diff --git a/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindow.swift b/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindow.swift
index 38e1c188296..906f9972ce2 100644
--- a/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindow.swift
+++ b/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindow.swift
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ final class MainWindow {
             initialContent: msg.initialContent
         )
         show()
-        windowState.togglePanel(.documentEditor)
+        windowState.selection = .panel(.documentEditor)
     }
 
     func handleDocumentEditorUpdate(_ msg: DocumentEditorUpdateMessage) {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ final class MainWindow {
             initialContent: content
         )
         show()
-        windowState.togglePanel(.documentEditor)
+        windowState.selection = .panel(.documentEditor)
     }
 
     func show() {