diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/browser/metricsService.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/browser/metricsService.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 860600d0..00000000
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/browser/metricsService.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Glass Devtools, Inc. All rights reserved.
- *  Void Editor additions licensed under the AGPL 3.0 License.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-import { ProxyChannel } from '../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
-import { IMainProcessService } from '../../ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
-import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
-import { IMetricsService } from '../common/metricsService.js';
-
-// BROWSER IMPLEMENTATION, calls channel
-
-export class MetricsService implements IMetricsService {
-
-	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
-	private readonly metricsService: IMetricsService;
-
-	constructor(
-		@IMainProcessService mainProcessService: IMainProcessService // (only usable on client side)
-	) {
-		this.metricsService = ProxyChannel.toService<IMetricsService>(mainProcessService.getChannel('void-channel-metrics'));
-	}
-
-	// call capture on the channel
-	capture(...params: Parameters<IMetricsService['capture']>) {
-		this.metricsService.capture(...params);
-	}
-
-}
-
-registerSingleton(IMetricsService, MetricsService, InstantiationType.Eager);
-
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/browser/void.contribution.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b9af616e..00000000
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/browser/void.contribution.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-
-// --- browser ---
-// metrics
-import '../browser/metricsService.js'
-
-// --- common ---
-// llmMessage
-import '../browser/llmMessageService.js'
-
-// voidConfig
-import '../common/voidConfigService.js'
-
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/browser/llmMessageService.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageService.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from src/vs/platform/void/browser/llmMessageService.ts
rename to src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageService.ts
index f823a945..967b5a9f 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/browser/llmMessageService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageService.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Void Editor additions licensed under the AGPL 3.0 License.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { EventLLMMessageOnTextParams, EventLLMMessageOnErrorParams, EventLLMMessageOnFinalMessageParams, ServiceSendLLMMessageParams, MainLLMMessageParams, MainLLMMessageAbortParams, ServiceOllamaListParams, EventOllamaListOnSuccessParams, EventOllamaListOnErrorParams, MainOllamaListParams } from '../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
+import { EventLLMMessageOnTextParams, EventLLMMessageOnErrorParams, EventLLMMessageOnFinalMessageParams, ServiceSendLLMMessageParams, MainLLMMessageParams, MainLLMMessageAbortParams, ServiceOllamaListParams, EventOllamaListOnSuccessParams, EventOllamaListOnErrorParams, MainOllamaListParams } from './llmMessageTypes.js';
 import { IChannel } from '../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
 import { IMainProcessService } from '../../ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
 import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
@@ -11,21 +11,19 @@ import { generateUuid } from '../../../base/common/uuid.js';
 import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
 import { Event } from '../../../base/common/event.js';
 import { Disposable } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
-import { IVoidConfigStateService } from '../common/voidConfigService.js';
+import { IVoidConfigStateService } from './voidConfigService.js';
 // import { INotificationService } from '../../notification/common/notification.js';
 
-
-// BROWSER IMPLEMENTATION
+// calls channel to implement features
 export const ILLMMessageService = createDecorator<ILLMMessageService>('llmMessageService');
 
-// defines an interface that node/ creates and browser/ uses
 export interface ILLMMessageService {
 	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
 	sendLLMMessage: (params: ServiceSendLLMMessageParams) => string | null;
 	abort: (requestId: string) => void;
+	ollamaList: (params: ServiceOllamaListParams) => void;
 }
 
-
 export class LLMMessageService extends Disposable implements ILLMMessageService {
 
 	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
@@ -52,8 +50,7 @@ export class LLMMessageService extends Disposable implements ILLMMessageService
 		// const service = ProxyChannel.toService<LLMMessageChannel>(mainProcessService.getChannel('void-channel-sendLLMMessage')); // lets you call it like a service
 		this.channel = this.mainProcessService.getChannel('void-channel-llmMessageService')
 
