diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/interface-types.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/interface-types.ts
index f1af10fabbd..650d4849801 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/interface-types.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/interface-types.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ import { ErrorLike } from "../common/errors";
 import { DataFlowPaths } from "../variant-analysis/shared/data-flow-paths";
 import { Method, Usage } from "../model-editor/method";
 import { ModeledMethod } from "../model-editor/modeled-method";
-import { ModelEditorViewState } from "../model-editor/shared/view-state";
+import {
+  MethodModelingPanelViewState,
+  ModelEditorViewState,
+} from "../model-editor/shared/view-state";
 import { Mode } from "../model-editor/shared/mode";
 import { QueryLanguage } from "./query-language";
 
@@ -625,6 +628,11 @@ export type FromMethodModelingMessage =
   | RevealInEditorMessage
   | StartModelingMessage;
 
+interface SetMethodModelingPanelViewStateMessage {
+  t: "setMethodModelingPanelViewState";
+  viewState: MethodModelingPanelViewState;
+}
+
 interface SetMethodMessage {
   t: "setMethod";
   method: Method;
@@ -643,6 +651,7 @@ interface SetSelectedMethodMessage {
 }
 
 export type ToMethodModelingMessage =
+  | SetMethodModelingPanelViewStateMessage
   | SetMethodMessage
   | SetModeledMethodMessage
   | SetMethodModifiedMessage
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/model-editor/method-modeling/method-modeling-view-provider.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/model-editor/method-modeling/method-modeling-view-provider.ts
index 41706c2bbe7..e80c5528ad7 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/model-editor/method-modeling/method-modeling-view-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/model-editor/method-modeling/method-modeling-view-provider.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { DbModelingState, ModelingStore } from "../modeling-store";
 import { AbstractWebviewViewProvider } from "../../common/vscode/abstract-webview-view-provider";
 import { assertNever } from "../../common/helpers-pure";
 import { ModelEditorViewTracker } from "../model-editor-view-tracker";
+import { showMultipleModels } from "../../config";
 
 export class MethodModelingViewProvider extends AbstractWebviewViewProvider<
   ToMethodModelingMessage,
@@ -29,11 +30,20 @@ export class MethodModelingViewProvider extends AbstractWebviewViewProvider<
     super(app, "method-modeling");
   }
 
-  protected override onWebViewLoaded(): void {
-    this.setInitialState();
+  protected override async onWebViewLoaded(): Promise<void> {
+    await Promise.all([this.setViewState(), this.setInitialState()]);
     this.registerToModelingStoreEvents();
   }
 
+  private async setViewState(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.postMessage({
+      t: "setMethodModelingPanelViewState",
+      viewState: {
+        showMultipleModels: showMultipleModels(),
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
   public async setMethod(method: Method): Promise<void> {
     this.method = method;
 
@@ -45,11 +55,11 @@ export class MethodModelingViewProvider extends AbstractWebviewViewProvider<
     }
   }
 
-  private setInitialState(): void {
+  private async setInitialState(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.modelingStore.hasStateForActiveDb()) {
       const selectedMethod = this.modelingStore.getSelectedMethodDetails();
       if (selectedMethod) {
-        void this.postMessage({
+        await this.postMessage({
           t: "setSelectedMethod",
           method: selectedMethod.method,
           modeledMethod: selectedMethod.modeledMethod,
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@ export class MethodModelingViewProvider extends AbstractWebviewViewProvider<
   ): Promise<void> {
     switch (msg.t) {
       case "viewLoaded":
-        this.onWebViewLoaded();
+        await this.onWebViewLoaded();
         break;
 
       case "telemetry":
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/model-editor/shared/view-state.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/model-editor/shared/view-state.ts
index e16036b5c48..f7250916b61 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/model-editor/shared/view-state.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/model-editor/shared/view-state.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ export interface ModelEditorViewState {
   showMultipleModels: boolean;
   mode: Mode;
 }
+
+export interface MethodModelingPanelViewState {
+  showMultipleModels: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/method-modeling/MethodModeling.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/method-modeling/MethodModeling.tsx
index f64d4b25efe..4e8a993bcda 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/method-modeling/MethodModeling.tsx
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/method-modeling/MethodModeling.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export type MethodModelingProps = {
   modelingStatus: ModelingStatus;
   method: Method;
   modeledMethod: ModeledMethod | undefined;
+  showMultipleModels?: boolean;
   onChange: (modeledMethod: ModeledMethod) => void;
 };
 
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/method-modeling/MethodModelingView.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/method-modeling/MethodModelingView.tsx
index 0974f3a50e8..2c32c3ee553 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/method-modeling/MethodModelingView.tsx
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/method-modeling/MethodModelingView.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@ import { ModeledMethod } from "../../model-editor/modeled-method";
 import { vscode } from "../vscode-api";
 import { NotInModelingMode } from "./NotInModelingMode";
 import { NoMethodSelected } from "./NoMethodSelected";
+import { MethodModelingPanelViewState } from "../../model-editor/shared/view-state";
 
-export function MethodModelingView(): JSX.Element {
+type Props = {
+  initialViewState?: MethodModelingPanelViewState;
+};
+
+export function MethodModelingView({ initialViewState }: Props): JSX.Element {
+  const [viewState, setViewState] = useState<
+    MethodModelingPanelViewState | undefined
+  >(initialViewState);
   const [inModelingMode, setInModelingMode] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
   const [method, setMethod] = useState<Method | undefined>(undefined);
@@ -31,6 +39,9 @@ export function MethodModelingView(): JSX.Element {
       if (evt.origin === window.origin) {
         const msg: ToMethodModelingMessage = evt.data;
         switch (msg.t) {
+          case "setMethodModelingPanelViewState":
+            setViewState(msg.viewState);
+            break;
           case "setInModelingMode":
             setInModelingMode(msg.inModelingMode);
             break;
@@ -84,6 +95,7 @@ export function MethodModelingView(): JSX.Element {
       modelingStatus={modelingStatus}
       method={method}
       modeledMethod={modeledMethod}
+      showMultipleModels={viewState?.showMultipleModels}
       onChange={onChange}
     />
   );