diff --git a/app/static/index.html b/app/static/index.html
index db5725a..0e05168 100644
--- a/app/static/index.html
+++ b/app/static/index.html
@@ -979,6 +979,30 @@
                         </div>
                         <div class="set-saved" id="mkt-saved"></div>
                     </div>
+                    <div class="panel">
+                        <h3>News Summarizer</h3>
+                        <p class="set-note" style="margin-bottom:0.9rem">Takes effect on the next hourly run (:05). No container restart.</p>
+                        <div class="set-row">
+                            <label>Provider</label>
+                            <span>Nous Portal (inference-api.nousresearch.com)</span>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="set-row">
+                            <label>API key</label>
+                            <span>set in API Keys as NOUS_API_KEY (never shown here)</span>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="set-row">
+                            <label for="set-summary-model">Model</label>
+                            <select id="set-summary-model"></select>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="set-row">
+                            <label>Current</label>
+                            <span id="set-summary-model-now">—</span>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="set-actions">
+                            <button class="btn" onclick="saveSummaryModel()">Save model</button>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="set-saved" id="sum-saved"></div>
+                    </div>
                     <div class="panel">
                         <h3>Map Defaults</h3>
                         <p class="set-note" style="margin-bottom:0.9rem">Applied to the live map on load.</p>
@@ -1025,7 +1049,7 @@
                             <div class="sys-row"><span class="k">Active sources</span><span class="v" id="sys-sources">—</span></div>
                             <div class="sys-row"><span class="k">Open alerts</span><span class="v" id="sys-alerts">—</span></div>
                             <div class="sys-row"><span class="k">Tracked entities</span><span class="v" id="sys-entities">—</span></div>
-                            <div class="sys-row"><span class="k">News cycle</span><span class="v">15 min</span></div>
+                            <div class="sys-row"><span class="k">News cycle</span><span class="v">hourly :05</span></div>
                             <div class="sys-row"><span class="k">Market feed</span><span class="v" id="sys-market">STANDBY</span></div>
                         </div>
                         <div class="set-actions">
@@ -1051,7 +1075,7 @@
             <div class="tick-wrap">
                 <div class="tick-track" id="nt-track"></div>
             </div>
-            <div class="tick-tag" id="nt-tag">15-MIN CYCLE</div>
+            <div class="tick-tag" id="nt-tag">HOURLY</div>
         </div>
     </footer>
 
@@ -1181,7 +1205,7 @@ function showView(name) {
     }
     if (name === 'news') loadNews(false);
     if (name === 'events') { loadSummary(); loadEvents(); }
-    if (name === 'settings') { loadSummary(); renderSysInfo(); }
+    if (name === 'settings') { loadSummary(); renderSysInfo(); loadSettings(); }
     window.scrollTo(0, 0);
 }
 
@@ -1657,6 +1681,55 @@ function initSettings() {
         }
     } catch (e) {}
 }
+async function loadSettings() {
+    const sel = document.getElementById('set-summary-model');
+    const now = document.getElementById('set-summary-model-now');
+    try {
+        const [setR, modR] = await Promise.all([
+            fetch(`${API}/api/settings`),
+            fetch(`${API}/api/news/models`),
+        ]);
+        const settings = setR.ok ? await setR.json() : {};
+        const catalog = modR.ok ? await modR.json() : {models: []};
+        const saved = (settings.summary_model || '').trim();
+        const ids = (catalog.models || []).map(m => m && m.id).filter(Boolean);
+        if (saved && ids.indexOf(saved) === -1) ids.unshift(saved);
+        if (sel) {
+            sel.innerHTML = ids.map(id => `<option value="${esc(id)}">${esc(id)}</option>`).join('');
+            if (saved) sel.value = saved;
+        }
+        if (now) now.textContent = saved || '—';
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Settings load failed', e);
+    }
+}
+async function saveSummaryModel() {
+    const sel = document.getElementById('set-summary-model');
+    const flash = document.getElementById('sum-saved');
+    const now = document.getElementById('set-summary-model-now');
+    const summary_model = ((sel && sel.value) || '').trim();
+    if (!summary_model) {
+        if (flash) flash.textContent = 'Choose a model to save.';
+        return;
+    }
+    try {
+        const r = await fetch(`${API}/api/settings`, {
+            method: 'PUT',
+            headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
+            body: JSON.stringify({summary_model}),
+        });
+        const d = await r.json().catch(() => ({}));
+        if (!r.ok) {
+            if (flash) flash.textContent = (typeof d.detail === 'string' ? d.detail : 'Save failed');
+            return;
+        }
+        if (now) now.textContent = d.summary_model || summary_model;
+        if (sel && d.summary_model) sel.value = d.summary_model;
+        if (flash) flash.textContent = 'Model saved.';
+    } catch (e) {
+        if (flash) flash.textContent = 'Network error.';
+    }
+}
 
 /* ═══════════════ MAP (NASA GIBS basemap + FIRMS + cameras + blips) ═══════
    The satellite map core is production-proven — preserved verbatim.        */