diff --git a/app/components/chat/BaseChat.tsx b/app/components/chat/BaseChat.tsx
index c1175f700..a47b6adfd 100644
--- a/app/components/chat/BaseChat.tsx
+++ b/app/components/chat/BaseChat.tsx
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ const EXAMPLE_PROMPTS = [
 
 const providerList = [...new Set(MODEL_LIST.map((model) => model.provider))]
 
-const ModelSelector = ({ model, setModel, modelList, providerList }) => {
-  const [provider, setProvider] = useState(DEFAULT_PROVIDER);
+const ModelSelector = ({ model, setModel, provider, setProvider, modelList, providerList }) => {
   return (
     <div className="mb-2">
       <select
@@ -79,6 +78,8 @@ interface BaseChatProps {
   input?: string;
   model: string;
   setModel: (model: string) => void;
+  provider: string;
+  setProvider: (provider: string) => void;
   handleStop?: () => void;
   sendMessage?: (event: React.UIEvent, messageInput?: string) => void;
   handleInputChange?: (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => void;
@@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ export const BaseChat = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, BaseChatProps>(
       input = '',
       model,
       setModel,
+      provider,
+      setProvider,
       sendMessage,
       handleInputChange,
       enhancePrompt,
@@ -157,6 +160,8 @@ export const BaseChat = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, BaseChatProps>(
                   model={model}
                   setModel={setModel}
                   modelList={MODEL_LIST}
+                  provider={provider}
+                  setProvider={setProvider}
                   providerList={providerList}
                 />
                 <div
diff --git a/app/components/chat/Chat.client.tsx b/app/components/chat/Chat.client.tsx
index 458bd8364..506d82dc2 100644
--- a/app/components/chat/Chat.client.tsx
+++ b/app/components/chat/Chat.client.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { useChatHistory } from '~/lib/persistence';
 import { chatStore } from '~/lib/stores/chat';
 import { workbenchStore } from '~/lib/stores/workbench';
 import { fileModificationsToHTML } from '~/utils/diff';
-import { DEFAULT_MODEL } from '~/utils/constants';
+import { DEFAULT_MODEL, DEFAULT_PROVIDER } from '~/utils/constants';
 import { cubicEasingFn } from '~/utils/easings';
 import { createScopedLogger, renderLogger } from '~/utils/logger';
 import { BaseChat } from './BaseChat';
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export const ChatImpl = memo(({ initialMessages, storeMessageHistory }: ChatProp
 
   const [chatStarted, setChatStarted] = useState(initialMessages.length > 0);
   const [model, setModel] = useState(DEFAULT_MODEL);
+  const [provider, setProvider] = useState(DEFAULT_PROVIDER);
 
   const { showChat } = useStore(chatStore);
 
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ export const ChatImpl = memo(({ initialMessages, storeMessageHistory }: ChatProp
        * manually reset the input and we'd have to manually pass in file attachments. However, those
        * aren't relevant here.
        */
-      append({ role: 'user', content: `[Model: ${model}]\n\n${diff}\n\n${_input}` });
+      append({ role: 'user', content: `[Model: ${model}]\n\n[Provider: ${provider}]\n\n${diff}\n\n${_input}` });
 
       /**
        * After sending a new message we reset all modifications since the model
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ export const ChatImpl = memo(({ initialMessages, storeMessageHistory }: ChatProp
        */
       workbenchStore.resetAllFileModifications();
     } else {
-      append({ role: 'user', content: `[Model: ${model}]\n\n${_input}` });
+      append({ role: 'user', content: `[Model: ${model}]\n\n[Provider: ${provider}]\n\n${_input}` });
     }
 
     setInput('');
@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@ export const ChatImpl = memo(({ initialMessages, storeMessageHistory }: ChatProp
       sendMessage={sendMessage}
       model={model}
       setModel={setModel}
+      provider={provider}
+      setProvider={setProvider}
       messageRef={messageRef}
       scrollRef={scrollRef}
       handleInputChange={handleInputChange}
diff --git a/app/lib/.server/llm/stream-text.ts b/app/lib/.server/llm/stream-text.ts
index de3d5bfa8..70bb3a917 100644
--- a/app/lib/.server/llm/stream-text.ts
+++ b/app/lib/.server/llm/stream-text.ts
@@ -24,42 +24,51 @@ export type Messages = Message[];
 
 export type StreamingOptions = Omit<Parameters<typeof _streamText>[0], 'model'>;
 
-function extractModelFromMessage(message: Message): { model: string; content: string } {
+function extractPropertiesFromMessage(message: Message): { model: string; provider: string; content: string } {
   const modelRegex = /^\[Model: (.*?)\]\n\n/;
-  const match = message.content.match(modelRegex);
+  const providerRegex = /\[Provider: (.*?)\]\n\n/;
 
-  if (match) {
-    const model = match[1];
-    const content = message.content.replace(modelRegex, '');
-    return { model, content };
-  }
+  // Extract model
+  const modelMatch = message.content.match(modelRegex);
+  const model = modelMatch ? modelMatch[1] : DEFAULT_MODEL;
 
-  // Default model if not specified
-  return { model: DEFAULT_MODEL, content: message.content };
+  // Extract provider
+  const providerMatch = message.content.match(providerRegex);
+  const provider = providerMatch ? providerMatch[1] : DEFAULT_PROVIDER;
+
+  // Remove model and provider lines from content
+  const cleanedContent = message.content
+    .replace(modelRegex, '')
+    .replace(providerRegex, '')
+    .trim();
+
+  return { model, provider, content: cleanedContent };
 }
 
 export function streamText(messages: Messages, env: Env, options?: StreamingOptions) {
   let currentModel = DEFAULT_MODEL;
+  let currentProvider = DEFAULT_PROVIDER;
+
   const processedMessages = messages.map((message) => {
     if (message.role === 'user') {
-      const { model, content } = extractModelFromMessage(message);
-      if (model && MODEL_LIST.find((m) => m.name === model)) {
-        currentModel = model; // Update the current model
+      const { model, provider, content } = extractPropertiesFromMessage(message);
+
+      if (MODEL_LIST.find((m) => m.name === model)) {
+        currentModel = model;
       }
+
+      currentProvider = provider;
+
       return { ...message, content };
     }
-    return message;
-  });
 
-  const provider = MODEL_LIST.find((model) => model.name === currentModel)?.provider || DEFAULT_PROVIDER;
+    return message; // No changes for non-user messages
+  });
 
   return _streamText({
-    model: getModel(provider, currentModel, env),
+    model: getModel(currentProvider, currentModel, env),
     system: getSystemPrompt(),
     maxTokens: MAX_TOKENS,
-    // headers: {
-    //   'anthropic-beta': 'max-tokens-3-5-sonnet-2024-07-15',
-    // },
     messages: convertToCoreMessages(processedMessages),
     ...options,
   });