-		// this sets up an IPC channel and takes a few ms, so we set up listeners immediately and add hooks to them instead
-
+		// .listen sets up an IPC channel and takes a few ms, so we set up listeners immediately and add hooks to them instead
 		// llm
 		this._register((this.channel.listen('onText_llm') satisfies Event<EventLLMMessageOnTextParams>)(e => {
 			this.onTextHooks_llm[e.requestId]?.(e)
@@ -74,6 +71,7 @@ export class LLMMessageService extends Disposable implements ILLMMessageService
 		this._register((this.channel.listen('onError_ollama') satisfies Event<EventOllamaListOnErrorParams>)(e => {
 			this.onError_ollama[e.requestId]?.(e)
 		}))
+
 	}
 
 	sendLLMMessage(params: ServiceSendLLMMessageParams) {
@@ -114,6 +112,7 @@ export class LLMMessageService extends Disposable implements ILLMMessageService
 		this._onRequestIdDone(requestId)
 	}
 
+
 	ollamaList = (params: ServiceOllamaListParams) => {
 		const { onSuccess, onError, ...proxyParams } = params
 
@@ -132,6 +131,7 @@ export class LLMMessageService extends Disposable implements ILLMMessageService
 	}
 
 
+
 	_onRequestIdDone(requestId: string) {
 		delete this.onTextHooks_llm[requestId]
 		delete this.onFinalMessageHooks_llm[requestId]
@@ -142,5 +142,5 @@ export class LLMMessageService extends Disposable implements ILLMMessageService
 	}
 }
 
-registerSingleton(ILLMMessageService, LLMMessageService, InstantiationType.Delayed);
+registerSingleton(ILLMMessageService, LLMMessageService, InstantiationType.Eager);
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.ts
index 95d613bd..3db5d595 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ interface ModelDetails {
 	quantization_level: string;
 }
 
-type ModelResponse = {
+export type ModelResponse = {
 	name: string;
 	modified_at: Date;
 	size: number;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ type ModelResponse = {
 export type OllamaListParams = {
 	settingsOfProvider: SettingsOfProvider;
 	onSuccess: (param: { models: ModelResponse[] }) => void;
-	onError: (param: { error: any }) => void;
+	onError: (param: { error: string }) => void;
 }
 
 export type ServiceOllamaListParams = {
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts
index 45c79c2c..039697a0 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/common/metricsService.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
+import { ProxyChannel } from '../../../base/parts/ipc/common/ipc.js';
+import { IMainProcessService } from '../../ipc/common/mainProcessService.js';
+import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
 
 export interface IMetricsService {
 	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
@@ -13,3 +16,24 @@ export interface IMetricsService {
 export const IMetricsService = createDecorator<IMetricsService>('metricsService');
 
