diff --git a/dotnet/src/AutoGen/LMStudioConfig.cs b/dotnet/src/AutoGen/LMStudioConfig.cs
index 4605b051142f..29c60ff13f39 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/AutoGen/LMStudioConfig.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/AutoGen/LMStudioConfig.cs
@@ -13,18 +13,28 @@ namespace AutoGen;
 /// </summary>
 public class LMStudioConfig : ILLMConfig
 {
-    public LMStudioConfig(string host, int port)
+    public LMStudioConfig(string host, int port, string modelName)
     {
         this.Host = host;
         this.Port = port;
-        this.Uri = new Uri($"http://{host}:{port}");
+        this.Uri = new Uri($"http://{host}:{port}/v1");
+        if (modelName == null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException("modelName is a required property for LMStudioConfig and cannot be null");
+        }
+        this.ModelName = modelName;
     }
 
-    public LMStudioConfig(Uri uri)
+    public LMStudioConfig(Uri uri, string modelName)
     {
         this.Uri = uri;
         this.Host = uri.Host;
         this.Port = uri.Port;
+        if (modelName == null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException("modelName is a required property for LMStudioConfig and cannot be null");
+        }
+        this.ModelName = modelName;
     }
 
     public string Host { get; }
@@ -33,6 +43,8 @@ public LMStudioConfig(Uri uri)
 
     public Uri Uri { get; }
 
+    public string ModelName { get; }
+
     internal ChatClient CreateChatClient()
     {
         var client = new OpenAIClient(new ApiKeyCredential("api-key"), new OpenAIClientOptions
@@ -40,8 +52,6 @@ internal ChatClient CreateChatClient()
             Endpoint = this.Uri,
         });
 
-        // model name doesn't matter for LM Studio
-
-        return client.GetChatClient("model-name");
+        return client.GetChatClient(this.ModelName);
     }
 }