diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
index 738f2d05fc..fdb7786258 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
@@ -2075,7 +2075,9 @@ def query_doc_handler(
     user=Depends(get_verified_user),
 ):
     try:
-        if request.app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH:
+        if request.app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH and (
+            form_data.hybrid is None or form_data.hybrid
+        ):
             collection_results = {}
             collection_results[form_data.collection_name] = VECTOR_DB_CLIENT.get(
                 collection_name=form_data.collection_name
@@ -2145,7 +2147,9 @@ def query_collection_handler(
     user=Depends(get_verified_user),
 ):
     try:
-        if request.app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH:
+        if request.app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH and (
+            form_data.hybrid is None or form_data.hybrid
+        ):
             return query_collection_with_hybrid_search(
                 collection_names=form_data.collection_names,
                 queries=[form_data.query],