 
+// implemented by calling channel
+export class MetricsService implements IMetricsService {
+
+	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
+	private readonly metricsService: IMetricsService;
+
+	constructor(
+		@IMainProcessService mainProcessService: IMainProcessService // (only usable on client side)
+	) {
+		this.metricsService = ProxyChannel.toService<IMetricsService>(mainProcessService.getChannel('void-channel-metrics'));
+	}
+
+	// call capture on the channel
+	capture(...params: Parameters<IMetricsService['capture']>) {
+		this.metricsService.capture(...params);
+	}
+
+}
+
+registerSingleton(IMetricsService, MetricsService, InstantiationType.Eager);
+
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/refreshModelService.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/common/refreshModelService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe223830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/common/refreshModelService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Glass Devtools, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *  Void Editor additions licensed under the AGPL 3.0 License.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
+import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { IVoidConfigStateService } from './voidConfigService.js';
+import { ILLMMessageService } from './llmMessageService.js';
+import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../base/common/event.js';
+import { Disposable } from '../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
+
+
+export type RefreshModelState = 'done' | 'loading'
+
+export interface IRefreshModelService {
+	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
+	refreshOllamaModels(): void;
+	onDidChangeState: Event<void>;
+	state: RefreshModelState;
+}
+
+export const IRefreshModelService = createDecorator<IRefreshModelService>('RefreshModelService');
+
+export class RefreshModelService extends Disposable implements IRefreshModelService {
+
+	readonly _serviceBrand: undefined;
+
+	private readonly _onDidChangeState = new Emitter<void>();
+	readonly onDidChangeState: Event<void> = this._onDidChangeState.event; // this is primarily for use in react, so react can listen + update on state changes
+
+	constructor(
+		@IVoidConfigStateService private readonly voidConfigStateService: IVoidConfigStateService,
+		@ILLMMessageService private readonly llmMessageService: ILLMMessageService,
+	) {
+		super()
+
+		// on mount, refresh ollama models
+		this.refreshOllamaModels()
+
+		// every time ollama.enabled changes, refresh ollama models
+		let prevVal: string = this.voidConfigStateService.state.settingsOfProvider.ollama.enabled
+		this._register(
+			this.voidConfigStateService.onDidChangeState(() => {
+				const newVal = this.voidConfigStateService.state.settingsOfProvider.ollama.enabled
+				if (prevVal !== newVal)
+					this.refreshOllamaModels()
+				prevVal = newVal
+			})
+		)
+
+	}
+
+	state: RefreshModelState = 'done'
+
+	private _timeoutId: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null
+	private _cancelTimeout = () => {
+		if (this._timeoutId) {
+			clearTimeout(this._timeoutId)
+			this._timeoutId = null
+		}
+	}
+	async refreshOllamaModels() {
+		// cancel any existing poll
+		this._cancelTimeout()
+
+		// if ollama is disabled, obivously done
+		if (this.voidConfigStateService.state.settingsOfProvider.ollama.enabled !== 'true') {
+			this._setState('done')
+			return
+		}
+
+		// start loading models
+		this._setState('loading')
+
+		this.llmMessageService.ollamaList({
+			onSuccess: ({ models }) => {
+				this.voidConfigStateService.setSettingOfProvider('ollama', 'models', models.map(model => model.name))
+				this._setState('done')
+			},
+			onError: ({ error }) => {
+				// poll
+				console.log('retrying ollamaList:', error)
+				this._timeoutId = setTimeout(() => this.refreshOllamaModels(), 5000)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	private _setState(state: RefreshModelState) {
+		this.state = state
+		this._onDidChangeState.fire()
+	}
+}
+
+registerSingleton(IRefreshModelService, RefreshModelService, InstantiationType.Eager);
+
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/void.contribution.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/common/void.contribution.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e12fb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/common/void.contribution.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// llmMessage
+import './llmMessageService.js'
+
+// voidConfig
+import './voidConfigService.js'
+
+// refreshModel
+import './refreshModelService.js'
+
+// metrics
+import './metricsService.js'
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidConfigService.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidConfigService.ts
index 0c5f1291..cec77891 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidConfigService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidConfigService.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ import { IEncryptionService } from '../../encryption/common/encryptionService.js
 import { registerSingleton, InstantiationType } from '../../instantiation/common/extensions.js';
 import { createDecorator } from '../../instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
 import { IStorageService, StorageScope, StorageTarget } from '../../storage/common/storage.js';
-import { defaultVoidProviderState, FeatureName, ProviderName, ModelSelectionOfFeature, SettingsOfProvider } from './voidConfigTypes.js';
+import { defaultVoidProviderState, FeatureName, ProviderName, ModelSelectionOfFeature, SettingsOfProvider, SettingName } from './voidConfigTypes.js';
 
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'void.voidConfigStateII'
 
-type SetSettingOfProviderFn = <K extends ProviderName>(
-	providerName: K,
-	option: keyof SettingsOfProvider[K],
-	newVal: string
+type SetSettingOfProviderFn = <S extends SettingName>(
+	providerName: ProviderName,
+	settingName: S,
+	newVal: SettingsOfProvider[ProviderName][S extends keyof SettingsOfProvider[ProviderName] ? S : never],
 ) => Promise<void>;
 
 type SetModelSelectionOfFeature = <K extends FeatureName>(
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const defaultState = () => {
 
 
 export const IVoidConfigStateService = createDecorator<IVoidConfigStateService>('VoidConfigStateService');
-class VoidConfigStateService extends Disposable implements IVoidConfigStateService {
+class VoidConfigService extends Disposable implements IVoidConfigStateService {
 	_serviceBrand: undefined;
 
 	private readonly _onDidChangeState = new Emitter<void>();
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ class VoidConfigStateService extends Disposable implements IVoidConfigStateServi
 		this.state = defaultState()
 
 		// read and update the actual state immediately
-		this._readVoidConfigState().then(voidConfigState => { this._setState(voidConfigState, 'initialState') })
+		this._readVoidConfigState().then(voidConfigState => {
+			this._setState(voidConfigState)
+			this._onDidGetInitState.fire()
+		})
 
