diff --git a/lib/user-interface/index.ts b/lib/user-interface/index.ts
index b7d191c5..896230b0 100644
--- a/lib/user-interface/index.ts
+++ b/lib/user-interface/index.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ export class UserInterfaceStack extends Stack {
       },
     );
 
+    const modelsList = config.ecsModels.map((modelConfig) => {
+      return {
+        model: modelConfig.modelId,
+        streaming: modelConfig.streaming,
+        modelType: modelConfig.modelType,
+      };
+    });
+
     // Website bucket deployment
     // Copy auth and LISA-Serve info to UI deployment bucket
     const appEnvConfig = {
@@ -179,6 +187,7 @@ export class UserInterfaceStack extends Stack {
         fontColor: config.systemBanner?.fontColor,
       },
       API_BASE_URL: config.apiGatewayConfig?.domainName ? '/' : `/${config.deploymentStage}/`,
+      MODELS: modelsList,
     };
 
     const appEnvSource = Source.data('env.js', `window.env = ${JSON.stringify(appEnvConfig)}`);
diff --git a/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/chatbot/Chat.tsx b/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/chatbot/Chat.tsx
index dfbe89bb..33037fd0 100644
--- a/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/chatbot/Chat.tsx
+++ b/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/chatbot/Chat.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ export default function Chat({ sessionId }) {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (selectedModelOption) {
       const model = models.filter((model) => model.id === selectedModelOption.value)[0];
-      setModelCanStream(true);
+      if (!model.streaming && streamingEnabled) {
+        setStreamingEnabled(false);
+      }
+      setModelCanStream(model.streaming);
       setSelectedModel(model);
     }
   }, [selectedModelOption, streamingEnabled]);
@@ -463,8 +466,7 @@ export default function Chat({ sessionId }) {
 
   const describeTextGenModels = useCallback(async () => {
     setIsLoadingModels(true);
-    const resp = await describeModels(auth.user?.id_token);
-    setModels(resp.data);
+    setModels(describeModels('textgen'));
     setIsLoadingModels(false);
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, []);
diff --git a/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/chatbot/RagOptions.tsx b/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/chatbot/RagOptions.tsx
index 074693fb..0a72bcf3 100644
--- a/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/chatbot/RagOptions.tsx
+++ b/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/chatbot/RagOptions.tsx
@@ -46,11 +46,8 @@ export default function RagControls({ auth, isRunning, setUseRag, setRagConfig }
   useEffect(() => {
     setIsLoadingEmbeddingModels(true);
     setIsLoadingRepositories(true);
-
-    describeModels(auth.user?.id_token).then((resp) => {
-      setEmbeddingModels(resp.data);
-      setIsLoadingEmbeddingModels(false);
-    });
+    setEmbeddingModels(describeModels('embedding'));
+    setIsLoadingEmbeddingModels(false);
 
     listRagRepositories(auth.user?.id_token).then((repositories) => {
       setRepositoryOptions(
diff --git a/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/types.tsx b/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/types.tsx
index ab91b866..1f7fe031 100644
--- a/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/types.tsx
+++ b/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/types.tsx
@@ -109,19 +109,11 @@ export interface Repository {
 /**
  * Interface for model
  */
-export interface Model {
+export type Model = {
   id: string;
-  object: string;
-  created: number;
-  owned_by: string;
-}
-
-/**
- * Interface for the response body received when describing a model
- */
-export interface DescribeModelsResponseBody {
-  data: Model[];
-}
+  modelType: ModelTypes;
+  streaming?: boolean;
+};
 
 /**
  * Interface for creating a session request body; composed of LisaChatMessageFields
diff --git a/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/utils.ts b/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/utils.ts
index 078f159b..7b2fe680 100644
--- a/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/user-interface/react/src/components/utils.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 import {
   LisaChatSession,
-  DescribeModelsResponseBody,
   LisaChatMessageFields,
   PutSessionRequestBody,
   LisaChatMessage,
   Repository,
+  ModelTypes,
   Model,
 } from './types';
 
@@ -167,12 +167,15 @@ export const deleteUserSessions = async (idToken: string) => {
 
 /**
  * Describes all models of a given type which are available to a user
- * @param idToken the user's ID token from authenticating
+ * @param modelType model type we are requesting
  * @returns
  */
-export const describeModels = async (idToken: string): Promise<DescribeModelsResponseBody> => {
-  const resp = await sendAuthenticatedRequest(`${RESTAPI_URI}/${RESTAPI_VERSION}/serve/models`, 'GET', idToken);
-  return await resp.json();
+export const describeModels = (modelType: ModelTypes): Model[] => {
+  return window.env.MODELS?.filter((m) => m.modelType === modelType).map((m) => ({
+    id: m.model,
+    streaming: m.streaming,
+    modelType: m.modelType,
+  }));
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/user-interface/react/src/main.tsx b/lib/user-interface/react/src/main.tsx
index 6dbbcfa9..019e8e56 100644
--- a/lib/user-interface/react/src/main.tsx
+++ b/lib/user-interface/react/src/main.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import './index.css';
 import AppConfigured from './components/app-configured';
 
 import '@cloudscape-design/global-styles/index.css';
+import { ModelTypes } from './components/types';
 
 declare global {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ declare global {
         backgroundColor: string;
         fontColor: string;
       };
+      MODELS: [
+        {
+          model: string;
+          streaming: boolean | null;
+          modelType: ModelTypes;
+        },
+      ];
     };
   }
 }