diff --git a/crates/tui/src/config.rs b/crates/tui/src/config.rs
index 179f8a8e1..43edeb8be 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/config.rs
@@ -5526,7 +5526,7 @@ pub fn active_provider_has_config_api_key(config: &Config) -> bool {
         return crate::oauth::auth_file_path().exists();
     }
     if matches!(provider, ApiProvider::Huggingface)
-        && std::env::var("HF_TOKEN").is_ok_and(|k| !k.trim().is_empty())
+        && provider_env_api_key(ApiProvider::Huggingface).is_some()
     {
         return true;
     }
@@ -5736,6 +5736,17 @@ fn provider_config_table_name(provider: ApiProvider) -> Result<String> {
 }
 
 fn provider_env_api_key(provider: ApiProvider) -> Option<String> {
+    if matches!(provider, ApiProvider::Huggingface) {
+        return std::env::var("HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY")
+            .ok()
+            .filter(|value| !value.trim().is_empty())
+            .or_else(|| {
+                std::env::var("HF_TOKEN")
+                    .ok()
+                    .filter(|value| !value.trim().is_empty())
+            });
+    }
+
     provider.env_vars().iter().find_map(|var| {
         std::env::var(var)
             .ok()