diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index ac1880a8..c40c5781 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import os
 
+from guidance.llms import OpenAI
 from pyaml_env import parse_config
-from pydantic import BaseModel, validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, validator, Field, typing
 
 
 class LLMModelSpecs(BaseModel):
@@ -13,10 +14,14 @@ class LLMModelConfig(BaseModel):
     name: str
     description: str
 
+    def get_instance(cls):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
 
 class OpenAIConfig(LLMModelConfig):
     spec: LLMModelSpecs
     llm_credentials: dict
+    instance: typing.Any = Field(repr=False)
 
     @validator("type")
     def check_type(cls, v):
@@ -24,9 +29,16 @@ def check_type(cls, v):
             raise ValueError("Invalid type:" + v + " != openai")
         return v
 
+    def get_instance(cls):
+        if cls.instance is not None:
+            return cls.instance
+        cls.instance = OpenAI(**cls.llm_credentials)
+        return cls.instance
+
 
 class StrategyLLMConfig(LLMModelConfig):
     llms: list[str]
+    instance: typing.Any = Field(repr=False)
 
     @validator("type")
     def check_type(cls, v):
@@ -34,6 +46,14 @@ def check_type(cls, v):
             raise ValueError("Invalid type:" + v + " != strategy")
         return v
 
+    def get_instance(cls):
+        if cls.instance is not None:
+            return cls.instance
+        # Local import needed to avoid circular dependency
+        from app.llms.strategy_llm import StrategyLLM
+        cls.instance = StrategyLLM(cls.llms)
+        return cls.instance
+
 
 class APIKeyConfig(BaseModel):
     token: str
@@ -69,3 +89,5 @@ def get_settings(cls):
 
 
 settings = Settings.get_settings()
+for value in enumerate(settings.pyris.llms.values()):
+    value[1].get_instance()
diff --git a/app/llms/strategy_llm.py b/app/llms/strategy_llm.py
index 87e87384..35c25e4e 100644
--- a/app/llms/strategy_llm.py
+++ b/app/llms/strategy_llm.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Dict, Any
 
-from guidance.llms import LLM, OpenAI, LLMSession
+from guidance.llms import LLM, LLMSession
 
 from app.config import settings, OpenAIConfig
 from app.services.cache import cache_store
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self, llm_keys: list[str]):
             llm_key: settings.pyris.llms[llm_key] for llm_key in self.llm_keys
         }
         self.llm_instances = {
-            llm_key: OpenAI(**llm_config.llm_credentials)
+            llm_key: llm_config.get_instance()
             for llm_key, llm_config in self.llm_configs.items()
         }
         self.llm_sessions = {}
@@ -89,35 +89,25 @@ def get_total_context_length(
         )
         return prompt_token_length + max_tokens
 
-    def get_llms_with_context_length(
-        self, prompt: str, max_tokens: int
-    ) -> [str]:
-        return [
-            llm_key
-            for llm_key in self.llm.llm_keys
-            if self.llm.llm_configs[llm_key].spec.context_length
-            >= self.get_total_context_length(prompt, llm_key, max_tokens)
-        ]
-
-    def get_available_llms(self, llms: [str]) -> [str]:
-        return [
-            llm_key
-            for llm_key in llms
-            if cache_store.get(llm_key + ":status") != "OPEN"
-        ]
-
     def set_correct_session(
         self, prompt: str, max_tokens: int, exclude_llms=None
     ):
         if exclude_llms is None:
             exclude_llms = []
-        viable_llms = self.get_llms_with_context_length(prompt, max_tokens)
-        viable_llms = self.get_available_llms(viable_llms)
-        viable_llms = [
-            llm_key for llm_key in viable_llms if llm_key not in exclude_llms
-        ]
 
-        if viable_llms.__len__() == 0:
+        selected_llm = None
+
+        for llm_key in self.llm.llm_keys:
+            if (llm_key not in exclude_llms
+                and cache_store.get(llm_key + ":status") != "OPEN"
+                and self.llm.llm_configs[llm_key].spec.context_length
+                    >= self.get_total_context_length(prompt,
+                                                     llm_key,
+                                                     max_tokens)):
+                selected_llm = llm_key
+                break
+
+        if selected_llm is None:
             log.error(
                 "No viable LLMs found! Using LLM with longest context length."
             )
@@ -132,8 +122,7 @@ def set_correct_session(
                 llm_configs,
                 key=lambda llm_key: llm_configs[llm_key].spec.context_length,
             )
-        else:
-            selected_llm = viable_llms[0]
+        
         log.info("Selected LLM: " + selected_llm)
 
         self.current_session_key = selected_llm
diff --git a/app/services/guidance_wrapper.py b/app/services/guidance_wrapper.py
index 803387d3..34b88802 100644
--- a/app/services/guidance_wrapper.py
+++ b/app/services/guidance_wrapper.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-from typing import cast
-
 import guidance
 
-from app.config import LLMModelConfig, OpenAIConfig, StrategyLLMConfig
+from app.config import LLMModelConfig
 from app.models.dtos import Content, ContentType
 from app.services.guidance_functions import truncate
-from app.llms.strategy_llm import StrategyLLM
 
 
 class GuidanceWrapper:
@@ -72,11 +69,4 @@ def is_up(self) -> bool:
         return content == "1"
 
     def _get_llm(self):
-        if isinstance(self.model, OpenAIConfig):
-            return guidance.llms.OpenAI(
-                **cast(OpenAIConfig, self.model).llm_credentials
-            )
-        elif isinstance(self.model, StrategyLLMConfig):
-            return StrategyLLM(cast(StrategyLLMConfig, self.model).llms)
-        else:
-            raise ValueError("Invalid model type: " + str(type(self.model)))
+        return self.model.get_instance()