diff --git a/store/session.go b/store/session.go
index 0a1bbda..279484d 100644
--- a/store/session.go
+++ b/store/session.go
@@ -307,7 +307,10 @@ func (s *SessionStore) createSession(args []string) error {
 	name := ""
 	backendOverride := ""
 	modelOverride := ""
-	agentName := "default"
+	agentName := os.Getenv("OLLIE_DEFAULT_AGENT")
+	if agentName == "" {
+		agentName = "default"
+	}
 	cwd := ""
 	for _, arg := range args {
 		k, v, ok := strings.Cut(arg, "=")