diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
index 4c139d7ea4236feed33998d41535a68842778b1e..8cf4cce493d1bd33ca3c9d1d66de8bd1a07ad8f4 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (s *splashCmp) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 
 func (s *splashCmp) saveAPIKeyAndContinue(apiKey string) tea.Cmd {
 	if s.selectedModel == nil {
-		return util.ReportError(fmt.Errorf("no model selected"))
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	cfg := config.Get()