diff --git a/src/features/background-agent/manager.ts b/src/features/background-agent/manager.ts
index feb233b..3836067 100644
--- a/src/features/background-agent/manager.ts
+++ b/src/features/background-agent/manager.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export class BackgroundManager {
         toolCalls: 0,
         lastUpdate: new Date(),
       },
+      parentModel: input.parentModel,
     }
 
     this.tasks.set(task.id, task)
@@ -322,10 +323,16 @@ export class BackgroundManager {
         const messageDir = getMessageDir(task.parentSessionID)
         const prevMessage = messageDir ? findNearestMessageWithFields(messageDir) : null
 
+        const modelContext = task.parentModel ?? prevMessage?.model
+        const modelField = modelContext?.providerID && modelContext?.modelID
+          ? { providerID: modelContext.providerID, modelID: modelContext.modelID }
+          : undefined
+
         await this.client.session.prompt({
           path: { id: task.parentSessionID },
           body: {
             agent: prevMessage?.agent,
+            model: modelField,
             parts: [{ type: "text", text: message }],
           },
           query: { directory: this.directory },
diff --git a/src/features/background-agent/types.ts b/src/features/background-agent/types.ts
index 1d5356a..7ba29ec 100644
--- a/src/features/background-agent/types.ts
+++ b/src/features/background-agent/types.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export interface BackgroundTask {
   result?: string
   error?: string
   progress?: TaskProgress
+  parentModel?: { providerID: string; modelID: string }
 }
 
 export interface LaunchInput {
@@ -34,4 +35,5 @@ export interface LaunchInput {
   agent: string
   parentSessionID: string
   parentMessageID: string
+  parentModel?: { providerID: string; modelID: string }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/background-task/tools.ts b/src/tools/background-task/tools.ts
index b66d833..802caff 100644
--- a/src/tools/background-task/tools.ts
+++ b/src/tools/background-task/tools.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 import { tool, type PluginInput } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"
+import { existsSync, readdirSync } from "node:fs"
+import { join } from "node:path"
 import type { BackgroundManager, BackgroundTask } from "../../features/background-agent"
 import type { BackgroundTaskArgs, BackgroundOutputArgs, BackgroundCancelArgs } from "./types"
 import { BACKGROUND_TASK_DESCRIPTION, BACKGROUND_OUTPUT_DESCRIPTION, BACKGROUND_CANCEL_DESCRIPTION } from "./constants"
+import { findNearestMessageWithFields, MESSAGE_STORAGE } from "../../features/hook-message-injector"
 
 type OpencodeClient = PluginInput["client"]
 
+function getMessageDir(sessionID: string): string | null {
+  if (!existsSync(MESSAGE_STORAGE)) return null
+
+  const directPath = join(MESSAGE_STORAGE, sessionID)
+  if (existsSync(directPath)) return directPath
+
+  for (const dir of readdirSync(MESSAGE_STORAGE)) {
+    const sessionPath = join(MESSAGE_STORAGE, dir, sessionID)
+    if (existsSync(sessionPath)) return sessionPath
+  }
+
+  return null
+}
+
 function formatDuration(start: Date, end?: Date): string {
   const duration = (end ?? new Date()).getTime() - start.getTime()
   const seconds = Math.floor(duration / 1000)
@@ -34,12 +51,19 @@ export function createBackgroundTask(manager: BackgroundManager) {
       }
 
       try {
+        const messageDir = getMessageDir(toolContext.sessionID)
+        const prevMessage = messageDir ? findNearestMessageWithFields(messageDir) : null
+        const parentModel = prevMessage?.model?.providerID && prevMessage?.model?.modelID
+          ? { providerID: prevMessage.model.providerID, modelID: prevMessage.model.modelID }
+          : undefined
+
         const task = await manager.launch({
           description: args.description,
           prompt: args.prompt,
           agent: args.agent.trim(),
           parentSessionID: toolContext.sessionID,
           parentMessageID: toolContext.messageID,
+          parentModel,
         })
 
         return `Background task launched successfully.