diff --git a/src/lib/server/parser.ts b/src/lib/server/parser.ts
index d9474c7..6691ad9 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/parser.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/parser.ts
@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ export async function detectRecipe(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
 					content: `Does this text contain a recipe?\n\n${text}`
 				}
 			],
-			max_tokens: 10,
+			// 1024 gives thinking models room to reason before answering
+			max_tokens: 1024,
 			temperature: 0
 		});
 
-		const detectionResult = detectionResponse.choices[0].message.content?.toLowerCase() ?? '';
+		const msg = detectionResponse.choices[0].message;
+		// Some local models (e.g. Gemma thinking variants) return the answer in
+		// reasoning_content instead of content when max_tokens is tight.
+		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+		const reasoning: string = (msg as any).reasoning_content ?? '';
+		const detectionResult = (msg.content ?? reasoning).toLowerCase();
 		console.log('[LLM] Detection response:', detectionResult);
 
 		return detectionResult.includes('yes');