 	}
 
@@ -95,16 +98,16 @@ class VoidConfigStateService extends Disposable implements IVoidConfigStateServi
 		this._storageService.store(STORAGE_KEY, encryptedVoidConfigStr, StorageScope.APPLICATION, StorageTarget.USER);
 	}
 
-	setSettingOfProvider: SetSettingOfProviderFn = async (providerName, option, newVal) => {
+	setSettingOfProvider: SetSettingOfProviderFn = async (providerName, settingName, newVal) => {
 		const newState: VoidConfigState = {
 			...this.state,
 			settingsOfProvider: {
 				...this.state.settingsOfProvider,
 				[providerName]: {
 					...this.state.settingsOfProvider[providerName],
-					[option]: newVal,
+					[settingName]: newVal,
 				}
-			}
+			},
 		}
 		// console.log('NEW STATE I', JSON.stringify(newState, null, 2))
 
@@ -129,14 +132,11 @@ class VoidConfigStateService extends Disposable implements IVoidConfigStateServi
 
 
 	// internal function to update state, should be called every time state changes
-	private async _setState(voidConfigState: VoidConfigState, type: 'usual' | 'initialState' = 'usual') {
+	private async _setState(voidConfigState: VoidConfigState) {
 		this.state = voidConfigState
-		if (type === 'usual')
-			this._onDidChangeState.fire()
-		else if (type === 'initialState')
-			this._onDidGetInitState.fire()
+		this._onDidChangeState.fire()
 	}
 
 }
 
-registerSingleton(IVoidConfigStateService, VoidConfigStateService, InstantiationType.Eager);
+registerSingleton(IVoidConfigStateService, VoidConfigService, InstantiationType.Eager);
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidConfigTypes.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidConfigTypes.ts
index 3f9ef35d..cdd3e18f 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidConfigTypes.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/common/voidConfigTypes.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const voidInitModelOptions = {
 		models: defaultOpenAIModels,
 	},
 	ollama: {
-		models: [],//getDefaultOllamaModels,
+		models: [],
 	},
 	openRouter: {
 		models: [], // any string
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export const displayInfoOfSettingName = (providerName: ProviderName, settingName
 }
 
 
-
+// used when waiting and for a type reference
 export const defaultVoidProviderState: SettingsOfProvider = {
 	anthropic: {
 		...voidProviderDefaults.anthropic,
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/ollama.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/ollama.ts
index 98713670..ba04e117 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/ollama.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/ollama.ts
@@ -4,21 +4,35 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { Ollama } from 'ollama';
-import { _InternalOllamaListFnType, _InternalSendLLMMessageFnType } from '../../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
+import { _InternalOllamaListFnType, _InternalSendLLMMessageFnType, ModelResponse } from '../../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
 import { parseMaxTokensStr } from './util.js';
 
-export const ollamaList: _InternalOllamaListFnType = async ({ onSuccess, onError, settingsOfProvider }) => {
-	const thisConfig = settingsOfProvider.ollama
-	const ollama = new Ollama({ host: thisConfig.endpoint })
-	ollama.list()
-		.then((response) => {
-			const { models } = response
-			onSuccess({ models })
-		})
-		.catch((error) => {
-			console.error('getDefaultOllamaModels: error:', error)
-			onError(error)
-		})
+export const ollamaList: _InternalOllamaListFnType = async ({ onSuccess: onSuccess_, onError: onError_, settingsOfProvider }) => {
+
+	const onSuccess = ({ models }: { models: ModelResponse[] }) => {
+		onSuccess_({ models })
+	}
+
+	const onError = ({ error }: { error: string }) => {
+		onError_({ error })
+	}
+
+
+	try {
+		const thisConfig = settingsOfProvider.ollama
+		const ollama = new Ollama({ host: thisConfig.endpoint })
+		ollama.list()
+			.then((response) => {
+				const { models } = response
+				onSuccess({ models })
+			})
+			.catch((error) => {
+				onError({ error: error + '' })
+			})
+	}
+	catch (error) {
+		onError({ error: error + '' })
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts
index 1ea44a05..803539d9 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessageChannel.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ export class LLMMessageChannel implements IServerChannel {
 	// stupidly, channels can't take in @IService
 	constructor(
 		private readonly metricsService: IMetricsService,
-	) {
-	}
+	) { }
 
