diff --git a/src/ui/App.tsx b/src/ui/App.tsx
index a569dc3..6526bb3 100644
--- a/src/ui/App.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/App.tsx
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export function App({ projectRoot, version = "", onRestart }: AppProps): React.R
       const meta: MessageMeta = {
         isModelChange: true,
       };
-      const content = `/model\n└ Set model to ${selection.model} (${selection?.reasoningEffort || "no thinking"})`;
+      const content = `/model\n└ Set model to ${selection.model} (${selection?.thinkingEnabled ? selection?.reasoningEffort : "no thinking"})`;
 
       if (activeSessionId) {
         sessionManager.addSessionSystemMessage(activeSessionId, content, meta);
diff --git a/src/ui/WelcomeScreen.tsx b/src/ui/WelcomeScreen.tsx
index 5e25379..3d82eed 100644
--- a/src/ui/WelcomeScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/WelcomeScreen.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function WelcomeScreen({
             {!compact ? <Text> </Text> : null}
             <SettingRow label="Model" value={settings.model} />
             <SettingRow label="Thinking Enabled" value={String(settings.thinkingEnabled)} />
-            <SettingRow label="Reasoning Effort" value={settings.reasoningEffort} />
+            <SettingRow label="Reasoning Effort" value={settings.thinkingEnabled ? settings.reasoningEffort : "-"} />
             <SettingRow label="CWD" value={cwd} />
           </Box>
         </Box>