diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/restore.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/restore.rs
index 3469dc80d..f4c751ccc 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/restore.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/restore.rs
@@ -232,7 +232,17 @@ pub async fn restore_managed_agents_on_launch(
                 crate::commands::reconcile_agent_profile(&state, &reconcile_app, &pubkey, &data)
                     .await
             {
-                eprintln!("buzz-desktop: profile reconciliation failed for agent {pubkey}: {e}");
+                // A local agent may deliberately target a relay that isn't
+                // running (e.g. ws://localhost:3000 between boots); the relay
+                // helper marks every such case with the "relay unreachable:"
+                // prefix (see relay.rs). That's expected, not a failure worth
+                // a per-agent line every boot — only genuine reconcile errors
+                // surface loudly.
+                if !e.starts_with("relay unreachable:") {
+                    eprintln!(
+                        "buzz-desktop: profile reconciliation failed for agent {pubkey}: {e}"
+                    );
+                }
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/CreateAgentDialog.tsx b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/CreateAgentDialog.tsx
index 37f135031..52e74ad1a 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/CreateAgentDialog.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/ui/CreateAgentDialog.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function CreateAgentDialog({
   const backendProvidersQuery = useBackendProvidersQuery();
   const { lastRuntimeId, setLastRuntime } = useLastRuntime();
   const [acpCommand, setAcpCommand] = React.useState("buzz-acp");
-  const [agentCommand, setAgentCommand] = React.useState("goose");
+  const [agentCommand, setAgentCommand] = React.useState("buzz-agent");
   const [agentArgs, setAgentArgs] = React.useState("acp");
   const [mcpCommand, setMcpCommand] = React.useState("");
   const [mcpToolsets, setMcpToolsets] = React.useState("");
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export function CreateAgentDialog({
     setSpawnAfterCreate(true);
     setStartOnAppLaunch(true);
     setAcpCommand("buzz-acp");
-    setAgentCommand("goose");
+    setAgentCommand("buzz-agent");
     setAgentArgs("acp");
     setMcpCommand("");
     setMcpToolsets("");