diff --git a/backend/open_webui/config.py b/backend/open_webui/config.py
index a6ec2e0d3ac..f15f02b68bb 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/config.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/config.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import shutil
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Generic, Optional, TypeVar
+from typing import Generic, Optional, TypeVar, Tuple
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import chromadb
@@ -105,51 +105,6 @@ def reset_config():
     "version": 0,
     "ui": {
         "default_locale": "",
-        "prompt_suggestions": [
-            {
-                "title": [
-                    "Help me study",
-                    "vocabulary for a college entrance exam",
-                ],
-                "content": "Help me study vocabulary: write a sentence for me to fill in the blank, and I'll try to pick the correct option.",
-            },
-            {
-                "title": [
-                    "Give me ideas",
-                    "for what to do with my kids' art",
-                ],
-                "content": "What are 5 creative things I could do with my kids' art? I don't want to throw them away, but it's also so much clutter.",
-            },
-            {
-                "title": ["Tell me a fun fact", "about the Roman Empire"],
-                "content": "Tell me a random fun fact about the Roman Empire",
-            },
-            {
-                "title": [
-                    "Show me a code snippet",
-                    "of a website's sticky header",
-                ],
-                "content": "Show me a code snippet of a website's sticky header in CSS and JavaScript.",
-            },
-            {
-                "title": [
-                    "Explain options trading",
-                    "if I'm familiar with buying and selling stocks",
-                ],
-                "content": "Explain options trading in simple terms if I'm familiar with buying and selling stocks.",
-            },
-            {
-                "title": ["Overcome procrastination", "give me tips"],
-                "content": "Could you start by asking me about instances when I procrastinate the most and then give me some suggestions to overcome it?",
-            },
-            {
-                "title": [
-                    "Grammar check",
-                    "rewrite it for better readability ",
-                ],
-                "content": 'Check the following sentence for grammar and clarity: "[sentence]". Rewrite it for better readability while maintaining its original meaning.',
-            },
-        ],
     },
 }
 
@@ -828,38 +783,58 @@ def oidc_oauth_register(client):
     "DEFAULT_MODELS", "ui.default_models", os.environ.get("DEFAULT_MODELS", None)
 )
 
+
+class PromptSuggestionModel(BaseModel):
+    title: Tuple[str, str]
+    content: str
+
+
+prompt_suggestions_default = [
+    {
+        "title": ["Help me study", "vocabulary for a college entrance exam"],
+        "content": "Help me study vocabulary: write a sentence for me to fill in the blank, and I'll try to pick the correct option.",
+    },
+    {
+        "title": ["Give me ideas", "for what to do with my kids' art"],
+        "content": "What are 5 creative things I could do with my kids' art? I don't want to throw them away, but it's also so much clutter.",
+    },
+    {
+        "title": ["Tell me a fun fact", "about the Roman Empire"],
+        "content": "Tell me a random fun fact about the Roman Empire",
+    },
+    {
+        "title": ["Show me a code snippet", "of a website's sticky header"],
+        "content": "Show me a code snippet of a website's sticky header in CSS and JavaScript.",
+    },
+    {
+        "title": [
+            "Explain options trading",
+            "if I'm familiar with buying and selling stocks",
+        ],
+        "content": "Explain options trading in simple terms if I'm familiar with buying and selling stocks.",
+    },
+    {
+        "title": ["Overcome procrastination", "give me tips"],
+        "content": "Could you start by asking me about instances when I procrastinate the most and then give me some suggestions to overcome it?",
+    },
+]
+
+try:
+    prompt_suggestions = json.loads(
+        os.environ.get("DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS", prompt_suggestions_default)
+    )
+    prompt_suggestions = [
+        PromptSuggestionModel(**prompt_suggestion)
+        for prompt_suggestion in prompt_suggestions
+    ]
+except Exception as e:
+    logging.error("Error loading DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS: %s", e)
+    prompt_suggestions = []
+
 DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS = PersistentConfig(
     "DEFAULT_PROMPT_SUGGESTIONS",
     "ui.prompt_suggestions",
-    [
-        {
-            "title": ["Help me study", "vocabulary for a college entrance exam"],
-            "content": "Help me study vocabulary: write a sentence for me to fill in the blank, and I'll try to pick the correct option.",
-        },
-        {
-            "title": ["Give me ideas", "for what to do with my kids' art"],
-            "content": "What are 5 creative things I could do with my kids' art? I don't want to throw them away, but it's also so much clutter.",
-        },
-        {
-            "title": ["Tell me a fun fact", "about the Roman Empire"],
-            "content": "Tell me a random fun fact about the Roman Empire",
-        },
-        {
-            "title": ["Show me a code snippet", "of a website's sticky header"],
-            "content": "Show me a code snippet of a website's sticky header in CSS and JavaScript.",
-        },
-        {
-            "title": [
-                "Explain options trading",
-                "if I'm familiar with buying and selling stocks",
-            ],
-            "content": "Explain options trading in simple terms if I'm familiar with buying and selling stocks.",
-        },
-        {
-            "title": ["Overcome procrastination", "give me tips"],
-            "content": "Could you start by asking me about instances when I procrastinate the most and then give me some suggestions to overcome it?",
-        },
-    ],
+    prompt_suggestions,
 )
 
 MODEL_ORDER_LIST = PersistentConfig(