3 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/extension/react-app/src/hooks/AbstractContinueGUIClientProtocol.ts b/extension/react-app/src/hooks/AbstractContinueGUIClientProtocol.ts
index 139c9d05..e018c03c 100644
--- a/extension/react-app/src/hooks/AbstractContinueGUIClientProtocol.ts
+++ b/extension/react-app/src/hooks/AbstractContinueGUIClientProtocol.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ abstract class AbstractContinueGUIClientProtocol {
 
   abstract selectContextItem(id: string, query: string): void;
 
-  abstract loadSession(session_id: string): void;
+  abstract loadSession(session_id?: string): void;
 
   abstract onReconnectAtSession(session_id: string): void;
 }
diff --git a/extension/react-app/src/hooks/ContinueGUIClientProtocol.ts b/extension/react-app/src/hooks/ContinueGUIClientProtocol.ts
index 6cfbf66a..c2285f6d 100644
--- a/extension/react-app/src/hooks/ContinueGUIClientProtocol.ts
+++ b/extension/react-app/src/hooks/ContinueGUIClientProtocol.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ContinueGUIClientProtocol extends AbstractContinueGUIClientProtocol {
     this.connectMessenger(serverUrlWithSessionId, useVscodeMessagePassing);
   }
 
-  loadSession(session_id: string): void {
+  loadSession(session_id?: string): void {
     this.messenger?.send("load_session", { session_id });
   }
 
diff --git a/extension/react-app/src/pages/gui.tsx b/extension/react-app/src/pages/gui.tsx
index d565e64f..dab429b5 100644
--- a/extension/react-app/src/pages/gui.tsx
+++ b/extension/react-app/src/pages/gui.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   BookOpenIcon,
   ChatBubbleOvalLeftEllipsisIcon,
   TrashIcon,
-  PlusCircleIcon,
+  PlusIcon,
   FolderIcon,
 } from "@heroicons/react/24/outline";
 import ComboBox from "../components/ComboBox";
@@ -589,11 +589,11 @@ If you already have an LLM deployed on your own infrastructure, or would like to
         </HeaderButtonWithText>
         <HeaderButtonWithText
           onClick={() => {
-            client?.sendClear();
+            client?.loadSession(undefined);
           }}
-          text="Clear"
+          text="New Session"
         >
-          <PlusCircleIcon width="1.4em" height="1.4em" />
+          <PlusIcon width="1.4em" height="1.4em" />
         </HeaderButtonWithText>
         <HeaderButtonWithText
           onClick={() => {