diff --git a/macapp/src/app.tsx b/macapp/src/app.tsx
index fc1df21c..4a4c7294 100644
--- a/macapp/src/app.tsx
+++ b/macapp/src/app.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ enum Step {
 }
 
 export default function () {
-  const [step, setStep] = useState<Step>(Step.WELCOME)
+  const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+  const stepParam = urlParams.get('step');
+  const initialStep = stepParam ? Number(stepParam) : Step.WELCOME;
+  const [step, setStep] = useState<Step>(initialStep);
   const [commandCopied, setCommandCopied] = useState<boolean>(false)
 
   const command = 'ollama run llama2'
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ export default function () {
             <div className='mx-auto text-center'>
               <h1 className='mb-6 mt-4 text-2xl tracking-tight text-gray-900'>Welcome to Ollama</h1>
               <p className='mx-auto w-[65%] text-sm text-gray-400'>
-                Let's get you up and running with your own large language models.
+                {stepParam} Let's get you up and running with your own large language models.
               </p>
               <button
                 onClick={() => setStep(Step.CLI)}
diff --git a/macapp/src/index.ts b/macapp/src/index.ts
index b5a2b1ab..96c3e351 100644
--- a/macapp/src/index.ts
+++ b/macapp/src/index.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
   await init()
 })
 
-function firstRunWindow() {
+function firstRunWindow(isInstalled: boolean) {
   // Create the browser window.
   welcomeWindow = new BrowserWindow({
     width: 400,
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ function firstRunWindow() {
 
   require('@electron/remote/main').enable(welcomeWindow.webContents)
 
-  welcomeWindow.loadURL(MAIN_WINDOW_WEBPACK_ENTRY)
+  let url = MAIN_WINDOW_WEBPACK_ENTRY
+  if (isInstalled) {
+    url += '?step=2' // set the window to the finish screen
+  }
+  welcomeWindow.loadURL(url);
   welcomeWindow.on('ready-to-show', () => welcomeWindow.show())
   welcomeWindow.on('closed', () => {
     if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@ async function init() {
 
   // This is the first run or the CLI is no longer installed
   app.setLoginItemSettings({ openAtLogin: true })
-  firstRunWindow()
+  firstRunWindow(isInstalled)
 }
 
 // Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common