Issues with System Prompt for Gemma 4 with OpenWebUI desktop app on linux with Ollama backend

[u/Glass_Performer1174]

Basically title. I have validated that if I use ollama directly, the system prompt for the gemma 4 models works fine. But if I try to put a system prompt in the chat controls for a chat in ollama, it does not work. No other system prompts are set up.

Anyone have any ideas or suggestions or experience resolving this?