diff --git a/internal/agent/coordinator.go b/internal/agent/coordinator.go
index 10d108e89493aef5988abad50cd892f0aec57058..e6cdc70d9294dc2ef60ae31582490f4220f52620 100644
--- a/internal/agent/coordinator.go
+++ b/internal/agent/coordinator.go
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ func (c *coordinator) buildProvider(providerCfg config.ProviderConfig, model con
 			headers["anthropic-beta"] = "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"
 		}
 	}
-	slog.Info("Headers", "headers", headers)
 
 	// TODO: make sure we have
 	apiKey, _ := c.cfg.Resolve(providerCfg.APIKey)
diff --git a/internal/tui/page/chat/chat.go b/internal/tui/page/chat/chat.go
index a9517f8bbef927166cf6674d2ce1a1535df7235c..6039f17a469400d823078583f153e909f2650209 100644
--- a/internal/tui/page/chat/chat.go
+++ b/internal/tui/page/chat/chat.go
@@ -543,12 +543,7 @@ func (p *chatPage) toggleThinking() tea.Cmd {
 		}
 
 		// Update the agent with the new configuration
-		if err := p.app.UpdateAgentModel(context.TODO()); err != nil {
-			return util.InfoMsg{
-				Type: util.InfoTypeError,
-				Msg:  "Failed to update thinking mode: " + err.Error(),
-			}
-		}
+		go p.app.UpdateAgentModel(context.TODO())
 
 		status := "disabled"
 		if currentModel.Think {
diff --git a/internal/tui/tui.go b/internal/tui/tui.go
index c90c6bcfc50cf8c7a062f380a28e13c044d04fa0..c53e3395285ad321a6e2fd1dc7b6ff7ed7d39edc 100644
--- a/internal/tui/tui.go
+++ b/internal/tui/tui.go
@@ -199,10 +199,7 @@ func (a *appModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 
 		config.Get().UpdatePreferredModel(msg.ModelType, msg.Model)
 
-		// Update the agent with the new model/provider configuration
-		if err := a.app.UpdateAgentModel(context.TODO()); err != nil {
-			return a, util.ReportError(fmt.Errorf("model changed to %s but failed to update agent: %v", msg.Model.Model, err))
-		}
+		go a.app.UpdateAgentModel(context.TODO())
 
 		modelTypeName := "large"
 		if msg.ModelType == config.SelectedModelTypeSmall {