diff --git a/src/renderer/features/fill-form/FillForm.tsx b/src/renderer/features/fill-form/FillForm.tsx
index 0785ad6..9ce1693 100644
--- a/src/renderer/features/fill-form/FillForm.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/features/fill-form/FillForm.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
 import { useStore } from '../../store'
 import { useSpeechRecording } from './hooks'
-import { fillTemplate, fetchModels } from '../../lib/api'
-import { saveLastOutputPath } from '../../lib/storage'
+import { fillTemplate, fetchModels, pullModel } from '../../lib/api'
+import { saveLastOutputPath, loadSelectedModel, saveSelectedModel } from '../../lib/storage'
 import { pluralize } from '../../lib/utils'
 import { TYPE_VALUE_TO_LABEL } from '../../lib/constants'
 import { WeatherModal } from '../weather-forecast/WeatherForecast'
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@ export function FillForm() {
 
   const del = useDeleteTemplate()
   const [inputText, setInputText] = useState('')
+  const AVAILABLE_MODELS = ['qwen2.5:1.5b', 'qwen2.5:3b', 'qwen2.5:7b', 'llama3.2:3b', 'mistral:7b']
+
   const [model, setModel] = useState('')
   const [models, setModels] = useState<string[]>([])
   const [defaultModel, setDefaultModel] = useState('')
+  const [isInstallingModel, setIsInstallingModel] = useState(false)
+  const [pullPercent, setPullPercent] = useState(0)
+  const [pullStatus, setPullStatus] = useState('')
   const [status, setStatus] = useState({ message: '', type: '' })
   const [jsonResponse, setJsonResponse] = useState<unknown>(null)
   const [selectionError, setSelectionError] = useState(false)
@@ -51,13 +56,64 @@ export function FillForm() {
       .then(data => {
         setModels(data.models || [])
         setDefaultModel(data.default || '')
-        setModel(data.default || '')
+        const saved = loadSelectedModel()
+        if (saved) {
+          setModel(saved)
+        } else {
+          setModel(data.default || '')
+        }
       })
       .catch(() => {
         // leave default empty — server will use its default
       })
   }, [])
 
+  async function handleModelChange(selected: string) {
+    if (!selected) return
+    saveSelectedModel(selected)
+    setModel(selected)
+
+    // Check if the selected model is already in our list of installed models.
+    const isInstalled = models.some(m => m.toLowerCase().includes(selected.toLowerCase()))
+    if (!isInstalled) {
+      setIsInstallingModel(true)
+      setPullPercent(0)
+      setPullStatus('Starting download…')
+      setStatus({
+        message: `Downloading "${selected}" — this may take several minutes.`,
+        type: 'info',
+      })
+      try {
+        await pullModel(selected, (percent, statusText) => {
+          setPullPercent(percent)
+          setPullStatus(statusText || 'Downloading…')
+        })
+        // Refresh models list
+        const data = await fetchModels()
+        setModels(data.models || [])
+        setPullPercent(100)
+        setPullStatus('Done!')
+        setStatus({
+          message: `Model "${selected}" downloaded and installed successfully!`,
+          type: 'success',
+        })
+      } catch (e: unknown) {
+        setStatus({
+          message: `Failed to install model "${selected}": ${(e as Error).message}`,
+          type: 'error',
+        })
+        const saved = loadSelectedModel()
+        setModel(saved || defaultModel)
+      } finally {
+        setIsInstallingModel(false)
+        setPullPercent(0)
+        setPullStatus('')
+      }
+    } else {
+      setStatus({ message: `Switched to model: ${selected}`, type: 'info' })
+    }
+  }
+
   const count = selectedFillIds.length
 
   async function handleSubmit(e: React.FormEvent) {
@@ -237,19 +293,47 @@ export function FillForm() {
         <select
           id="fillModel"
           value={model}
-          onChange={e => setModel(e.target.value)}
+          onChange={e => handleModelChange(e.target.value)}
+          disabled={isInstallingModel}
         >
-          {models.length === 0 ? (
-            <option value="">(default model)</option>
-          ) : (
-            models.map(m => (
+          {Array.from(
+            new Set([
+              defaultModel,
+              ...models,
+              ...AVAILABLE_MODELS,
+            ].filter(Boolean))
+          ).map(m => {
+            const isInstalled = models.some(inst => inst.toLowerCase() === m.toLowerCase()) || m === defaultModel
+            const suffix = isInstallingModel && m === model 
+              ? ' (installing...)' 
+              : !isInstalled 
+              ? ' (not installed)' 
+              : m === defaultModel 
+              ? ' (default)' 
+              : ''
+            return (
               <option key={m} value={m}>
-                {m === defaultModel ? `${m} (default)` : m}
+                {m}{suffix}
               </option>
-            ))
-          )}
+            )
+          })}
         </select>
 
