diff --git a/docs/examples_notebooks/global_search.ipynb b/docs/examples_notebooks/global_search.ipynb
index 86f47859..57afc7f4 100644
--- a/docs/examples_notebooks/global_search.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples_notebooks/global_search.ipynb
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "import os\n",
     "\n",
     "import pandas as pd\n",
-    "import tiktoken\n",
     "\n",
     "from graphrag.config.enums import ModelType\n",
     "from graphrag.config.models.language_model_config import LanguageModelConfig\n",
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@
     "from graphrag.query.structured_search.global_search.community_context import (\n",
     "    GlobalCommunityContext,\n",
     ")\n",
-    "from graphrag.query.structured_search.global_search.search import GlobalSearch"
+    "from graphrag.query.structured_search.global_search.search import GlobalSearch\n",
+    "from graphrag.tokenizer.get_tokenizer import get_tokenizer"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "api_key = os.environ[\"GRAPHRAG_API_KEY\"]\n",
-    "llm_model = os.environ[\"GRAPHRAG_LLM_MODEL\"]\n",
+    "llm_model = \"gpt-4.1\"\n",
     "\n",
     "config = LanguageModelConfig(\n",
     "    api_key=api_key,\n",
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "    config=config,\n",
     ")\n",
     "\n",
-    "token_encoder = tiktoken.encoding_for_model(llm_model)"
+    "tokenizer = get_tokenizer(config)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     "    community_reports=reports,\n",
     "    communities=communities,\n",
     "    entities=entities,  # default to None if you don't want to use community weights for ranking\n",
-    "    token_encoder=token_encoder,\n",
+    "    tokenizer=tokenizer,\n",
     ")"
    ]
   },
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
     "search_engine = GlobalSearch(\n",
     "    model=model,\n",
     "    context_builder=context_builder,\n",
-    "    token_encoder=token_encoder,\n",
+    "    tokenizer=tokenizer,\n",
     "    max_data_tokens=12_000,  # change this based on the token limit you have on your model (if you are using a model with 8k limit, a good setting could be 5000)\n",
     "    map_llm_params=map_llm_params,\n",
     "    reduce_llm_params=reduce_llm_params,\n",
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": ".venv",
+   "display_name": "graphrag",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.9"
+   "version": "3.12.10"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/docs/examples_notebooks/global_search_with_dynamic_community_selection.ipynb b/docs/examples_notebooks/global_search_with_dynamic_community_selection.ipynb
index dbe3c67f..759855c8 100644
--- a/docs/examples_notebooks/global_search_with_dynamic_community_selection.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples_notebooks/global_search_with_dynamic_community_selection.ipynb
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     "\n",
     "api_key = os.environ[\"GRAPHRAG_API_KEY\"]\n",
     "llm_model = \"gpt-4.1\"\n",
-    "tokenizer = get_tokenizer(encoding_model=\"o200k_base\")\n",
     "\n",
     "config = LanguageModelConfig(\n",
     "    api_key=api_key,\n",
@@ -72,7 +71,9 @@
     "    name=\"global_search\",\n",
     "    model_type=ModelType.OpenAIChat,\n",
     "    config=config,\n",
-    ")"
+    ")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "tokenizer = get_tokenizer(config)"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/docs/examples_notebooks/local_search.ipynb b/docs/examples_notebooks/local_search.ipynb
index 97aada0c..63c8b9ab 100644
--- a/docs/examples_notebooks/local_search.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples_notebooks/local_search.ipynb
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@
     "api_key = os.environ[\"GRAPHRAG_API_KEY\"]\n",
     "llm_model = \"gpt-4.1\"\n",
     "embedding_model = \"text-embedding-3-small\"\n",
-    "tokenizer = get_tokenizer(encoding_model=\"o200k_base\")\n",
     "\n",
     "chat_config = LanguageModelConfig(\n",
     "    api_key=api_key,\n",
@@ -227,7 +226,9 @@
     "    name=\"local_search_embedding\",\n",
     "    model_type=ModelType.OpenAIEmbedding,\n",
     "    config=embedding_config,\n",
-    ")"
+    ")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "tokenizer = get_tokenizer(chat_config)"
    ]
   },
   {