diff --git a/django_app/redbox_app/redbox_core/consumers.py b/django_app/redbox_app/redbox_core/consumers.py
index c13b53de9..dc4f1e045 100644
--- a/django_app/redbox_app/redbox_core/consumers.py
+++ b/django_app/redbox_app/redbox_core/consumers.py
@@ -64,12 +64,18 @@ async def receive(self, text_data=None, bytes_data=None):
         logger.debug("received %s from browser", data)
         user_message_text: str = data.get("message", "")
         selected_file_uuids: Sequence[UUID] = [UUID(u) for u in data.get("selectedFiles", [])]
-        user: User = self.scope.get("user", None)
+        user: User = self.scope.get("user")
+        chat_backend = self.scope.get("llm")
 
         if session_id := data.get("sessionId"):
             session = await Chat.objects.aget(id=session_id)
+            if chat_backend and session.chat_backend != chat_backend:
+                session.chat_backend = chat_backend
+                await session.asave()
         else:
-            session = await Chat.objects.acreate(name=user_message_text[: settings.CHAT_TITLE_LENGTH], user=user)
+            session = await Chat.objects.acreate(
+                name=user_message_text[: settings.CHAT_TITLE_LENGTH], user=user, chat_backend=chat_backend
+            )
 
         # save user message
         selected_files = File.objects.filter(id__in=selected_file_uuids, user=user)
diff --git a/django_app/redbox_app/redbox_core/views/chat_views.py b/django_app/redbox_app/redbox_core/views/chat_views.py
index 64e2eb781..1e0eff57e 100644
--- a/django_app/redbox_app/redbox_core/views/chat_views.py
+++ b/django_app/redbox_app/redbox_core/views/chat_views.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from django.views import View
 from yarl import URL
 
-from redbox_app.redbox_core.models import Chat, ChatMessage, ChatRoleEnum, File
+from redbox_app.redbox_core.models import AbstractAISettings, Chat, ChatMessage, ChatRoleEnum, File
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ def get(self, request: HttpRequest, chat_id: uuid.UUID | None = None) -> HttpRes
         self.decorate_selected_files(completed_files, messages)
         chat_grouped_by_date_group = groupby(chat, attrgetter("date_group"))
 
+        chat_backend = current_chat.chat_backend if current_chat else None
+
         context = {
             "chat_id": chat_id,
             "messages": messages,
@@ -50,6 +52,10 @@ def get(self, request: HttpRequest, chat_id: uuid.UUID | None = None) -> HttpRes
             "completed_files": completed_files,
             "processing_files": processing_files,
             "chat_title_length": settings.CHAT_TITLE_LENGTH,
+            "llm_options": [
+                {"name": llm, "default": llm == chat_backend, "selected": llm == chat_backend}
+                for _, llm in AbstractAISettings.ChatBackend.choices
+            ],
         }
 
         return render(
diff --git a/django_app/redbox_app/templates/chats.html b/django_app/redbox_app/templates/chats.html
index 3c9f0ee7a..ed932cc2a 100644
--- a/django_app/redbox_app/templates/chats.html
+++ b/django_app/redbox_app/templates/chats.html
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ <h3 class="govuk-fieldset__heading">Documents to use</h3>
           </fieldset>
         </document-selector>
 
-        {# Temporary until this comes from the view data #}
-        {% set llm_options = [
-          {"name": "gpt-4o", "default": True, "selected": True},
-          {"name": "gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09"},
-          {"name": "gpt-35-turbo-16k"}
-        ] %}
         <div class="iai-panel govuk-!-margin-top-5 govuk-!-padding-top-3">
           <label class="govuk-body-s govuk-!-font-weight-bold" for="llm-selector">Model</label>
           <select id="llm-selector" name="llm" class="govuk-select govuk-!-margin-top-1">