diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/modellist.cpp b/gpt4all-chat/modellist.cpp
index dc98ce36..5f43e0fd 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/modellist.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/modellist.cpp
@@ -161,16 +161,6 @@ int InstalledModels::count() const
     return rowCount();
 }
 
-QString InstalledModels::firstId() const
-{
-    if (rowCount() > 0) {
-        QModelIndex firstIndex = index(0, 0);
-        return sourceModel()->data(firstIndex, ModelList::IdRole).toString();
-    } else {
-        return QString();
-    }
-}
-
 DownloadableModels::DownloadableModels(QObject *parent)
     : QSortFilterProxyModel(parent)
     , m_expanded(false)
@@ -298,12 +288,9 @@ ModelInfo ModelList::defaultModelInfo() const
     settings.sync();
 
     // The user default model can be set by the user in the settings dialog. The "default" user
-    // default model is "Application default" which signals we should use the default model that was
-    // specified by the models.json file.
+    // default model is "Application default" which signals we should use the logic here.
     const QString userDefaultModelName = MySettings::globalInstance()->userDefaultModel();
     const bool hasUserDefaultName = !userDefaultModelName.isEmpty() && userDefaultModelName != "Application default";
-    const QString defaultModelName = settings.value("defaultModel").toString();
-    const bool hasDefaultName = hasUserDefaultName ? false : !defaultModelName.isEmpty();
 
     ModelInfo *defaultModel = nullptr;
     for (ModelInfo *info : m_models) {
@@ -311,12 +298,10 @@ ModelInfo ModelList::defaultModelInfo() const
             continue;
         defaultModel = info;
 
-        // If we don't have either setting, then just use the first model that is installed
-        if (!hasUserDefaultName && !hasDefaultName)
-            break;
+        const size_t ramrequired = defaultModel->ramrequired;
 
-        // If we don't have a user specified default, but *do* have a default setting and match, then use it
-        if (!hasUserDefaultName && hasDefaultName && (defaultModel->id() == defaultModelName))
+        // If we don't have either setting, then just use the first model that requires less than 16GB that is installed
+        if (!hasUserDefaultName && !info->isChatGPT && ramrequired > 0 && ramrequired < 16)
             break;
 
         // If we have a user specified default and match, then use it
@@ -847,14 +832,6 @@ void ModelList::updateModelsFromDirectory()
     processDirectory(exePath);
     if (localPath != exePath)
         processDirectory(localPath);
-
-    if (installedModels()->count()) {
-        const QString firstModel =
-            installedModels()->firstId();
-        QSettings settings;
-        settings.setValue("defaultModel", firstModel);
-        settings.sync();
-    }
 }
 
 void ModelList::updateModelsFromJson()
@@ -1132,14 +1109,6 @@ void ModelList::parseModelsJsonFile(const QByteArray &jsonData, bool save)
         updateData(id, ModelList::QuantRole, "NA");
         updateData(id, ModelList::TypeRole, "GPT");
     }
-
-    if (installedModels()->count()) {
-        const QString firstModel =
-            installedModels()->firstId();
-        QSettings settings;
-        settings.setValue("defaultModel", firstModel);
-        settings.sync();
-    }
 }
 
 void ModelList::updateModelsFromSettings()
diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/modellist.h b/gpt4all-chat/modellist.h
index b2d40332..cc70c5f0 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/modellist.h
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/modellist.h
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ class InstalledModels : public QSortFilterProxyModel
 public:
     explicit InstalledModels(QObject *parent);
     int count() const;
-    QString firstId() const;
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void countChanged();