diff --git a/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/__init__.py b/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/__init__.py
index 3c92754..3fc639d 100644
--- a/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/__init__.py
+++ b/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: GroqConfigEntry) -> bool
     LOGGER.info("Setting up %s", entry)
 
     client = groq.AsyncGroq(api_key=entry.data[CONF_API_KEY])
+
+    # TODO: I get async errors when trying to call the list function. But this would be the proper way to validate the API key.
     # try:
     #     await hass.async_add_executor_job(client.with_options(timeout=10.0).models.list)
     # except groq.AuthenticationError as err:
diff --git a/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/const.py b/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/const.py
index 822ea43..e619aa4 100644
--- a/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/const.py
+++ b/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/const.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DEFAULT_NAME = "Groq Cloud API"
 CONF_RECOMMENDED = "recommended"
 CONF_PROMPT = "prompt"
 CONF_CHAT_MODEL = "chat_model"
-RECOMMENDED_CHAT_MODEL = "llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview"
+RECOMMENDED_CHAT_MODEL = "llama-3.1-70b-versatile"
 CONF_MAX_TOKENS = "max_tokens"
 RECOMMENDED_MAX_TOKENS = 150
 CONF_TOP_P = "top_p"
diff --git a/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/manifest.json b/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/manifest.json
index feb6a11..f3b410d 100644
--- a/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/manifest.json
+++ b/custom_components/groq_cloud_api/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "domain": "groq_cloud_api",
   "name": "Groq Cloud API",
-  "version": "0.0.6",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "codeowners": [
     "@HunorLaczko"
   ],