diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/index.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/index.ts
index d5d92ee07b..a2763e356e 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/index.ts
@@ -153,10 +153,12 @@ async function initialize() {
     throw error
   })
   server = listener
+  const runtime = localServer.getState().runtime
   serverReady.resolve({
     url,
     username: "opencode",
     password,
+    local: runtime,
   })
 
   const loadingTask = (async () => {
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
index f2bd4adce3..45c6ead54d 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/preload/types.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ export type ServerReadyData = {
   url: string
   username: string | null
   password: string | null
+  local: {
+    key: string
+    mode: LocalServerMode
+    distro: string | null
+  }
 }
 
 export type SqliteMigrationProgress = { type: "InProgress"; value: number } | { type: "Done" }
diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx b/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
index 3cd3124396..330f90ccca 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/renderer/index.tsx
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ render(() => {
     const server: ServerConnection.Sidecar = {
       displayName: "Local Server",
       type: "sidecar",
-      variant: "base",
+      ...(data.local.mode === "wsl" && data.local.distro
+        ? { variant: "wsl", distro: data.local.distro }
+        : { variant: "base" }),
       http: {
         url: data.url,
         username: data.username ?? undefined,
@@ -341,7 +343,9 @@ render(() => {
           {(_) => {
             return (
               <AppInterface
-                defaultServer={defaultServer.latest ?? ServerConnection.Key.make("local:windows")}
+                defaultServer={
+                  defaultServer.latest ?? ServerConnection.Key.make(sidecar.latest?.local.key ?? "local:windows")
+                }
                 servers={servers()}
                 router={MemoryRouter}
               >