Podman openwebui cannot connect to Ollama

I followed this guide https://inhumanloop.com/tutorial/ai/2025/01/17/corp-friendly-llm.html
I have a working open web ui but it fails to connect to ollama

2025-08-29 16:35:17.019 | ERROR    | open_webui.routers.ollama:send_get_request:106 - Connection error: Cannot connect to host localhost:11434 ssl:default [Multiple exceptions: [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('::1', 11434, 0, 0), [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('127.0.0.1', 11434)]

2025-08-29 16:35:17.019 | ERROR    | open_webui.routers.ollama:send_get_request:106 - Connection error: Cannot connect to host localhost:11434 ssl:default [Multiple exceptions: [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('::1', 11434, 0, 0), [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('127.0.0.1', 11434)]

2025-08-29 16:35:17.019 | ERROR    | open_webui.routers.ollama:send_get_request:106 - Connection error: Cannot connect to host localhost:11434 ssl:default [Multiple exceptions: [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('::1', 11434, 0, 0), [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('127.0.0.1', 11434)]

2025-08-29 16:35:17.019 | ERROR    | open_webui.routers.ollama:send_get_request:106 - Connection error: Cannot connect to host localhost:11434 ssl:default [Multiple exceptions: [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('::1', 11434, 0, 0), [Errno 111] Connect call failed ('127.0.0.1', 11434)]

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