diff --git a/webui/components/projects/project-create.html b/webui/components/projects/project-create.html
index fef27b830..2c734b4ed 100644
--- a/webui/components/projects/project-create.html
+++ b/webui/components/projects/project-create.html
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@
                         </div>
                     </template>
 
-                    <div class="project-detail-inline-section">
-                        <div class="project-detail-header">
-                            <span class="projects-project-card-title">LLM</span>
-                        </div>
-                        <x-component path="projects/project-edit-llm.html">
-                        </x-component>
-                    </div>
-
                     <div class="buttons-right">
                         <button type="button" class="button cancel"
                             @click="$store.projects.cancelCreate()"
@@ -82,12 +74,6 @@
         margin-bottom: 1em;
     }
 
-    .project-detail-inline-section {
-        border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
-        margin-top: 1em;
-        padding-top: 1em;
-    }
-
     .button-loading {
         display: inline-flex;
         align-items: center;
diff --git a/webui/components/projects/project-edit-llm.html b/webui/components/projects/project-edit-llm.html
index afbda1129..4f3724df1 100644
--- a/webui/components/projects/project-edit-llm.html
+++ b/webui/components/projects/project-edit-llm.html
@@ -4,86 +4,54 @@
     <title>Project LLM</title>
     <script type="module">
         import { store } from "/components/projects/projects-store.js";
-        import { store as modelConfigStore } from "/plugins/_model_config/webui/model-config-store.js";
     </script>
 </head>
 
 <body>
-    <div x-data x-init="await $store.modelConfig.ensureLoaded()">
-        <template x-if="$store.projects && $store.projects.selectedProject && $store.projects.selectedProject.llm && $store.modelConfig._loaded">
-            <div>
-                <div class="projects-form-group">
-                    <label class="projects-form-label">Preset</label>
-                    <span class="projects-form-description">Pick a preset to copy its main and utility model settings into this project. Embeddings stay with the current project config.</span>
-                    <select class="projects-form-select"
-                        x-model="$store.projects.selectedProject.llm.preset_key"
-                        @change="$store.projects.applySelectedLlmPreset()">
-                        <option value="current">Current config</option>
-                        <optgroup label="Global presets">
+    <div x-data>
+        <template x-if="$store.projects && $store.projects.selectedProject && $store.projects.selectedProject.llm">
+            <div class="project-llm-preset-row">
+                <div class="projects-form-group project-llm-preset-field">
+                    <label class="projects-form-label">Model preset</label>
+                    <div class="projects-input-with-button-wrapper project-llm-preset-controls">
+                        <select class="projects-form-select"
+                            x-model="$store.projects.selectedProject.llm.preset_key"
+                            @change="$store.projects.applySelectedLlmPreset()">
+                            <option value="current">Current project config</option>
                             <template x-for="preset in $store.projects.selectedProject.llm.global_presets" :key="$store.projects.getLlmPresetKey(preset)">
                                 <option :value="$store.projects.getLlmPresetKey(preset)" x-text="preset.name"></option>
                             </template>
-                        </optgroup>
-                        <optgroup label="This project's presets">
-                            <template x-for="preset in $store.projects.selectedProject.llm.project_presets" :key="$store.projects.getLlmPresetKey(preset)">
-                                <option :value="$store.projects.getLlmPresetKey(preset)" x-text="preset.name"></option>
-                            </template>
-                        </optgroup>
-                    </select>
-                </div>
-
-                <div class="projects-form-group">
-                    <label class="projects-form-label">Project preset</label>
-                    <template x-if="$store.projects.selectedProject._meta.creating">
-                        <span class="projects-form-description">Create or update a preset stored in this project's <strong>_model_config/presets.yaml</strong> when the project is saved.</span>
-                    </template>
-                    <template x-if="!$store.projects.selectedProject._meta.creating">
-                        <span class="projects-form-description">Create or update a preset stored in <strong><span x-text="$store.projects.getSelectedAbsPath('.a0proj','plugins','_model_config','presets.yaml')"></span></strong>.</span>
-                    </template>
-                    <div class="projects-input-with-button-wrapper">
-                        <input class="projects-form-input" type="text"
-                            x-model="$store.projects.selectedProject.llm.new_preset_name"
-                            placeholder="Preset name">
-                        <button type="button" class="button icon-button"
-                            :disabled="!$store.projects.selectedProject.llm.new_preset_name.trim()"
-                            @click="$store.projects.saveSelectedLlmProjectPreset()">
-                            <span class="icon material-symbols-outlined">save</span>
-                            <span>Save preset</span>
+                        </select>
+                        <button type="button" class="button icon-button project-llm-edit-presets"
+                            @click="openModal('/plugins/_model_config/webui/main.html')">
+                            <span class="icon material-symbols-outlined">tune</span>
+                            <span>Edit Presets</span>
                         </button>
                     </div>
                 </div>
-
-                <template x-for="section in $store.modelConfig.MODEL_SECTIONS" :key="section.key">
-                    <div class="project-llm-model-section"
-                        @input.capture="$store.projects.markLlmCurrent()"
-                        @change.capture="$store.projects.markLlmCurrent()"
-                        x-data="{ get model() { return $store.projects.selectedProject.llm.config[section.key]; }, get modelType() { return section.key.replace('_model', ''); }, get providers() { return $store.modelConfig.getProviders(section.key); }, get searchType() { return $store.modelConfig.getSearchType(section.key); }, apiKeyMode: 'store' }">
-                        <div class="project-llm-section-title" x-text="section.title"></div>
-                        <div class="project-llm-section-description" x-text="section.desc"></div>
-                        <x-component path="/plugins/_model_config/webui/model-field.html"></x-component>
-                    </div>
-                </template>
             </div>
         </template>
     </div>
 </body>
 <style>
-    .project-llm-model-section {
-        border-top: 1px dashed var(--color-border);
-        margin-top: 1em;
-        padding-top: 1em;
+    .project-llm-preset-row {
+        max-width: 100%;
     }
 
