diff --git a/src/apps/beam/AppBeam.tsx b/src/apps/beam/AppBeam.tsx
index 854f3e3a7..7348618e7 100644
--- a/src/apps/beam/AppBeam.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/beam/AppBeam.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { createBeamVanillaStore } from '~/modules/beam/store-beam_vanilla';
 import { OptimaToolbarIn } from '~/common/layout/optima/portals/OptimaPortalsIn';
 import { createDConversation, DConversation } from '~/common/stores/chat/chat.conversation';
 import { createDMessageTextContent, DMessage } from '~/common/stores/chat/chat.message';
-import { getChatLLMId } from '~/common/stores/llms/store-llms';
 import { useIsMobile } from '~/common/components/useMatchMedia';
 
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ function initTestConversation(): DConversation {
 }
 
 function initTestBeamStore(messages: DMessage[], beamStore: BeamStoreApi = createBeamVanillaStore()): BeamStoreApi {
-  beamStore.getState().open(messages, getChatLLMId(), false, (content) => alert(content));
+  beamStore.getState().open(messages, null, false, (content) => alert(content));
   return beamStore;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/apps/call/Telephone.tsx b/src/apps/call/Telephone.tsx
index bbec8187f..f35545149 100644
--- a/src/apps/call/Telephone.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/call/Telephone.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export function Telephone(props: {
   const responseAbortController = React.useRef<AbortController | null>(null);
 
   // external state
-  const { chatLLMId, chatLLMDropdown } = useChatLLMDropdown(llmDropdownRef);
+  const { chatLLMId: modelId, chatLLMDropdown: modelDropdown } = useChatLLMDropdown(llmDropdownRef);
   const { chatTitle, reMessages } = useChatStore(useShallow(state => {
     const conversation = props.callIntent.conversationId
       ? state.conversations.find(conversation => conversation.id === props.callIntent.conversationId) ?? null
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export function Telephone(props: {
     }
 
     // bail if no llm selected
-    if (!chatLLMId) return;
+    if (!modelId) return;
 
 
     // Call Message Generation Prompt
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export function Telephone(props: {
     setPersonaTextInterim('💭...');
 
     aixChatGenerateContent_DMessage_FromConversation(
-      chatLLMId,
+      modelId,
       callSystemInstruction,
       callGenerationInputHistory,
       'call',
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export function Telephone(props: {
       responseAbortController.current?.abort();
       responseAbortController.current = null;
     };
-  }, [isConnected, callMessages, chatLLMId, personaVoiceId, personaSystemMessage, reMessages]);
+  }, [isConnected, callMessages, modelId, personaVoiceId, personaSystemMessage, reMessages]);
 
   // [E] Message interrupter
   const abortTrigger = isConnected && recognitionState.hasSpeech;
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ export function Telephone(props: {
 
 
   return <>
-    <OptimaToolbarIn>{chatLLMDropdown}</OptimaToolbarIn>
+    <OptimaToolbarIn>{modelDropdown}</OptimaToolbarIn>
 
     <Typography
       level='h1'