diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types.go
index 83ea91a9..400da6f7 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type SecretRef struct {
 type K8sGPTSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:default:=openai
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=openai;localai;azureopenai
-	Backend string `json:"backend,omitempty"`
+	Backend `json:"backend"`
 	BaseUrl string `json:"baseUrl,omitempty"`
 	// +kubebuilder:default:=gpt-3.5-turbo
 	Model    string     `json:"model,omitempty"`
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ type K8sGPTSpec struct {
 	Filters  []string   `json:"filters,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type Backend string
+
+const (
+	OpenAI      Backend = "openai"
+	AzureOpenAI Backend = "azureopenai"
+	LocalAI     Backend = "localai"
+)
+
 // K8sGPTStatus defines the observed state of K8sGPT
 type K8sGPTStatus struct {
 	// INSERT ADDITIONAL STATUS FIELD - define observed state of cluster
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types_test.go b/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types_test.go
index cff99daf..81029b3b 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types_test.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types_test.go
@@ -34,29 +34,27 @@ var _ = Describe("The test cases for the K8sGPT CRDs", func() {
 			Key:  "k8s-gpt",
 		}
 
-		Kind     = "K8sGPT"
-		Backend  = "gpt"
-		Backend2 = "gpt-2"
-		BaseUrl  = "https://api.k8s-gpt.localhost"
-		Model    = "345M"
-		Version  = "v1alpha1"
+		kind    = "K8sGPT"
+		baseUrl = "https://api.k8s-gpt.localhost"
+		model   = "345M"
+		version = "v1alpha1"
 
 		Namespace = "k8sGPT"
 
 		k8sGPT = K8sGPT{
 			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-				Kind: Kind,
+				Kind: kind,
 			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      "k8s-gpt",
 				Namespace: Namespace,
 			},
 			Spec: K8sGPTSpec{
-				Backend:  Backend,
-				BaseUrl:  BaseUrl,
-				Model:    Model,
+				Backend:  OpenAI,
+				BaseUrl:  baseUrl,
+				Model:    model,
 				Secret:   &secretRef,
-				Version:  Version,
+				Version:  version,
 				EnableAI: true,
 				NoCache:  true,
 			},
@@ -64,18 +62,18 @@ var _ = Describe("The test cases for the K8sGPT CRDs", func() {
 
 		k8sGPT2 = K8sGPT{
 			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-				Kind: Kind,
+				Kind: kind,
 			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      "k8s-gpt-2",
 				Namespace: Namespace,
 			},
 			Spec: K8sGPTSpec{
-				Backend:  Backend2,
-				BaseUrl:  BaseUrl,
-				Model:    Model,
+				Backend:  AzureOpenAI,
+				BaseUrl:  baseUrl,
+				Model:    model,
 				Secret:   &secretRef,
-				Version:  Version,
+				Version:  version,
 				EnableAI: false,
 				NoCache:  false,
 			},
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/result_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/result_types.go
index 8d17a526..c5734c95 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/result_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/result_types.go
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ type Sensitive struct {
 
 // ResultSpec defines the desired state of Result
 type ResultSpec struct {
-	// INSERT ADDITIONAL SPEC FIELDS - desired state of cluster
-	// Important: Run "make" to regenerate code after modifying this file
+	Backend      `json:"backend"`
 	Kind         string    `json:"kind"`
 	Name         string    `json:"name"`
 	Error        []Failure `json:"error"`
@@ -49,6 +48,8 @@ type ResultStatus struct {
 
 //+kubebuilder:object:root=true
 //+kubebuilder:subresource:status
+//+kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Kind",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.kind",description="Kind"
+//+kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Backend",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.backend",description="Backend"
 