-    .project-llm-section-title {
-        font-size: 0.95rem;
-        font-weight: 700;
-        margin-bottom: 0.25em;
+    .project-llm-preset-field {
+        margin-bottom: 0;
     }
 
-    .project-llm-section-description {
-        font-size: 0.8rem;
-        opacity: 0.75;
-        margin-bottom: 0.8em;
+    .project-llm-preset-controls {
+        align-items: stretch;
+    }
+
+    .project-llm-preset-controls select {
+        min-width: 0;
+    }
+
+    .project-llm-edit-presets {
+        flex: 0 0 auto;
     }
 </style>
 
diff --git a/webui/components/projects/project-edit.html b/webui/components/projects/project-edit.html
index befba50f9..ab1eb602e 100644
--- a/webui/components/projects/project-edit.html
+++ b/webui/components/projects/project-edit.html
@@ -32,14 +32,19 @@
                     </div>
                     <x-component path="projects/project-edit-basic-data.html">
                     </x-component>
-                </div>
 
-                <div class="project-detail">
-                    <div class="project-detail-header">
-                        <span class="projects-project-card-title">LLM</span>
+                    <div class="settings-advanced-section project-advanced-section" x-data="{ advOpen: false }">
+                        <button type="button" class="settings-advanced-toggle" @click="advOpen = !advOpen">
+                            <span class="material-symbols-outlined settings-advanced-toggle-icon"
+                                :style="advOpen ? 'transform:rotate(90deg)' : ''">chevron_right</span>
+                            <span>Advanced Settings</span>
+                        </button>
+
+                        <div class="settings-advanced-body" x-show="advOpen" x-transition.opacity style="display: none;">
+                            <x-component path="projects/project-edit-llm.html">
+                            </x-component>
+                        </div>
                     </div>
-                    <x-component path="projects/project-edit-llm.html">
-                    </x-component>
                 </div>
 
                 <div class="project-detail">
@@ -104,6 +109,12 @@
     .project-detail-header {
         margin-bottom: 1em;
     }
+
+    .project-advanced-section {
+        border-top: 1px solid var(--color-border);
+        margin-top: 1em;
+        padding-top: 0.5em;
+    }
 </style>
 
 </html>
diff --git a/webui/components/projects/projects-store.js b/webui/components/projects/projects-store.js
index b24ba365e..69818d152 100644
--- a/webui/components/projects/projects-store.js
+++ b/webui/components/projects/projects-store.js
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ const model = {
       color: "",
       git_url: "",
       git_token: "",
-      llm: await this._createProjectLlmData(""),
     };
   },
 
