diff --git a/src/providers/ClaudeDevProvider.ts b/src/providers/ClaudeDevProvider.ts
index 3cce982..fb04877 100644
--- a/src/providers/ClaudeDevProvider.ts
+++ b/src/providers/ClaudeDevProvider.ts
@@ -457,8 +457,8 @@ export class ClaudeDevProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider {
 			if (apiKey) {
 				apiProvider = "anthropic"
 			} else {
-				// New users should default to openrouter (better rate limits and wider model selection)
-				apiProvider = "openrouter"
+				// New users should default to anthropic (openrouter has issues, bedrock is complicated)
+				apiProvider = "anthropic"
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/ApiOptions.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/ApiOptions.tsx
index 1fcf83d..b046c31 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/ApiOptions.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/ApiOptions.tsx
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ const ApiOptions: React.FC<ApiOptionsProps> = ({ showModelOptions, apiConfigurat
 					<span style={{ fontWeight: 500 }}>API Provider</span>
 				</label>
 				<VSCodeDropdown id="api-provider" value={selectedProvider} onChange={handleInputChange("apiProvider")}>
-					<VSCodeOption value="openrouter">OpenRouter</VSCodeOption>
 					<VSCodeOption value="anthropic">Anthropic</VSCodeOption>
 					<VSCodeOption value="bedrock">AWS Bedrock</VSCodeOption>
+					<VSCodeOption value="openrouter">OpenRouter</VSCodeOption>
 				</VSCodeDropdown>
 			</div>
 
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ const ApiOptions: React.FC<ApiOptionsProps> = ({ showModelOptions, apiConfigurat
 						This key is stored locally and only used to make API requests from this extension.
 						<VSCodeLink href="https://openrouter.ai/" style={{ display: "inline" }}>
 							You can get an OpenRouter API key by signing up here.
-						</VSCodeLink>
+						</VSCodeLink>{" "}
+						<span style={{ color: "var(--vscode-errorForeground)" }}>
+							(<span style={{ fontWeight: 500 }}>Note:</span> OpenRouter support is experimental and may
+							not work well with large files.)
+						</span>
 					</p>
 				</div>
 			)}