 	// browser uses this to listen for changes
 	listen(_: unknown, event: string): Event<any> {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/ModelSelectionSettings.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/ModelSelectionSettings.tsx
index 3289de59..0eb34136 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/ModelSelectionSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/ModelSelectionSettings.tsx
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
  *  Void Editor additions licensed under the AGPL 3.0 License.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { FeatureName, featureNames, ProviderName, providerNames } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidConfigTypes.js'
 import { dummyModelData } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidConfigModelDefaults.js'
-import { useConfigState, useService } from '../util/services.js'
+import { useConfigState, useRefreshModelState, useService } from '../util/services.js'
 import { VoidSelectBox } from './inputs.js'
 import { SelectBox } from '../../../../../../../base/browser/ui/selectBox/selectBox.js'
 
@@ -59,8 +59,18 @@ export const ModelSelectionOfFeature = ({ featureName }: { featureName: FeatureN
 				}, [voidConfigService, modelOptions, featureName])}
 			/>}
 
-		{/* <h1>Settings - {featureName}</h1> */}
-		{/* {models.map(([providerName, model], i) => <p key={i}>{providerName} - {model}</p>)} */}
+	</>
+}
+
+const RefreshModels = () => {
+	const refreshModelState = useRefreshModelState()
+	const refreshModelService = useService('refreshModelService')
+
+	return <>
+		<button onClick={() => refreshModelService.refreshOllamaModels()}>
+			refresh
+		</button>
+		{refreshModelState === 'loading' ? 'loading...' : '✅'}
 	</>
 }
 
@@ -70,6 +80,8 @@ export const ModelSelectionSettings = () => {
 			key={featureName}
 			featureName={featureName}
 		/>)}
+
+		<RefreshModels />
 	</>
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/VoidProviderSettings.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/VoidProviderSettings.tsx
index 6d50d1fe..7296490a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/VoidProviderSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/VoidProviderSettings.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import React, { Fragment, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { titleOfProviderName, displayInfoOfSettingName, ProviderName, providerNames, featureNames } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidConfigTypes.js'
+import { titleOfProviderName, displayInfoOfSettingName, ProviderName, providerNames, featureNames, SettingsOfProvider, SettingName, defaultVoidProviderState } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidConfigTypes.js'
 import { VoidInputBox } from './inputs.js'
 import { useConfigState, useService } from '../util/services.js'
 import { InputBox } from '../../../../../../../base/browser/ui/inputbox/inputBox.js'
 import ErrorBoundary from './ErrorBoundary.js'
 
 
-const Setting = ({ providerName, settingName }: { providerName: ProviderName, settingName: any }) => {
+const Setting = ({ providerName, settingName }: { providerName: ProviderName, settingName: SettingName }) => {
 
 	const { title, type, placeholder } = displayInfoOfSettingName(providerName, settingName)
 	const voidConfigService = useService('configStateService')
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const Setting = ({ providerName, settingName }: { providerName: ProviderName, se
 		<VoidInputBox
 			placeholder={placeholder}
 			onChangeText={useCallback((newVal) => {
+
 				voidConfigService.setSettingOfProvider(providerName, settingName, newVal)
 				// if we just disabeld this provider, we should unselect all models that use it
 				if (settingName === 'enabled' && newVal !== 'true') {
@@ -54,10 +55,12 @@ const Setting = ({ providerName, settingName }: { providerName: ProviderName, se
 const SettingsForProvider = ({ providerName }: { providerName: ProviderName }) => {
 	const voidConfigState = useConfigState()
 	const { models, ...others } = voidConfigState[providerName]
+
 	return <>
 		<h1 className='text-xl'>{titleOfProviderName(providerName)}</h1>
 		{/* settings besides models (e.g. api key) */}
-		{Object.keys(others).map((settingName, i) => {
+		{Object.keys(others).map((sName, i) => {
+			const settingName = sName as keyof typeof others
 			return <Setting key={settingName} providerName={providerName} settingName={settingName} />
 		})}
 	</>
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/mountFnGenerator.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/mountFnGenerator.tsx
index 939d2e26..d6b24f8c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/mountFnGenerator.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/mountFnGenerator.tsx
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ export const mountFnGenerator = (Component: React.FC) => (rootElement: HTMLEleme
 		return
 	}
 
