diff --git a/koboldai_settings.py b/koboldai_settings.py
index e0cbe619..ccaadfbc 100644
--- a/koboldai_settings.py
+++ b/koboldai_settings.py
@@ -1358,8 +1358,12 @@ class system_settings(settings):
                     if self._horde_pid is None:
                         self._horde_pid = "Pending" # Hack to make sure we don't launch twice while it loads
                         logger.info("Starting Horde bridge")
+                        logger.debug("Clearing command line args in sys.argv before AI Horde Scribe load")
+                        sys_arg_bkp = sys.argv.copy()
+                        sys.argv = sys.argv[:1]
                         bd_module = importlib.import_module("AI-Horde-Worker.worker.bridge_data.scribe")
                         bridge_data = bd_module.KoboldAIBridgeData()
+                        sys.argv = sys_arg_bkp
                         bridge_data.reload_data()
                         bridge_data.kai_url = f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}'
                         bridge_data.horde_url = self._koboldai_var.horde_url