diff --git a/frontend/app/view/waveai.tsx b/frontend/app/view/waveai.tsx
index a520ded45..d821aa3b0 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/waveai.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/view/waveai.tsx
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class WaveAiModel implements ViewModel {
             const viewTextChildren: HeaderElem[] = [
                 {
                     elemtype: "text",
-                    text: get(atoms.settingsConfigAtom).ai.model,
+                    text: get(atoms.settingsConfigAtom).ai?.model ?? "gpt-4o-mini",
                 },
             ];
             return viewTextChildren;