diff --git a/src/api/providers/ollama.ts b/src/api/providers/ollama.ts
index f2134bb..7668bd3 100644
--- a/src/api/providers/ollama.ts
+++ b/src/api/providers/ollama.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class OllamaHandler implements ApiHandler {
 
 	getModel(): { id: string; info: ModelInfo } {
 		return {
-			id: this.options.ollamaModelId ?? "",
+			id: this.options.ollamaModelId || "",
 			info: openAiModelInfoSaneDefaults,
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ApiOptions.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ApiOptions.tsx
index 1d746e2..e708fbc 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ApiOptions.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ApiOptions.tsx
@@ -724,19 +724,19 @@ export function normalizeApiConfiguration(apiConfiguration?: ApiConfiguration) {
 		case "openrouter":
 			return {
 				selectedProvider: provider,
-				selectedModelId: apiConfiguration?.openRouterModelId ?? openRouterDefaultModelId,
-				selectedModelInfo: apiConfiguration?.openRouterModelInfo ?? openRouterDefaultModelInfo,
+				selectedModelId: apiConfiguration?.openRouterModelId || openRouterDefaultModelId,
+				selectedModelInfo: apiConfiguration?.openRouterModelInfo || openRouterDefaultModelInfo,
 			}
 		case "openai":
 			return {
 				selectedProvider: provider,
-				selectedModelId: apiConfiguration?.openAiModelId ?? "",
+				selectedModelId: apiConfiguration?.openAiModelId || "",
 				selectedModelInfo: openAiModelInfoSaneDefaults,
 			}
 		case "ollama":
 			return {
 				selectedProvider: provider,
-				selectedModelId: apiConfiguration?.ollamaModelId ?? "",
+				selectedModelId: apiConfiguration?.ollamaModelId || "",
 				selectedModelInfo: openAiModelInfoSaneDefaults,
 			}
 		default:
diff --git a/webview-ui/src/utils/validate.ts b/webview-ui/src/utils/validate.ts
index dd3ec58..060e0f6 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/utils/validate.ts
+++ b/webview-ui/src/utils/validate.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export function validateModelId(
 	if (apiConfiguration) {
 		switch (apiConfiguration.apiProvider) {
 			case "openrouter":
-				const modelId = apiConfiguration.openRouterModelId ?? openRouterDefaultModelId // in case the user hasn't changed the model id, it will be undefined by default
+				const modelId = apiConfiguration.openRouterModelId || openRouterDefaultModelId // in case the user hasn't changed the model id, it will be undefined by default
 				if (!modelId) {
 					return "You must provide a model ID."
 				}