diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0aea3cf..877a107 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CT 116 Docker stack for routing local GPU models through a unified OpenAI-compat
 nginx :80 → router :9000 → GPU backends
                 ├─ qwen3.6-35B-A3B (MoE) @ 192.168.68.15:8080  [2 slots]
                 ├─ qwen3.6-27B-code (Dense) @ 192.168.68.8:8080  [2 slots]
-                └─ qwen3.5-9b-vlm (VLM) @ 192.168.68.110:8080    [2 slots]
+                └─ gemma-4-12b (VLM) @ 192.168.68.110:8080    [2 slots]
                                      Total: 6 concurrent slots
 
 LiteLLM :8081 (fallback) | Dashboard :3000 | Redis :6379 (local)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ When all GPUs are saturated, requests enter a polling queue (500ms intervals) in
 |-----|-------|------|-------|
 | Strix Halo | qwen3.6-35B-A3B (MoE) | 65GB | 2 |
 | RTX 3090 | qwen3.6-27B-code (Dense) | 24GB | 2 |
-| RTX 5070 | qwen3.5-9b-vlm (VLM) | 12GB | 2 |
+| New Backend | gemma-4-12b (VLM) | 7.1GB | 2 |
 
 ## Maintenance
 
diff --git a/dashboard/dashboard.py b/dashboard/dashboard.py
index 62626ae..5a30ec1 100644
--- a/dashboard/dashboard.py
+++ b/dashboard/dashboard.py
@@ -111,9 +111,15 @@ body { background: #0b0f17; color: #bcc3cd; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMac
 </div>
 
 <script>
-var MC={'gemma-4-12b':'#22c55e','qwen3.6-27B-code':'#f59e0b','qwen3.6-35B-A3B':'#a78bfa'};
-var ML={'gemma-4-12b':'Gemma 4 12B','qwen3.6-27B-code':'Qwen Code','qwen3.6-35B-A3B':'Qwen MoE'};
-var GL={'qwen3.6-35B-A3B':'MoE - Strix Halo','qwen3.6-27B-code':'Dense - RTX 3090','gemma-4-12b':'VLM - New Backend'};
+// ═══ MODEL CONFIG — Update ONLY this array for model migrations ═══
+var MODELS=[
+  {id:'qwen3.6-35B-A3B',label:'Qwen MoE',gpu:'MoE - Strix Halo',color:'#a78bfa',short:'MoE',domId:'gpu-moe'},
+  {id:'qwen3.6-27B-code',label:'Qwen Code',gpu:'Dense - RTX 3090',color:'#f59e0b',short:'Dense',domId:'gpu-dense'},
+  {id:'gemma-4-12b',label:'Gemma 4 12B',gpu:'VLM - New Backend',color:'#22c55e',short:'VLM',domId:'gpu-light'}
+];
+// Auto-derived lookups — DO NOT EDIT below
+var MC={},ML={},GL={},ids={},lb={};
+MODELS.forEach(function(m){MC[m.id]=m.color;ML[m.id]=m.label;GL[m.id]=m.gpu;ids[m.id]=m.domId;lb[m.id]=m.short;});
 function $(id){return document.getElementById(id);}
 
 function render(data){
@@ -122,7 +128,6 @@ var t=Object.values(data.route_counts||{}).reduce((a,b)=>a+b,0);
 var ta=0,tm=0;data.gpus.forEach(function(g){ta+=(g.active_requests||0);tm+=(g.max_concurrent||1)});
 $('kpi-total').textContent=t;$('kpi-active').textContent=ta+'/'+tm;$('kpi-agents').textContent=Object.keys(data.agent_counts||{}).length;
 $('update-time').textContent=new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
-var ids={'qwen3.6-35B-A3B':'gpu-moe','qwen3.6-27B-code':'gpu-dense','gemma-4-12b':'gpu-light'};
 data.gpus.forEach(function(g){
 var el=$(ids[g.id]);if(!el)return;
 var a=g.active_requests||0,mx=g.max_concurrent||1;
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ el.innerHTML=h;
 
