompt,
+                    model_name=scene_index_model_name,
                 )
                 self.videodb_tool.get_scene_index(
                     video_id=video_id, scene_id=scene_index_id
diff --git a/backend/director/tools/videodb_tool.py b/backend/director/tools/videodb_tool.py
index 68d4b18..f96722f 100644
--- a/backend/director/tools/videodb_tool.py
+++ b/backend/director/tools/videodb_tool.py
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ def index_scene(
         video_id: str,
         extraction_type=SceneExtractionType.shot_based,
         extraction_config={},
+        model_name=None,
         prompt=None,
     ):
         video = self.collection.get_video(video_id)
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ def index_scene(
             extraction_type=extraction_type,
             extraction_config=extraction_config,
             prompt=prompt,
+            model_name=model_name,
         )
 
     def list_scene_index(self, video_id: str):