-	_registerServices(services)
+	const disposables = _registerServices(services)
 
 	const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(rootElement)
 	root.render(<Component />);
+
+	return disposables
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/services.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/services.tsx
index 1878a105..975f5be6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/services.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/services.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
 import { VoidSidebarState, ReactServicesType } from '../../../registerSidebar.js'
 import { ThreadsState } from '../../../registerThreads.js'
 import { SettingsOfProvider } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/voidConfigTypes.js'
+import { RefreshModelState } from '../../../../../../../platform/void/common/refreshModelService.js'
+import { IDisposable } from '../../../../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js'
 
 
 // normally to do this you'd use a useEffect that calls .onDidChangeState(), but useEffect mounts too late and misses initial state changes
@@ -17,11 +19,13 @@ let services: ReactServicesType
 let sidebarState: VoidSidebarState
 let threadsState: ThreadsState
 let settingsOfProvider: SettingsOfProvider
+let refreshModelState: RefreshModelState
 
 // React listens by adding a setState function to these:
 const sidebarStateListeners: Set<(s: VoidSidebarState) => void> = new Set()
 const threadsStateListeners: Set<(s: ThreadsState) => void> = new Set()
 const settingsOfProviderListeners: Set<(s: SettingsOfProvider) => void> = new Set()
+const refreshModelStateListeners: Set<(s: RefreshModelState) => void> = new Set()
 
 // must call this before you can use any of the hooks below
 // this should only be called ONCE! this is the only place you don't need to dispose onDidChange. If you use state.onDidChange anywhere else, make sure to dispose it!
@@ -30,30 +34,47 @@ let wasCalled = false
 
 export const _registerServices = (services_: ReactServicesType) => {
 
+	const disposables: IDisposable[] = []
+
 	if (wasCalled) console.error(`⚠️ Void _registerServices was called again! It should only be called once.`)
 	wasCalled = true
 
 	services = services_
-	const { sidebarStateService, configStateService, threadsStateService, } = services
+	const { sidebarStateService, configStateService, threadsStateService, refreshModelService } = services
 
 	sidebarState = sidebarStateService.state
-	sidebarStateService.onDidChangeState(() => {
-		sidebarState = sidebarStateService.state
-		sidebarStateListeners.forEach(l => l(sidebarState))
-	})
-
+	disposables.push(
+		sidebarStateService.onDidChangeState(() => {
+			sidebarState = sidebarStateService.state
+			sidebarStateListeners.forEach(l => l(sidebarState))
+		})
+	)
 
 	threadsState = threadsStateService.state
-	threadsStateService.onDidChangeCurrentThread(() => {
-		threadsState = threadsStateService.state
-		threadsStateListeners.forEach(l => l(threadsState))
-	})
+	disposables.push(
+		threadsStateService.onDidChangeCurrentThread(() => {
+			threadsState = threadsStateService.state
+			threadsStateListeners.forEach(l => l(threadsState))
+		})
+	)
 
 	settingsOfProvider = configStateService.state.settingsOfProvider
-	configStateService.onDidChangeState(() => {
-		settingsOfProvider = configStateService.state.settingsOfProvider
-		settingsOfProviderListeners.forEach(l => l(settingsOfProvider))
-	})
+	disposables.push(
+		configStateService.onDidChangeState(() => {
+			settingsOfProvider = configStateService.state.settingsOfProvider
+			settingsOfProviderListeners.forEach(l => l(settingsOfProvider))
+		})
+	)
+
+	refreshModelState = refreshModelService.state
+	disposables.push(
+		refreshModelService.onDidChangeState(() => {
+			refreshModelState = refreshModelService.state
+			refreshModelStateListeners.forEach(l => l(refreshModelState))
+		})
+	)
+
+	return disposables
 }
 
