diff --git a/packages/chat-client/src/App.jsx b/packages/chat-client/src/App.jsx
index 912a879..e73adea 100644
--- a/packages/chat-client/src/App.jsx
+++ b/packages/chat-client/src/App.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ChatWindow from './components/ChatWindow';
 import InfoPanel from './components/InfoPanel';
 import { useSession } from './hooks/useSession';
 import { useChat } from './hooks/useChat';
+import { useModels } from './hooks/useModels';
 
 import { DEFAULT_MODEL } from './config/constants';
 
diff --git a/packages/chat-client/src/api/orchestration.js b/packages/chat-client/src/api/orchestration.js
index bc13e8b..065f590 100644
--- a/packages/chat-client/src/api/orchestration.js
+++ b/packages/chat-client/src/api/orchestration.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function streamMessage(sessionId, message, model, { onChunk, onDone, onEr
 }
 
 export async function fetchModels() {
-  const res = await fetch(`{BASE_URL}/models`);
+  const res = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/models`);
   if(!res.ok) throw new Error(`Failted to fetch models: ${res.status}`);
   return res.json();
 }
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diff --git a/packages/chat-client/src/components/InfoPanel.jsx b/packages/chat-client/src/components/InfoPanel.jsx
index a57d075..0c0b745 100644
--- a/packages/chat-client/src/components/InfoPanel.jsx
+++ b/packages/chat-client/src/components/InfoPanel.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { MODELS } from '../config/constants';
 
 export default function InfoPanel({ isOpen, onToggle, activeSession, lastModel, lastTokenCount, selectedModel, onModelChange, models }) {
   return (
diff --git a/packages/chat-client/src/config/constants.js b/packages/chat-client/src/config/constants.js
index 80c29c0..0b80cf5 100644
--- a/packages/chat-client/src/config/constants.js
+++ b/packages/chat-client/src/config/constants.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const FALLBACK_MODELS = [
     { value: 'qwen2.5-coder:14b',   label: 'Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B' },
 ];
 
-export const DEFAULT_MODEL = MODELS[0].value;
+export const DEFAULT_MODEL = FALLBACK_MODELS[0].value;
 
 export const API_DEFAULTS = {
     SESSIONS_LIMIT: 20,