diff --git a/invokeai/app/api/routers/model_manager.py b/invokeai/app/api/routers/model_manager.py
index 8b66c70618..38fc308e9c 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api/routers/model_manager.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api/routers/model_manager.py
@@ -267,11 +267,15 @@ async def update_model_metadata(
     try:
         original_metadata = record_store.get_metadata(key)
         if original_metadata:
-            original_metadata.trigger_phrases = changes.trigger_phrases
+            if changes.trigger_phrases:
+                original_metadata.trigger_phrases = changes.trigger_phrases
+
+            if changes.default_settings:
+                original_metadata.default_settings = changes.default_settings
 
             metadata_store.update_metadata(key, original_metadata)
         else:
-            metadata_store.add_metadata(key, BaseMetadata(name="", author="",trigger_phrases=changes.trigger_phrases))
+            metadata_store.add_metadata(key, BaseMetadata(name="", author="",trigger_phrases=changes.trigger_phrases, default_settings=changes.default_settings))
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=500,
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/model_metadata/metadata_store_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/model_metadata/metadata_store_base.py
index e0ae34378b..665e2d6007 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/model_metadata/metadata_store_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/model_metadata/metadata_store_base.py
@@ -10,17 +10,22 @@ from pydantic import Field
 from invokeai.app.util.model_exclude_null import BaseModelExcludeNull
 
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager.metadata import AnyModelRepoMetadata
+from invokeai.backend.model_manager.metadata.metadata_base import ModelDefaultSettings
 
 class ModelMetadataChanges(BaseModelExcludeNull, extra="allow"):
     """A set of changes to apply to model metadata.
 
     Only limited changes are valid:
       - `trigger_phrases`: the list of trigger phrases for this model
+      - `default_settings`: the user-configured default settings for this model
     """
 
     trigger_phrases: Optional[List[str]] = Field(default=None, description="The model's list of trigger phrases")
     """The model's list of trigger phrases"""
 
+    default_settings: Optional[ModelDefaultSettings] = Field(default=None, description="The user-configured default settings for this model")
+    """The user-configured default settings for this model"""
+
 
 class ModelMetadataStoreBase(ABC):
     """Store, search and fetch model metadata retrieved from remote repositories."""
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/metadata/metadata_base.py b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/metadata/metadata_base.py
index 502467a0af..bfeac3251e 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/model_manager/metadata/metadata_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/model_manager/metadata/metadata_base.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, TypeAdapter
 from pydantic.networks import AnyHttpUrl
 from requests.sessions import Session
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
+from invokeai.app.invocations.constants import SCHEDULER_NAME_VALUES
 
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager import ModelRepoVariant
 
@@ -68,6 +69,14 @@ class RemoteModelFile(BaseModel):
     sha256: Optional[str] = Field(description="SHA256 hash of this model (not always available)", default=None)
 
 
+class ModelDefaultSettings(BaseModel):
+    vae: str | None
+    vae_precision: str | None
+    scheduler: SCHEDULER_NAME_VALUES | None
+    steps: int | None
+    cfg_scale: float | None
+    cfg_rescale_multiplier: float | None
+
 class ModelMetadataBase(BaseModel):
     """Base class for model metadata information."""
 
@@ -75,6 +84,7 @@ class ModelMetadataBase(BaseModel):
     author: str = Field(description="model's author")
     tags: Optional[Set[str]] = Field(description="tags provided by model source", default=None)
     trigger_phrases: Optional[List[str]] = Field(description="trigger phrases for this model", default=None)
+    default_settings: Optional[ModelDefaultSettings] = Field(description="default settings for this model", default=None)
 
 
 class BaseMetadata(ModelMetadataBase):