 function renderGPUMetrics(data){
 var el=$('gpu-metrics-card');if(!el)return;
-var lb={'qwen3.6-35B-A3B':'MoE','qwen3.6-27B-code':'Dense','gemma-4-12b':'VLM'};
+
 var h='';data.gpus.forEach(function(g){
 var nm=lb[g.id]||g.id,tp=g.temp_c||0,ut=g.gpu_util_pct||0,pw=g.power_w||0,pl=g.power_limit_w||0;
 var tc=tp>85?'#ef4444':tp>70?'#f59e0b':'#22c55e',uc=ut>90?'#ef4444':ut>70?'#f59e0b':'#22c55e';
diff --git a/gpu-router-docker.conf b/gpu-router-docker.conf
index de202b6..c17c2f5 100644
--- a/gpu-router-docker.conf
+++ b/gpu-router-docker.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ upstream llmgpu_pool {
 }
 
 upstream ocu_llm_pool {
-    ## RTX 5070 — qwen3.5-9b-vlm (VLM) — Vision + light tasks
+    ## New Backend — gemma-4-12b (VLM) — Vision + light tasks
     server 192.168.68.110:8080;
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ map $http_x_syslog_model $gpu_upstream {
     "heavy"          llmgpu_pool;
     "qwen3.5-27B"    llmgpu_pool;
     "light"          ocu_llm_pool;
-    "qwen3.5-9b-vlm"        ocu_llm_pool;
+    "gemma-4-12b"        ocu_llm_pool;
 }
 
 ## Rate limit zone — 10 req/s per IP, burst of 20
diff --git a/gpu-router.conf b/gpu-router.conf
index 950b378..d0e9712 100644
--- a/gpu-router.conf
+++ b/gpu-router.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ upstream llmgpu_pool {
 }
 
 upstream ocu_llm_pool {
-    ## RTX 5070 — qwen3.5-9b-vlm (VLM) — Vision + light tasks
+    ## New Backend — gemma-4-12b (VLM) — Vision + light tasks
     server 192.168.68.110:8080;
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ map $http_x_syslog_model $gpu_upstream {
     "heavy"          llmgpu_pool;
     "qwen3.5-27B"    llmgpu_pool;
     "light"          ocu_llm_pool;
-    "qwen3.5-9b-vlm"        ocu_llm_pool;
+    "gemma-4-12b"        ocu_llm_pool;
 }
 
 server {
diff --git a/litellm_config.yaml b/litellm_config.yaml
index b7bd2d2..244fde4 100644
--- a/litellm_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm_config.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ model_list:
       api_base: http://192.168.68.8:8080/v1
       api_key: "not-needed"
 
-  - model_name: qwen3.5-9b-vlm
+  - model_name: gemma-4-12b
     litellm_params:
-      model: openai/qwen3.5-9b-vlm
+      model: openai/gemma-4-12b
       api_base: http://192.168.68.110:8080/v1
       api_key: "not-needed"
 
diff --git a/router/router.py b/router/router.py
index 85c59e8..66d4e06 100644
--- a/router/router.py
+++ b/router/router.py
@@ -10,31 +10,31 @@ GPU_LIGHT_URL = os.environ.get("GPU_LIGHT_URL", "http://192.168.68.110:8080/v1")
 GPU_SIDECARS = {
     "qwen3.6-35B-A3B": "http://192.168.68.15:8090",
     "qwen3.6-27B-code": "http://192.168.68.8:8090",
-    "qwen3.5-9b-vlm": "http://192.168.68.110:8090",
+    "gemma-4-12b": "http://192.168.68.110:8090",
 }
 GPU_URLS = {
     "qwen3.6-35B-A3B": GPU_MOE_URL,
     "qwen3.6-27B-code": GPU_DENSE_URL,
-    "qwen3.5-9b-vlm": GPU_LIGHT_URL,
+    "gemma-4-12b": GPU_LIGHT_URL,
 }
 # Max concurrent requests per GPU (based on llama.cpp --parallel)
 GPU_MAX_CONCURRENT = {
     "qwen3.6-35B-A3B": 2,   # 2 slots
     "qwen3.6-27B-code": 2,  # 2 slots
-    "qwen3.5-9b-vlm": 2,       # 2 slots (12GB VRAM, 4GB headroom)
+    "gemma-4-12b": 2,       # 2 slots (7.1GB VRAM)
 }
 
 # Context window sizes (tokens) — used for compaction signals
 GPU_CONTEXT = {
     "qwen3.6-35B-A3B": 131072,
     "qwen3.6-27B-code": 98304,
-    "qwen3.5-9b-vlm": 131072,
+    "gemma-4-12b": 262144,  # 262K context (gemma-4-12b)
 }
 
