diff --git a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/models/models.go b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/models/models.go
index e09b040a52ebf911ceefc455b0892c7c9ceba754..3d9443332dad2a0e23f4aedcc9ddc45249914c64 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/models/models.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/models/models.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func NewModelDialogCmp() ModelDialog {
 	listKeyMap.UpOneItem = keyMap.Previous
 
 	t := styles.CurrentTheme()
-	modelList := NewModelListComponent(listKeyMap, "Choose a model for large, complex tasks", true)
+	modelList := NewModelListComponent(listKeyMap, largeModelInputPlaceholder, true)
 	apiKeyInput := NewAPIKeyInput()
 	apiKeyInput.SetShowTitle(false)
 	help := help.New()
diff --git a/internal/tui/exp/list/filterable_group.go b/internal/tui/exp/list/filterable_group.go
index 68c833f2d0933ecae9d78c0beb28f19287abffed..9f0efc49162004cebfbc57c2c5ce96319895574e 100644
--- a/internal/tui/exp/list/filterable_group.go
+++ b/internal/tui/exp/list/filterable_group.go
@@ -259,5 +259,6 @@ func (f *filterableGroupList[T]) SetInputWidth(w int) {
 }
 
 func (f *filterableGroupList[T]) SetInputPlaceholder(ph string) {
+	f.input.Placeholder = ph
 	f.placeholder = ph
 }