diff --git a/gui/NewAgentDialog.qml b/gui/NewAgentDialog.qml
index 76d5b1f..ca9880d 100644
--- a/gui/NewAgentDialog.qml
+++ b/gui/NewAgentDialog.qml
@@ -103,16 +103,6 @@ Dialog {
             }
         }
 
-        RowLayout {
-            Layout.fillWidth: true
-            Label { text: "Remote:"; Layout.preferredWidth: 80 }
-            TextField {
-                id: remoteField
-                Layout.fillWidth: true
-                placeholderText: "user@host:port"
-            }
-        }
-
         Component.onCompleted: {
             if (!ollie.rootBackendsLoaded) ollie.loadRootBackends()
             if (!ollie.rootAgentsLoaded) ollie.loadRootAgents()
@@ -151,12 +141,14 @@ Dialog {
                 var backend = backendCombo.currentText.trim()
                 var model = modelCombo.currentIndex >= 0 ? modelCombo.currentText.trim() : ""
                 var agent = agentCombo.currentText
-                var remote = remoteField.text.trim()
                 var agentAlias = aliasField.text.trim()
 
-                var err = ollie.createAgent(root.targetSessionId, cwd, backend, model, agent, remote, agentAlias)
+                var newAgentId = ollie.createAgent(root.targetSessionId, cwd, backend, model, agent, "", agentAlias)
+                var err = ollie.lastError()
                 if (err === "") {
+                    // Success: refresh then switch to the newly created agent.
                     ollie.refreshSessions()
+                    ollie.switchAgent(root.targetSessionId, newAgentId)
                     root.agentCreated()
                     root.close()
                 } else {
diff --git a/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp b/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
index 5cfe0fd..b864094 100644
--- a/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
+++ b/gui/ollie9pclient.cpp
@@ -587,7 +587,9 @@ QString Ollie9pClient::createAgent(const QString &sessionId, const QString &cwd,
         qDebug() << "createAgent failed:" << err;
         return err;
     }
-    return QString();
+    // Return the new agent's ID (trimmed) so callers can switch to it immediately.
+    // Format: "agentid\n"
+    return QString::fromUtf8(result).trimmed();
 }
 
 bool Ollie9pClient::killAgent(const QString &sessionId, const QString &agentId)
diff --git a/gui/ollie9pclient.h b/gui/ollie9pclient.h
index 9dc113e..3329ce1 100644
--- a/gui/ollie9pclient.h
+++ b/gui/ollie9pclient.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE bool killAgent(const QString &sessionId, const QString &agentId);
     Q_INVOKABLE bool renameSession(const QString &sessionId, const QString &newName);
     Q_INVOKABLE bool renameAgent(const QString &sessionId, const QString &agentId, const QString &newName);
+    Q_INVOKABLE QString lastError() const { return m_9p ? m_9p->lastError() : QString(); }
 
 signals:
     void sessionsChanged();