diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
index c4e8a407..ef67ef87 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/splash/splash.go
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ func (s *splashCmp) saveAPIKeyAndContinue(apiKey string) tea.Cmd {
 	cmd := s.setPreferredModel(*s.selectedModel)
 	s.isOnboarding = false
 	s.selectedModel = nil
+	s.isAPIKeyValid = false
 
 	return tea.Batch(cmd, util.CmdHandler(OnboardingCompleteMsg{}))
 }