 TIER_MODELS = {
-    "starter": ["qwen3.5-9b-vlm"],
-    "professional": ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B", "qwen3.6-27B-code", "qwen3.5-9b-vlm"],
-    "enterprise": ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B", "qwen3.6-27B-code", "qwen3.5-9b-vlm"],
+    "starter": ["gemma-4-12b"],
+    "professional": ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B", "qwen3.6-27B-code", "gemma-4-12b"],
+    "enterprise": ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B", "qwen3.6-27B-code", "gemma-4-12b"],
 }
 API_KEYS = {
     "sk-syslog-local-master-key": {"tier": "enterprise", "agent": "admin"},
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def route(rd, tier):
     sys = any(m.get("role")=="system" for m in msgs)
     turns = len([m for m in msgs if m.get("role") in ("user","assistant")])
     hints = rd.get("routing_hints",{})
-    allowed = TIER_MODELS.get(tier, ["qwen3.5-9b-vlm"])
+    allowed = TIER_MODELS.get(tier, ["gemma-4-12b"])
     avail = [m for m in available_models() if m in allowed]
     if not avail: return {"model": allowed[0], "reason": "all_saturated", "saturated": True}
     # Check if all available GPUs are at max capacity
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ def route(rd, tier):
         return {"model": target, "reason": "explicit"}
     
     if hints:
-        if hints.get("priority")=="speed" and "qwen3.5-9b-vlm" in avail:
-            return select_best_gpu(["qwen3.5-9b-vlm"], "hint_speed") or {"model":"qwen3.5-9b-vlm","reason":"hint_speed"}
+        if hints.get("priority")=="speed" and "gemma-4-12b" in avail:
+            return select_best_gpu(["gemma-4-12b"], "hint_speed") or {"model":"gemma-4-12b","reason":"hint_speed"}
         if hints.get("priority")=="quality" and "qwen3.6-27B-code" in avail:
             return select_best_gpu(["qwen3.6-27B-code"], "hint_quality") or {"model":"qwen3.6-27B-code","reason":"hint_quality"}
     
@@ -177,18 +177,18 @@ def route(rd, tier):
     words = len(first_msg.split()) if isinstance(first_msg, str) else 99
     
     # TIER 1: Lightweight — single-turn short queries → VLM first
-    if not sys and turns <= 1 and words <= 100 and "qwen3.5-9b-vlm" in avail:
-        if not is_gpu_busy("qwen3.5-9b-vlm"):
-            return {"model":"qwen3.5-9b-vlm","reason":"lightweight"}
+    if not sys and turns <= 1 and words <= 100 and "gemma-4-12b" in avail:
+        if not is_gpu_busy("gemma-4-12b"):
+            return {"model":"gemma-4-12b","reason":"lightweight"}
         # VLM busy — fall back to Dense, then MoE
         fallback = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B","qwen3.6-27B-code"] if m in avail]
         result = select_best_gpu(fallback, "lightweight_fallback")
         if result: return result
     
     # TIER 2: Simple conversations — short context, any prompt → VLM preferred
-    if t <= 1000 and turns <= 4 and "qwen3.5-9b-vlm" in avail:
-        if not is_gpu_busy("qwen3.5-9b-vlm"):
-            return {"model":"qwen3.5-9b-vlm","reason":"simple_conv"}
+    if t <= 1000 and turns <= 4 and "gemma-4-12b" in avail:
+        if not is_gpu_busy("gemma-4-12b"):
+            return {"model":"gemma-4-12b","reason":"simple_conv"}
         # VLM busy — try Dense
         if "qwen3.6-27B-code" in avail and not is_gpu_busy("qwen3.6-27B-code"):
             return {"model":"qwen3.6-27B-code","reason":"simple_conv_fallback"}
@@ -196,13 +196,13 @@ def route(rd, tier):
     # TIER 3: Heavy reasoning — extremely large context or very long conversations
     if t > 50000 or turns > 25:
         # MoE first (131K context handles heavy sessions), then Dense (98K reasoning), then Light (131K fallback)
-        candidates = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B","qwen3.6-27B-code","qwen3.5-9b-vlm"] if m in avail]
+        candidates = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B","qwen3.6-27B-code","gemma-4-12b"] if m in avail]
         result = select_best_gpu(candidates, "heavy_reasoning")
         if result: return result
     
     # TIER 4: Default — MoE first, VLM helps, Dense last (slow)
     if t <= 50000:
-        candidates = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B","qwen3.5-9b-vlm","qwen3.6-27B-code"] if m in avail]
+        candidates = [m for m in ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B","gemma-4-12b","qwen3.6-27B-code"] if m in avail]
         result = select_best_gpu(candidates, "default")
         if result: return result