 // Result is the Schema for the results API
 type Result struct {
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 526af2ec..9c3b03b8 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ import (
 	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *Backend) DeepCopyInto(out *Backend) {
+	*out = *in
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Backend.
+func (in *Backend) DeepCopy() *Backend {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(Backend)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *Failure) DeepCopyInto(out *Failure) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -107,6 +122,7 @@ func (in *K8sGPTList) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *K8sGPTSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *K8sGPTSpec) {
 	*out = *in
+	out.Backend = in.Backend
 	if in.Secret != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Secret, &out.Secret
 		*out = new(SecretRef)
@@ -206,6 +222,7 @@ func (in *ResultList) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *ResultSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *ResultSpec) {
 	*out = *in
+	out.Backend = in.Backend
 	if in.Error != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Error, &out.Error
 		*out = make([]Failure, len(*in))
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/core.k8sgpt.ai_k8sgpts.yaml b/config/crd/bases/core.k8sgpt.ai_k8sgpts.yaml
index bf82acce..b8931807 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/core.k8sgpt.ai_k8sgpts.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/core.k8sgpt.ai_k8sgpts.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ spec:
                 type: object
               version:
                 type: string
+            required:
+            - backend
             type: object
           status:
             description: K8sGPTStatus defines the observed state of K8sGPT
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/core.k8sgpt.ai_results.yaml b/config/crd/bases/core.k8sgpt.ai_results.yaml
index 4fc6d008..3e4a8ff6 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/core.k8sgpt.ai_results.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/core.k8sgpt.ai_results.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ spec:
     singular: result
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
-  - name: v1alpha1
+  - additionalPrinterColumns:
+    - description: Kind
+      jsonPath: .spec.kind
+      name: Kind
+      type: string
+    - description: Backend
+      jsonPath: .spec.backend
+      name: Backend
+      type: string
+    name: v1alpha1
     schema:
       openAPIV3Schema:
         description: Result is the Schema for the results API
@@ -35,6 +44,8 @@ spec:
           spec:
             description: ResultSpec defines the desired state of Result
             properties:
+              backend:
+                type: string
               details:
                 type: string
               error:
@@ -54,14 +65,13 @@ spec:
                   type: object
                 type: array
               kind:
-                description: 'INSERT ADDITIONAL SPEC FIELDS - desired state of cluster
-                  Important: Run "make" to regenerate code after modifying this file'
                 type: string
               name:
                 type: string
               parentObject:
                 type: string
             required:
+            - backend
             - details
             - error
             - kind
diff --git a/config/samples/k8sgpt_localai.yaml b/config/samples/k8sgpt_localai.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40d28f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/samples/k8sgpt_localai.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: core.k8sgpt.ai/v1alpha1
+kind: K8sGPT
+metadata:
+  name: k8sgpt-sample-localai
+  namespace: k8sgpt-operator-system
+spec:
+  model: ggml-gpt4all-j-v1.3-groovy.bin
+  backend: localai
+  baseUrl: http://local-ai.local-ai.svc.cluster.local:8080/v1
+  noCache: false
+  enableAI: true
+  version: v0.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/controllers/k8sgpt_controller.go b/controllers/k8sgpt_controller.go
index 80250e20..8a3a7306 100644
--- a/controllers/k8sgpt_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/k8sgpt_controller.go
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ func (r *K8sGPTReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctr
 		k8sgptNumberOfResults.Set(float64(len(response.Results)))
 		rawResults := make(map[string]corev1alpha1.Result)
 		for _, resultSpec := range response.Results {
+			resultSpec.Backend = k8sgptConfig.Spec.Backend
 			name := strings.ReplaceAll(resultSpec.Name, "-", "")
 			name = strings.ReplaceAll(name, "/", "")
 			result := corev1alpha1.Result{
diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index 09f0796a..6382bcc0 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (c *Client) ProcessAnalysis(deployment v1.Deployment, config *v1alpha1.K8sG
 	req := &schemav1.AnalyzeRequest{
 		Explain: config.Spec.EnableAI,
 		Nocache: config.Spec.NoCache,
-		Backend: config.Spec.Backend,
+		Backend: string(config.Spec.Backend),
 		Filters: config.Spec.Filters,
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/resources/k8sgpt.go b/pkg/resources/k8sgpt.go
index fb962211..26e797d5 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/k8sgpt.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/k8sgpt.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func GetDeployment(config v1alpha1.K8sGPT) (*appsv1.Deployment, error) {
 								},
 								{
 									Name:  "K8SGPT_BACKEND",
-									Value: config.Spec.Backend,
+									Value: string(config.Spec.Backend),
 								},
 							},
 							Ports: []v1.ContainerPort{
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func GetDeployment(config v1alpha1.K8sGPT) (*appsv1.Deployment, error) {
 		)
 	}
 	// Engine is required only when azureopenai is the ai backend
-	if config.Spec.Engine != "" && config.Spec.Backend == "azureopenai" {
+	if config.Spec.Engine != "" && config.Spec.Backend == v1alpha1.AzureOpenAI {
 		engine := v1.EnvVar{
 			Name:  "K8SGPT_ENGINE",
 			Value: config.Spec.Engine,
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func GetDeployment(config v1alpha1.K8sGPT) (*appsv1.Deployment, error) {
 		deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env = append(
 			deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env, engine,
 		)
-	} else if config.Spec.Engine != "" && config.Spec.Backend != "azureopenai" {
+	} else if config.Spec.Engine != "" && config.Spec.Backend != v1alpha1.AzureOpenAI {
 		return &appsv1.Deployment{}, err.New("Engine is supported only by azureopenai provider.")
 	}
 	return &deployment, nil