diff --git a/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
index ed626bdb624..f4d4ccf5851 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/proxy_setting_endpoints.py
@@ -1763,8 +1763,8 @@ async def get_ui_settings():
 
     effective_ui_settings: Final[Mapping[str, object]] = MappingProxyType(
         {
-            **{key: proxy_config.settings[key] for key in ALLOWED_UI_SETTINGS_FIELDS if key in proxy_config.settings},
             **ui_settings,
+            **{key: proxy_config.settings[key] for key in ALLOWED_UI_SETTINGS_FIELDS if key in proxy_config.settings},
         }
     )
     config: Final[Mapping[str, object]] = MappingProxyType(
@@ -1787,9 +1787,9 @@ async def get_ui_settings():
     source: Final[Mapping[str, FieldSource]] = MappingProxyType(
         {
             key: (
-                "db"
-                if key in ui_settings
-                else _ui_setting_source(key, values[key], proxy_config.settings, settings_class)
+                _ui_setting_source(key, values[key], proxy_config.settings, settings_class)
+                if key in proxy_config.settings or key not in ui_settings
+                else "db"
             )
             for key in values
         }
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
index 75feb746bd7..eecee2fd0f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/ui_crud_endpoints/test_proxy_setting_endpoints.py
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ class TestProxySettingEndpoints:
         mock_db_record = MagicMock()
         mock_db_record.ui_settings = {
             "disable_model_add_for_internal_users": True,
+            "require_auth_for_public_ai_hub": True,
         }
         mock_prisma.db.litellm_uisettings.find_unique = AsyncMock(
             return_value=mock_db_record
@@ -1376,10 +1377,12 @@ class TestProxySettingEndpoints:
 
         assert response.status_code == 200
         data = response.json()
-        assert data["values"]["disable_model_add_for_internal_users"] is True
+        assert data["values"]["disable_model_add_for_internal_users"] is False
         assert data["values"]["forward_client_headers_to_llm_api"] is True
-        assert data["source"]["disable_model_add_for_internal_users"] == "db"
+        assert data["values"]["require_auth_for_public_ai_hub"] is True
+        assert data["source"]["disable_model_add_for_internal_users"] == "config"
         assert data["source"]["forward_client_headers_to_llm_api"] == "config"
+        assert data["source"]["require_auth_for_public_ai_hub"] == "db"
 
     def test_get_ui_settings_schema_description_preserved_with_extensions(
         self, mock_auth, monkeypatch