diff --git a/channel/web/static/js/console.js b/channel/web/static/js/console.js
index 722fb35..c0b4201 100644
--- a/channel/web/static/js/console.js
+++ b/channel/web/static/js/console.js
@@ -909,7 +909,8 @@ function initConfigView(data) {
     const providerEl = document.getElementById('cfg-provider');
     const providerOpts = Object.entries(configProviders).map(([pid, p]) => ({ value: pid, label: p.label }));
 
-    const detected = detectProvider(configCurrentModel);
+    // if use_linkai is enabled, always select linkai as the provider
+    const detected = data.use_linkai ? 'linkai' : detectProvider(configCurrentModel);
     cfgProviderValue = detected || (providerOpts[0] ? providerOpts[0].value : '');
 
     initDropdown(providerEl, providerOpts, cfgProviderValue, onProviderChange);
diff --git a/channel/web/web_channel.py b/channel/web/web_channel.py
index 1f4aa07..56ac6ba 100644
--- a/channel/web/web_channel.py
+++ b/channel/web/web_channel.py
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ class ConfigHandler:
                 "use_agent": use_agent,
                 "title": title,
                 "model": local_config.get("model", ""),
+                "use_linkai": bool(local_config.get("use_linkai", False)),
                 "channel_type": local_config.get("channel_type", ""),
                 "agent_max_context_tokens": local_config.get("agent_max_context_tokens", 50000),
                 "agent_max_context_turns": local_config.get("agent_max_context_turns", 20),