diff --git a/litellm-config.yaml b/litellm-config.yaml
index 94692ed..52cb862 100644
--- a/litellm-config.yaml
+++ b/litellm-config.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ model_list:
     litellm_params:
       model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-5
 
+litellm_settings:
+  # Callers (Hermes included) send provider-specific params like reasoning_effort that
+  # not every routed model/provider accepts — drop unsupported ones instead of erroring.
+  drop_params: true
+
 general_settings:
   forward_client_headers_to_llm_api: true
   master_key: os.environ/LITELLM_MASTER_KEY