diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
index a7cf0b27de678dc63d1f9058a5d9d6bd3957d2ae..f459eaa3788fa350305f8636684ad5b3d3aad69c 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ func (s *splashCmp) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			}
 			if s.isOnboarding && !s.needsAPIKey {
 				modelInx := s.modelList.SelectedIndex()
+				if modelInx == -1 {
+					return s, nil
+				}
 				items := s.modelList.Items()
 				selectedItem := items[modelInx].(completions.CompletionItem).Value().(models.ModelOption)
 				if s.isProviderConfigured(string(selectedItem.Provider.ID)) {