diff --git a/tools/vision_tools.py b/tools/vision_tools.py
index 2bcf256b2..d3019b1d0 100644
--- a/tools/vision_tools.py
+++ b/tools/vision_tools.py
@@ -553,18 +553,23 @@ async def vision_analyze_tool(
         # Read timeout from config.yaml (auxiliary.vision.timeout), default 120s.
         # Local vision models (llama.cpp, ollama) can take well over 30s.
         vision_timeout = 120.0
+        vision_temperature = 0.1
         try:
             from hermes_cli.config import load_config
             _cfg = load_config()
-            _vt = _cfg.get("auxiliary", {}).get("vision", {}).get("timeout")
+            _vision_cfg = _cfg.get("auxiliary", {}).get("vision", {})
+            _vt = _vision_cfg.get("timeout")
             if _vt is not None:
                 vision_timeout = float(_vt)
+            _vtemp = _vision_cfg.get("temperature")
+            if _vtemp is not None:
+                vision_temperature = float(_vtemp)
         except Exception:
             pass
         call_kwargs = {
             "task": "vision",
             "messages": messages,
-            "temperature": 0.1,
+            "temperature": vision_temperature,
             "max_tokens": 2000,
             "timeout": vision_timeout,
         }