diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
index 74eca9a0f2..585e1ed232 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export function tui(input: {
                 <ToastProvider>
                   <RouteProvider
                     initialRoute={
-                      (input.args.sessionID || input.args.continue) && !input.args.fork
+                      input.args.continue
                         ? {
                             type: "session",
                             sessionID: "dummy",
@@ -342,6 +342,12 @@ function App(props: { onSnapshot?: () => Promise<string[]> }) {
           })
         local.model.set({ providerID, modelID }, { recent: true })
       }
+      if (args.sessionID && !args.fork) {
+        route.navigate({
+          type: "session",
+          sessionID: args.sessionID,
+        })
+      }
     })
   })