diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/thread.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/thread.ts
index 96ceb905c5..f1b94a2ce9 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/thread.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/thread.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { UI } from "@/cli/ui"
 import { Log } from "@/util"
 import { errorMessage } from "@/util/error"
 import { withTimeout } from "@/util/timeout"
+import { Instance } from "@/project/instance"
 import { withNetworkOptions, resolveNetworkOptionsNoConfig } from "@/cli/network"
 import { Filesystem } from "@/util"
 import type { GlobalEvent } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2"
@@ -178,7 +179,11 @@ export const TuiThreadCommand = cmd({
       const prompt = await input(args.prompt)
       const config = await TuiConfig.get()
 
-      const network = resolveNetworkOptionsNoConfig(args)
+      const network = await Instance.provide({
+        directory: cwd,
+        fn: () => resolveNetworkOptionsNoConfig(args),
+      })
+
       const external =
         process.argv.includes("--port") ||
         process.argv.includes("--hostname") ||