diff --git a/public/scripts/openai.js b/public/scripts/openai.js
index 6ffe84138..c58cb563d 100644
--- a/public/scripts/openai.js
+++ b/public/scripts/openai.js
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ const default_settings = {
     continue_postfix: continue_postfix_types.SPACE,
     custom_prompt_post_processing: custom_prompt_post_processing_types.NONE,
     show_thoughts: true,
-    reasoning_effort: reasoning_effort_types.medium,
+    reasoning_effort: reasoning_effort_types.auto,
     enable_web_search: false,
     request_images: false,
     seed: -1,
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ const oai_settings = {
     continue_postfix: continue_postfix_types.SPACE,
     custom_prompt_post_processing: custom_prompt_post_processing_types.NONE,
     show_thoughts: true,
-    reasoning_effort: reasoning_effort_types.medium,
+    reasoning_effort: reasoning_effort_types.auto,
     enable_web_search: false,
     request_images: false,
     seed: -1,