diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment.tsx
index e203e4cf75..fb1f0dc718 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment.tsx
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ export const ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment = ({
 								min={2}
 								max={100}
 								step={1}
-								value={[maxConcurrentFileReads]}
+								value={[Math.max(2, maxConcurrentFileReads)]}
 								onValueChange={([value]) => onMaxConcurrentFileReadsChange(value)}
 								data-testid="max-concurrent-file-reads-slider"
 							/>
-							<span className="w-10 text-sm">{maxConcurrentFileReads}</span>
+							<span className="w-10 text-sm">{Math.max(2, maxConcurrentFileReads)}</span>
 						</div>
 					</div>
 				</div>
diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/__tests__/ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment.test.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/__tests__/ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment.test.tsx
index 0c302d006e..590a072ee9 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/__tests__/ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment.test.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/__tests__/ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment.test.tsx
@@ -138,4 +138,35 @@ describe("ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment", () => {
 		// Verify new value is displayed
 		expect(screen.getByText("50")).toBeInTheDocument()
 	})
+
+	it("should display minimum value of 2 when maxConcurrentFileReads is less than 2", () => {
+		render(
+			<ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment
+				enabled={true}
+				onEnabledChange={mockOnEnabledChange}
+				maxConcurrentFileReads={1}
+				onMaxConcurrentFileReadsChange={mockOnMaxConcurrentFileReadsChange}
+			/>,
+		)
+
+		// Should display 2 (minimum value) instead of 1
+		expect(screen.getByText("2")).toBeInTheDocument()
+	})
+
+	it("should set maxConcurrentFileReads to 15 when enabling with value of 0", () => {
+		render(
+			<ConcurrentFileReadsExperiment
+				enabled={false}
+				onEnabledChange={mockOnEnabledChange}
+				maxConcurrentFileReads={0}
+				onMaxConcurrentFileReadsChange={mockOnMaxConcurrentFileReadsChange}
+			/>,
+		)
+
+		const checkbox = screen.getByTestId("concurrent-file-reads-checkbox")
+		fireEvent.click(checkbox)
+
+		expect(mockOnEnabledChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true)
+		expect(mockOnMaxConcurrentFileReadsChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(15)
+	})
 })