diff --git a/src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts b/src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
index 69b6b23a79..de97218073 100644
--- a/src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
+++ b/src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts
@@ -1448,8 +1448,8 @@ export class ClineProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider {
 			if (apiKey) {
 				apiProvider = "anthropic"
 			} else {
-				// New users should default to cline
-				apiProvider = "cline"
+				// New users should default to openrouter, since they've opted to use an API key instead of signing in
+				apiProvider = "openrouter"
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/welcome/WelcomeView.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/welcome/WelcomeView.tsx
index 6fef99ded5..c2024db5ca 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/welcome/WelcomeView.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/welcome/WelcomeView.tsx
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ const WelcomeView = () => {
 
 				<div style={{ marginTop: "20px", marginBottom: "20px" }}>
 					<VSCodeButton appearance="primary" onClick={handleLogin}>
-						Log in to Cline
+						Sign Up with Cline
 					</VSCodeButton>
 
 					<div style={{ marginTop: "10px" }}>
 						<ul style={{ paddingLeft: "20px", margin: "10px 0" }}>
-							<li>Get 1 task worth of free tokens</li>
-							<li>No credit card required - just start using Cline immediately!</li>
+							<li>Choose from hundreds of models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and DeepSeek V3</li>
+							<li>Manage usage and billing in the extension</li>
+							<li>Get started for free with no credit card required</li>
 						</ul>
 					</div>
 				</div>
@@ -71,9 +72,11 @@ const WelcomeView = () => {
 				<VSCodeDivider />
 
 				<div style={{ marginTop: "20px" }}>
-					<VSCodeButton appearance="secondary" onClick={() => setShowApiOptions(!showApiOptions)}>
-						{showApiOptions ? "Hide API options" : "Use your own provider API key"}
-					</VSCodeButton>
+					{!showApiOptions && (
+						<VSCodeButton appearance="secondary" onClick={() => setShowApiOptions(!showApiOptions)}>
+							Use your own API key
+						</VSCodeButton>
+					)}
 
 					{showApiOptions && (
 						<div style={{ marginTop: "10px" }}>