diff --git a/lua/avante/config.lua b/lua/avante/config.lua
index 4ae8368..c16ea2c 100644
--- a/lua/avante/config.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/config.lua
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ M.defaults = {
   ---@type AvanteSupportedProvider
   gemini = {
     endpoint = "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models",
-    model = "gemini-1.5-pro",
+    model = "gemini-1.5-flash-latest",
     timeout = 30000, -- Timeout in milliseconds
     temperature = 0,
     max_tokens = 4096,
diff --git a/lua/avante/providers/init.lua b/lua/avante/providers/init.lua
index bca369c..879fdf9 100644
--- a/lua/avante/providers/init.lua
+++ b/lua/avante/providers/init.lua
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ E.setup = function(opts)
 
   opts.provider.setup()
 
+  if opts.provider["local"] then
+    vim.g.avante_login = true
+  end
+
   -- check if var is a all caps string
   if var == M.AVANTE_INTERNAL_KEY or var:match("^cmd:(.*)") or opts.provider["local"] == true then
     return