diff --git a/app/components/Models.tsx b/app/components/Models.tsx
index 74f096e..dee935e 100644
--- a/app/components/Models.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Models.tsx
@@ -174,18 +174,9 @@ const Models: React.FC = () => {
   const [currentCategory, setCurrentCategory] = useState(localStorage.getItem("activeCategory"));
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!localStorage.getItem('selectedModel')) {
-      localStorage.setItem("selectedModel", "Offline Fast" )
-    }
-
-    if (!localStorage.getItem("activeCategory")) {
-      setActiveCategory('Code')
-      localStorage.setItem('activeCategory' ,'Code')
-    }
-
-    if (!localStorage.getItem("model")) {
-      localStorage.setItem("model" ,'starcoder2')
-    }
+    // Retrieve initial values from localStorage
+    setRadioSelection(localStorage.getItem('radioSelection') || '');
+    setSelectedModel(localStorage.getItem('selectedModel') || '');
 
     const handleStorageChange = () => {
       setSelectedModel(localStorage.getItem('selectedModel') || '');
@@ -194,8 +185,6 @@ const Models: React.FC = () => {
     // Update immediately when localStorage changes
     window.addEventListener('storage', handleStorageChange);
 
-    setRadioSelection(localStorage.getItem('radioSelection') || '');
-    setSelectedModel(localStorage.getItem('selectedModel') || '');
     // Cleanup listener on component unmount
     return () => {
       window.removeEventListener('storage', handleStorageChange);