diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d733eb8..1a2b982 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1191,7 +1191,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower 0.4.13",
- "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "urlencoding",
diff --git a/furumi-agent/src/ingest/normalize.rs b/furumi-agent/src/ingest/normalize.rs
index 1de02a1..541fb6f 100644
--- a/furumi-agent/src/ingest/normalize.rs
+++ b/furumi-agent/src/ingest/normalize.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ struct ChatMessage {
 struct ChatResponseFormat {
     #[serde(rename = "type")]
     kind: String,
+    json_schema: JsonSchemaWrapper,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct JsonSchemaWrapper {
+    name: String,
+    strict: bool,
+    schema: serde_json::Value,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -171,7 +179,30 @@ pub async fn call_ollama(
                 content: user_message.to_owned(),
             },
         ],
-        response_format: ChatResponseFormat { kind: "json_object".to_owned() },
+        response_format: ChatResponseFormat {
+            kind: "json_schema".to_owned(),
+            json_schema: JsonSchemaWrapper {
+                name: "normalized_metadata".to_owned(),
+                strict: true,
+                schema: serde_json::json!({
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {
+                        "artist":           { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+                        "album":            { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+                        "title":            { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+                        "year":             { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
+                        "track_number":     { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
+                        "genre":            { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+                        "featured_artists": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } },
+                        "release_type":     { "type": ["string", "null"] },
+                        "confidence":       { "type": ["number", "null"] },
+                        "notes":            { "type": ["string", "null"] }
+                    },
+                    "required": ["artist", "album", "title", "year", "track_number", "genre", "featured_artists", "release_type", "confidence", "notes"],
+                    "additionalProperties": false
+                }),
+            },
+        },
         stream: false,
         temperature: 0.1,
     };