diff --git a/cmd/cli/commands/ps.go b/cmd/cli/commands/ps.go
index 40270a82b..06ae9b0bb 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/commands/ps.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/commands/ps.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func psTable(ps []desktop.BackendStatus) string {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(modelName, "sha256:") {
 			modelName = modelName[7:19]
 		} else {
-			modelName = stripDefaultsFromModelName(modelName)
+			modelName = stripDefaultsFromModelName(strings.ToLower(modelName))
 		}
 
 		table.Append([]string{
diff --git a/e2e/cli_test.go b/e2e/cli_test.go
index 47f9c5a44..0821774cd 100644
--- a/e2e/cli_test.go
+++ b/e2e/cli_test.go
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ func TestE2E_CLI(t *testing.T) {
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatalf("cli ps failed: %v\noutput: %s", err, out)
 				}
-				// TODO: ps should return lowercased model names like ls does
-				if !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(out), "smollm2") {
+				if !strings.Contains(out, "smollm2") {
 					t.Errorf("expected model in ps output, got:\n%s", out)
 				}
 				if !strings.Contains(out, bc.name) {