diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/test_helpers.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/test_helpers.rs
index d115420040..fa1804ccf7 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/test_helpers.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/test_helpers.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fn setup_profile(temp_dir_path: &Path, profile_string: Option<&str>) {
     "profile_items": {
         "default": {
             "provider": "databricks",
-            "model": "claude-3-5-sonnet-2",
+            "model": "goose",
             "additional_extensions": []
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/goose-server/src/routes/providers_and_keys.json b/crates/goose-server/src/routes/providers_and_keys.json
index ddcaf52532..e56f9f8b42 100644
--- a/crates/goose-server/src/routes/providers_and_keys.json
+++ b/crates/goose-server/src/routes/providers_and_keys.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "databricks": {
         "name": "Databricks",
         "description": "Connect to LLMs via Databricks",
-        "models": ["claude-3-5-sonnet-2"],
+        "models": ["goose"],
         "required_keys": ["DATABRICKS_HOST"]
     },
     "google": {
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/ChatWindow.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/ChatWindow.tsx
index 4820b88463..06cc1ea4fd 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/ChatWindow.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/ChatWindow.tsx
@@ -363,6 +363,14 @@ export default function ChatWindow() {
   useEffect(() => {
     const setupStoredProvider = async () => {
       const config = window.electron.getConfig();
+
+      if (config.GOOSE_PROVIDER && config.GOOSE_MODEL) {
+        window.electron.logInfo(
+          'Initializing system with environment: GOOSE_MODEL and GOOSE_PROVIDER as priority.'
+        );
+        await initializeSystem(config.GOOSE_PROVIDER, config.GOOSE_MODEL);
+        return;
+      }
       const storedProvider = getStoredProvider(config);
       const storedModel = getStoredModel();
       if (storedProvider) {
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/BottomMenu.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/BottomMenu.tsx
index 0d2efc213b..99eae44e84 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/BottomMenu.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/BottomMenu.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ export default function BottomMenu({ hasMessages }) {
     };
   }, [isModelMenuOpen]);
 
+  let envModelProvider = null;
+  if (window.electron.getConfig().GOOSE_MODEL && window.electron.getConfig().GOOSE_PROVIDER) {
+    envModelProvider = `${window.electron.getConfig().GOOSE_MODEL}  - ${window.electron.getConfig().GOOSE_PROVIDER}`;
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="flex justify-between items-center text-textSubtle relative bg-bgSubtle border-t border-borderSubtle text-xs pl-4 h-[40px] pb-1 align-middle">
       {/* Directory Chooser - Always visible */}
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ export default function BottomMenu({ hasMessages }) {
           className="flex items-center cursor-pointer"
           onClick={() => setIsModelMenuOpen(!isModelMenuOpen)}
         >
-          <span>{currentModel?.name || 'Select Model'}</span>
+          <span>{envModelProvider || currentModel?.name || 'Select Model'}</span>
           {isModelMenuOpen ? (
             <ChevronDown className="w-4 h-4 ml-1" />
           ) : (
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
index 282499e782..6bda96bce1 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/settings/models/hardcoded_stuff.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const azure_openai_models = ['gpt-4o'];
 export const default_models = {
   openai: 'gpt-4o',
   anthropic: 'claude-3-5-sonnet-latest',
-  databricks: 'claude-3-5-sonnet-2',
+  databricks: 'goose',
   google: 'gemini-2.0-flash-exp',
   groq: 'llama-3.3-70b-versatile',
   openrouter: 'anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet',
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
index 3ceaf762bf..fc8b128c7b 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const getGooseProvider = () => {
   //{env-macro-start}//
   //needed when goose is bundled for a specific provider
   //{env-macro-end}//
-  return process.env.GOOSE_PROVIDER;
+  return [process.env.GOOSE_PROVIDER, process.env.GOOSE_MODEL];
 };
 
 const generateSecretKey = () => {
@@ -83,8 +83,11 @@ const generateSecretKey = () => {
   return key;
 };
 
+let [provider, model] = getGooseProvider();
+
 let appConfig = {
-  GOOSE_PROVIDER: getGooseProvider(),
+  GOOSE_PROVIDER: provider,
+  GOOSE_MODEL: model,
   GOOSE_API_HOST: 'http://127.0.0.1',
   GOOSE_PORT: 0,
   GOOSE_WORKING_DIR: '',