diff --git a/cmd/launch/opencode.go b/cmd/launch/opencode.go
index 3a0b2ae8e..48a004e64 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/opencode.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/opencode.go
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ func (o *OpenCode) Edit(modelList []string) error {
 	ollama["models"] = models
 	provider["ollama"] = ollama
 	config["provider"] = provider
+	config["model"] = "ollama/" + modelList[0]
 
 	configData, err := json.MarshalIndent(config, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/launch/opencode_test.go b/cmd/launch/opencode_test.go
index c1833430d..62d1558e6 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/opencode_test.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/opencode_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func TestOpenCodeEdit(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		assertOpenCodeModelExists(t, configPath, "llama3.2")
+		assertOpenCodeDefaultModel(t, configPath, "ollama/llama3.2")
 		assertOpenCodeRecentModel(t, statePath, 0, "ollama", "llama3.2")
 	})
 
@@ -157,11 +158,13 @@ func TestOpenCodeEdit(t *testing.T) {
 		o.Edit([]string{"llama3.2", "mistral"})
 		assertOpenCodeModelExists(t, configPath, "llama3.2")
 		assertOpenCodeModelExists(t, configPath, "mistral")
+		assertOpenCodeDefaultModel(t, configPath, "ollama/llama3.2")
 
 		// Then remove one by only selecting the other
 		o.Edit([]string{"llama3.2"})
 		assertOpenCodeModelExists(t, configPath, "llama3.2")
 		assertOpenCodeModelNotExists(t, configPath, "mistral")
+		assertOpenCodeDefaultModel(t, configPath, "ollama/llama3.2")
 	})
 
 	t.Run("preserve user customizations on managed models", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -338,6 +341,22 @@ func assertOpenCodeModelNotExists(t *testing.T, path, model string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func assertOpenCodeDefaultModel(t *testing.T, path, want string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var cfg map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	got, _ := cfg["model"].(string)
+	if got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("default model = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func assertOpenCodeRecentModel(t *testing.T, path string, index int, providerID, modelID string) {
 	t.Helper()
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)