diff --git a/core/src/browser/models/utils.ts b/core/src/browser/models/utils.ts
index 0e52441b2..2ac243b6a 100644
--- a/core/src/browser/models/utils.ts
+++ b/core/src/browser/models/utils.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const validationRules: { [key: string]: (value: any) => boolean } = {
   presence_penalty: (value: any) => typeof value === 'number' && value >= 0 && value <= 1,
 
   ctx_len: (value: any) => Number.isInteger(value) && value >= 0,
-  ngl: (value: any) => Number.isInteger(value) && value >= 0,
+  ngl: (value: any) => Number.isInteger(value),
   embedding: (value: any) => typeof value === 'boolean',
   n_parallel: (value: any) => Number.isInteger(value) && value >= 0,
   cpu_threads: (value: any) => Number.isInteger(value) && value >= 0,
diff --git a/extensions/inference-cortex-extension/src/index.ts b/extensions/inference-cortex-extension/src/index.ts
index 3e8b60ebe..d80bad3d4 100644
--- a/extensions/inference-cortex-extension/src/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/inference-cortex-extension/src/index.ts
@@ -253,11 +253,12 @@ export default class JanInferenceCortexExtension extends LocalOAIEngine {
         }
       }
     }
+    const modelSettings = extractModelLoadParams(model.settings)
     return await this.apiInstance().then((api) =>
       api
         .post('v1/models/start', {
           json: {
-            ...extractModelLoadParams(model.settings),
+            ...modelSettings,
             model: model.id,
             engine:
               model.engine === 'nitro' // Legacy model cache
@@ -282,6 +283,9 @@ export default class JanInferenceCortexExtension extends LocalOAIEngine {
             ...(this.context_shift === false
               ? { 'no-context-shift': true }
               : {}),
+            ...(modelSettings.ngl === -1 || modelSettings.ngl === undefined
+              ? { ngl: 100 }
+              : {}),
           },
           timeout: false,
           signal,
diff --git a/web-app/src/routes/settings/hardware.tsx b/web-app/src/routes/settings/hardware.tsx
index dcd301773..53de1f9b3 100644
--- a/web-app/src/routes/settings/hardware.tsx
+++ b/web-app/src/routes/settings/hardware.tsx
@@ -371,30 +371,34 @@ function Hardware() {
             )}
 
             {/* GPU Information */}
-            <Card title="GPUs">
-              {hardwareData.gpus.length > 0 ? (
-                <DndContext
-                  sensors={sensors}
-                  collisionDetection={closestCenter}
-                  onDragEnd={handleDragEnd}
-                >
-                  <SortableContext
-                    items={hardwareData.gpus.map((gpu) => gpu.id)}
-                    strategy={verticalListSortingStrategy}
+            {!IS_MACOS ? (
+              <Card title="GPUs">
+                {hardwareData.gpus.length > 0 ? (
+                  <DndContext
+                    sensors={sensors}
+                    collisionDetection={closestCenter}
+                    onDragEnd={handleDragEnd}
                   >
-                    {hardwareData.gpus.map((gpu, index) => (
-                      <SortableGPUItem
-                        key={gpu.id || index}
-                        gpu={gpu}
-                        index={index}
-                      />
-                    ))}
-                  </SortableContext>
-                </DndContext>
-              ) : (
-                <CardItem title="No GPUs detected" actions={<></>} />
-              )}
-            </Card>
+                    <SortableContext
+                      items={hardwareData.gpus.map((gpu) => gpu.id)}
+                      strategy={verticalListSortingStrategy}
+                    >
+                      {hardwareData.gpus.map((gpu, index) => (
+                        <SortableGPUItem
+                          key={gpu.id || index}
+                          gpu={gpu}
+                          index={index}
+                        />
+                      ))}
+                    </SortableContext>
+                  </DndContext>
+                ) : (
+                  <CardItem title="No GPUs detected" actions={<></>} />
+                )}
+              </Card>
+            ) : (
+              <></>
+            )}
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>