diff --git a/app/core/config.py b/app/core/config.py
index 73c1e30..7321ee2 100644
--- a/app/core/config.py
+++ b/app/core/config.py
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
         description="Premium Llama model identifier",
     )
     OPENROUTER_TIMEOUT: int = Field(default=30, description="OpenRouter API timeout in seconds")
+    OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_ORDER: List[str] = Field(
+        default=["NovitaAI", "AkashML", "Inception"],
+        description="Preferred OpenRouter providers in priority order",
+    )
+    OPENROUTER_ALLOW_PROVIDER_FALLBACKS: bool = Field(
+        default=True,
+        description="Allow OpenRouter to fallback outside preferred providers",
+    )
 
     # WordPress Integration
     WORDPRESS_API_URL: str = Field(
@@ -103,6 +111,14 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
             return [origin.strip() for origin in v.split(",") if origin.strip()]
         return v
 
+    @field_validator("OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_ORDER", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def parse_provider_order(cls, v: Union[str, List[str]]) -> List[str]:
+        """Parse comma-separated OpenRouter provider list into array."""
+        if isinstance(v, str):
+            return [provider.strip() for provider in v.split(",") if provider.strip()]
+        return v
+
 
 # Global settings instance
 _settings: Union[Settings, None] = None
diff --git a/app/services/ai_generation.py b/app/services/ai_generation.py
index 5fa283b..c6a0324 100644
--- a/app/services/ai_generation.py
+++ b/app/services/ai_generation.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ async def call_openrouter_api(
         "X-Title": "IRT Bank Soal",
     }
 
-    payload = {
+    payload: dict[str, Any] = {
         "model": model,
         "messages": [
             {
@@ -336,6 +336,14 @@ async def call_openrouter_api(
         "max_tokens": 2000,
         "temperature": 0.7,
     }
+    provider_order = [
+        provider for provider in settings.OPENROUTER_PROVIDER_ORDER if provider.strip()
+    ]
+    if provider_order:
+        payload["provider"] = {
+            "order": provider_order,
+            "allow_fallbacks": settings.OPENROUTER_ALLOW_PROVIDER_FALLBACKS,
+        }
 
     timeout = httpx.Timeout(settings.OPENROUTER_TIMEOUT)