diff --git a/src/WebsearchSettings.jsx b/src/WebsearchSettings.jsx
index 3918424..d96527b 100644
--- a/src/WebsearchSettings.jsx
+++ b/src/WebsearchSettings.jsx
@@ -1,21 +1,89 @@
 // src/WebsearchSettings.jsx
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { WEBSEARCH_ENGINE_OPTIONS, normalizeWebsearchEngines } from './websearchEngines'
 
+const BACKEND_API_URL_KEY = 'backendApiUrl'
+const OLLAMA_API_URL_KEY = 'ollamaApiUrl'
+const DEFAULT_BACKEND_API_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:8000'
+const DEFAULT_OLLAMA_API_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:11434'
+
+function resolveBackendApiUrl(settings) {
+  return settings.backendApiUrl || settings.ollamaApiUrl || DEFAULT_BACKEND_API_URL
+}
+
 export default function WebsearchSettings({
+  onBackendApiUrlChange,
   searxUrl,
   setSearxUrl,
   engines,
   setEngines,
 }) {
+  const [backendApiUrl, setBackendApiUrl] = useState('')
+  const [ollamaApiUrl, setOllamaApiUrl] = useState('')
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false
+
+    window.electronAPI.getSettings().then(settings => {
+      if (cancelled) {
+        return
+      }
+      setBackendApiUrl(resolveBackendApiUrl(settings))
+      setOllamaApiUrl(settings.ollamaApiUrl || DEFAULT_OLLAMA_API_URL)
+    })
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true
+    }
+  }, [])
+
   const toggleEngine = (name) => {
     const set = new Set(engines || []);
     if (set.has(name)) set.delete(name); else set.add(name);
     setEngines(normalizeWebsearchEngines(Array.from(set)));
   }
 
+  const handleBackendUrlChange = (event) => {
+    const newUrl = event.target.value
+    setBackendApiUrl(newUrl)
+    window.electronAPI.setSetting(BACKEND_API_URL_KEY, newUrl)
+    if (onBackendApiUrlChange) {
+      onBackendApiUrlChange(newUrl)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const handleOllamaUrlChange = (event) => {
+    const newUrl = event.target.value
+    setOllamaApiUrl(newUrl)
+    window.electronAPI.setSetting(OLLAMA_API_URL_KEY, newUrl)
+  }
+
 return (
   <div className="settings-content-panel">
+    <div className="setting-section">
+      <h3>Heimgeist Backend URL</h3>
+      <input
+        type="text"
+        className="input"
+        value={backendApiUrl}
+        onChange={handleBackendUrlChange}
+        placeholder={`e.g., ${DEFAULT_BACKEND_API_URL}`}
+      />
+      <p className="setting-description">Internal UI requests like chats, sessions, and databases go to this URL.</p>
+    </div>
+
+    <div className="setting-section">
+      <h3>Ollama URL</h3>
+      <input
+        type="text"
+        className="input"
+        value={ollamaApiUrl}
+        onChange={handleOllamaUrlChange}
+        placeholder={`e.g., ${DEFAULT_OLLAMA_API_URL}`}
+      />
+      <p className="setting-description">Heimgeist uses this URL to talk to Ollama for models and chat generation.</p>
+    </div>
+
     <div className="setting-section">
       <h3>SearXNG URL</h3>
       <input