diff --git a/src/app_controller.py b/src/app_controller.py
index 1e46bd2..ded1141 100644
--- a/src/app_controller.py
+++ b/src/app_controller.py
@@ -859,6 +859,11 @@ class AppController:
   self.tool_preset_manager = tool_presets.ToolPresetManager(Path(self.active_project_path).parent if self.active_project_path else None)
   self.tool_presets = self.tool_preset_manager.load_all_presets()
   self.bias_profiles = self.tool_preset_manager.load_all_bias_profiles()
+
+  from src.personas import PersonaManager
+  self.persona_manager = PersonaManager(Path(self.active_project_path).parent if self.active_project_path else None)
+  self.personas = self.persona_manager.load_all()
+
   self.ui_active_tool_preset = os.environ.get('SLOP_TOOL_PRESET') or ai_cfg.get("active_tool_preset")
   self.ui_active_bias_profile = ai_cfg.get("active_bias_profile")
   ai_client.set_tool_preset(self.ui_active_tool_preset)
diff --git a/src/gui_2.py b/src/gui_2.py
index 79a62f9..8412893 100644
--- a/src/gui_2.py
+++ b/src/gui_2.py
@@ -1978,6 +1978,18 @@ def hello():
      self.ui_active_bias_profile = bname
      ai_client.set_bias_profile(bname)
    imgui.end_combo()
+
+  imgui.text("Persona")
+  if not hasattr(self, 'ui_active_persona'):
+   self.ui_active_persona = ""
+  if imgui.begin_combo("##persona", self.ui_active_persona or "None"):
+   if imgui.selectable("None", not self.ui_active_persona)[0]:
+    self.ui_active_persona = ""
+   for pname in sorted(getattr(self.controller, 'personas', {}).keys()):
+    if imgui.selectable(pname, pname == self.ui_active_persona)[0]:
+     self.ui_active_persona = pname
+   imgui.end_combo()
+
   if self.current_provider == "gemini_cli":
    imgui.separator()
    imgui.text("Gemini CLI")