 
@@ -96,3 +117,14 @@ export const useThreadsState = () => {
 	}, [ss])
 	return s
 }
+
+
+export const useRefreshModelState = () => {
+	const [s, ss] = useState(refreshModelState)
+	useEffect(() => {
+		ss(refreshModelState)
+		refreshModelStateListeners.add(ss)
+		return () => { refreshModelStateListeners.delete(ss) }
+	}, [ss])
+	return s
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerAutocomplete.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerAutocomplete.ts
index 9262cc93..649b310c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerAutocomplete.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerAutocomplete.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { Position } from '../../../../editor/common/core/position.js';
 import { InlineCompletion, InlineCompletionContext } from '../../../../editor/common/languages.js';
 import { CancellationToken } from '../../../../base/common/cancellation.js';
 import { Range } from '../../../../editor/common/core/range.js';
-import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/browser/llmMessageService.js';
+import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageService.js';
 import { IEditorService } from '../../../services/editor/common/editorService.js';
 import { isCodeEditor } from '../../../../editor/browser/editorBrowser.js';
 import { EditorResourceAccessor } from '../../../common/editor.js';
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerInlineDiffs.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerInlineDiffs.ts
index 5286d3df..cb4ae858 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerInlineDiffs.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerInlineDiffs.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import * as dom from '../../../../base/browser/dom.js';
 import { Widget } from '../../../../base/browser/ui/widget.js';
 import { URI } from '../../../../base/common/uri.js';
 import { LLMFeatureSelection, ServiceSendLLMMessageParams } from '../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageTypes.js';
-import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/browser/llmMessageService.js';
+import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageService.js';
 
 
 // gets converted to --vscode-void-greenBG, see void.css
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerSidebar.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerSidebar.ts
index afab03f1..ccc37fe0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerSidebar.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/registerSidebar.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { IViewPaneOptions, ViewPane } from '../../../browser/parts/views/viewPan
 
 import { IContextKeyService } from '../../../../platform/contextkey/common/contextkey.js';
 import { createDecorator, IInstantiationService } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js';
-import { Disposable } from '../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
+import { Disposable, IDisposable } from '../../../../base/common/lifecycle.js';
 import { Emitter, Event } from '../../../../base/common/event.js';
 import { IThreadHistoryService } from './registerThreads.js';
 import { IConfigurationService } from '../../../../platform/configuration/common/configuration.js';
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ import { IVoidConfigStateService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/voidCo
 import { IFileService } from '../../../../platform/files/common/files.js';
 import { IInlineDiffsService } from './registerInlineDiffs.js';
 import { IModelService } from '../../../../editor/common/services/model.js';
-import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/browser/llmMessageService.js';
+import { ILLMMessageService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/llmMessageService.js';
 import { IClipboardService } from '../../../../platform/clipboard/common/clipboardService.js';
 import { IViewsService } from '../../../services/views/common/viewsService.js';
 import { InstantiationType, registerSingleton } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/extensions.js';
+import { IRefreshModelService } from '../../../../platform/void/common/refreshModelService.js';
 
 
 // compare against search.contribution.ts and debug.contribution.ts, scm.contribution.ts (source control)
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export type ReactServicesType = {
 	inlineDiffService: IInlineDiffsService;
 	llmMessageService: ILLMMessageService;
 	clipboardService: IClipboardService;
+	refreshModelService: IRefreshModelService;
 
 	themeService: IThemeService,
 	hoverService: IHoverService,
@@ -113,10 +115,14 @@ class VoidSidebarViewPane extends ViewPane {
 				clipboardService: accessor.get(IClipboardService),
 				themeService: accessor.get(IThemeService),
 				hoverService: accessor.get(IHoverService),
+				refreshModelService: accessor.get(IRefreshModelService),
 				contextViewService: accessor.get(IContextViewService),
 				contextMenuService: accessor.get(IContextMenuService),
 			}
-			mountFn(parent, services);
+
+			// mount react
+			const disposables: IDisposable[] | undefined = mountFn(parent, services);
+			disposables?.forEach(d => this._register(d))
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/workbench.common.main.ts b/src/vs/workbench/workbench.common.main.ts
index 36bd6ad4..e1ea851c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/workbench.common.main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/workbench.common.main.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import './browser/workbench.contribution.js';
 //#region --- Void
 // Void added this:
 import './contrib/void/browser/void.contribution.js';
-import '../platform/void/browser/void.contribution.js';
+import '../platform/void/common/void.contribution.js';
 //#endregion