+        {isInstallingModel && (
+          <div className="model-pull-progress" aria-live="polite">
+            <div className="model-pull-progress-header">
+              <span className="model-pull-status">{pullStatus}</span>
+              <span className="model-pull-percent">{pullPercent}%</span>
+            </div>
+            <div className="model-pull-bar-track" role="progressbar" aria-valuenow={pullPercent} aria-valuemin={0} aria-valuemax={100}>
+              <div
+                className="model-pull-bar-fill"
+                style={{ width: `${pullPercent}%` }}
+              />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
         <p><b>External APIs</b></p>
 
         <div className="horizontal-layout">
@@ -284,7 +368,8 @@ export function FillForm() {
 
         <button
           type="submit"
-          className={count === 0 ? 'is-disabled' : ''}
+          className={count === 0 || isInstallingModel ? 'is-disabled' : ''}
+          disabled={count === 0 || isInstallingModel}
         >
           {count > 1 ? `Fill ${count} Forms` : 'Fill Form'}
         </button>
diff --git a/src/renderer/lib/api.ts b/src/renderer/lib/api.ts
index 96297e8..a577d87 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lib/api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/lib/api.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,56 @@ export async function fetchModels(): Promise<{ models: string[]; default: string
   return body as { models: string[]; default: string }
 }
 
+export async function pullModel(
+  model: string,
+  onProgress: (percent: number, status: string) => void
+): Promise<void> {
+  const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE_URL}/forms/pull`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ model }),
+  })
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    const body = await parseJsonResponse(response)
+    throw new Error(extractErrorMessage(body, response.status))
+  }
+
+  const reader = response.body?.getReader()
+  if (!reader) return
+
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder()
+  let buffer = ''
+
+  while (true) {
+    const { done, value } = await reader.read()
+    if (done) break
+
+    buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true })
+    const lines = buffer.split('\n')
+    buffer = lines.pop() ?? ''
+
+    for (const line of lines) {
+      const trimmed = line.trim()
+      if (!trimmed) continue
+      try {
+        const data = JSON.parse(trimmed) as Record<string, unknown>
+        if (typeof data['error'] === 'string') throw new Error(data['error'])
+        const status = typeof data['status'] === 'string' ? data['status'] : ''
+        const completed = typeof data['completed'] === 'number' ? data['completed'] : 0
+        const total = typeof data['total'] === 'number' ? data['total'] : 0
+        const percent = total > 0 ? Math.min(100, Math.round((completed / total) * 100)) : 0
+        onProgress(percent, status)
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err instanceof Error && err.message && !err.message.startsWith('JSON')) {
+          throw err
+        }
+        // ignore incomplete JSON fragments
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export async function fillTemplate(payload: {
   template_id: number
   input_text: string
diff --git a/src/renderer/lib/storage.ts b/src/renderer/lib/storage.ts
index 3a009ec..7a2cfbd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lib/storage.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/lib/storage.ts
@@ -36,3 +36,13 @@ export function loadTemplatesView(): TemplatesView {
 export function saveTemplatesView(view: TemplatesView): void {
   localStorage.setItem(TEMPLATES_VIEW_KEY, view)
 }
+
+const SELECTED_MODEL_KEY = 'fireform.selectedModel.v1'
+
+export function loadSelectedModel(): string {
+  return localStorage.getItem(SELECTED_MODEL_KEY) || ''
+}
+
+export function saveSelectedModel(model: string): void {
+  localStorage.setItem(SELECTED_MODEL_KEY, model)
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/styles/globals.css b/src/renderer/styles/globals.css
index 1de1637..6562439 100644
--- a/src/renderer/styles/globals.css
+++ b/src/renderer/styles/globals.css
@@ -852,6 +852,55 @@ button.is-disabled:hover {
   margin-bottom: 16px;
 }
 
+/* ── Model pull progress bar ────────────────────────────────────── */
+.model-pull-progress {
+  margin: 8px 0 16px;
+  padding: 10px 14px;
+  background: var(--bg-secondary, rgba(255,255,255,0.05));
+  border: 1px solid var(--border, rgba(255,255,255,0.1));
+  border-radius: 8px;
+}
+
+.model-pull-progress-header {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  gap: 8px;
+}
+
+.model-pull-status {
+  color: var(--text-secondary, #aaa);
+  flex: 1;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
+.model-pull-percent {
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: var(--accent, #e74c3c);
+  min-width: 36px;
+  text-align: right;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+
+.model-pull-bar-track {
+  height: 6px;
+  background: var(--border, rgba(255,255,255,0.12));
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.model-pull-bar-fill {
+  height: 100%;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e74c3c, #ff6b6b);
+  transition: width 0.3s ease;
+  min-width: 2px;
+}
+
 
 @keyframes fadeIn {
   from {