diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Ai.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Ai.qml
index a273415f5..d177cac80 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Ai.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/services/Ai.qml
@@ -305,14 +305,18 @@ Singleton {
     }
     property ApiStrategy currentApiStrategy: apiStrategies[models[currentModelId]?.api_format || "openai"]
 
+    function addUserModels() {
+        (Config?.options.ai?.extraModels ?? []).forEach(model => {
+            const safeModelName = root.safeModelName(model["model"]);
+            root.addModel(safeModelName, model)
+        });
+    }
+
     Connections {
         target: Config
         function onReadyChanged() {
             if (!Config.ready) return;
-            (Config?.options.ai?.extraModels ?? []).forEach(model => {
-                const safeModelName = root.safeModelName(model["model"]);
-                root.addModel(safeModelName, model)
-            });
+            root.addUserModels()
         }
     }
 
@@ -321,6 +325,7 @@ Singleton {
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         setModel(currentModelId, false, false); // Do necessary setup for model
+        root.addUserModels()
     }
 
     function guessModelLogo(model) {
@@ -345,7 +350,9 @@ Singleton {
     }
 
     function addModel(modelName, data) {
-        root.models[modelName] = aiModelComponent.createObject(this, data);
+        root.models = Object.assign({}, root.models, {
+            [modelName]: aiModelComponent.createObject(this, data)
+        });
     }
 
     Process {