diff --git a/koboldai_settings.py b/koboldai_settings.py
index 53c993ff..8d644b9d 100644
--- a/koboldai_settings.py
+++ b/koboldai_settings.py
@@ -687,8 +687,9 @@ class settings(object):
 
 class model_settings(settings):
     local_only_variables = ['apikey', 'default_preset']
-    no_save_variables = ['modelconfig', 'custmodpth', 'generated_tkns', 
-                         'loaded_layers', 'total_layers', 'total_download_chunks', 'downloaded_chunks', 'presets', 'default_preset', 
+    no_save_variables = ['modelconfig', 'custmodpth', 'generated_tkns',
+                         'loaded_layers', 'total_layers', 'loaded_checkpoints', 'total_checkpoints',
+                         'total_download_chunks', 'downloaded_chunks', 'presets', 'default_preset',
                          'welcome', 'welcome_default', 'simple_randomness', 'simple_creativity', 'simple_repitition',
                          'badwordsids', 'uid_presets', 'model', 'model_type', 'lazy_load', 'fp32_model', 'modeldim', 'horde_wait_time', 'horde_queue_position', 'horde_queue_size', 'newlinemode', 'tqdm_progress', 'tqdm_rem_time', '_tqdm']
     settings_name = "model"
@@ -705,6 +706,8 @@ class model_settings(settings):
         self.generated_tkns = 0    # If using a backend that supports Lua generation modifiers, how many tokens have already been generated, otherwise 0
         self.loaded_layers = 0     # Used in UI 2 to show model loading progress
         self.total_layers = 0      # Same as above
+        self.loaded_checkpoints = 0
+        self.total_checkpoints = 0
         self.total_download_chunks = 0 # tracks how much of the model has downloaded for the UI 2
         self.downloaded_chunks = 0 #as above
         self._tqdm        = tqdm.tqdm(total=self.genamt, file=self.ignore_tqdm())    # tqdm agent for generating tokens. This will allow us to calculate the remaining time
diff --git a/modeling/lazy_loader.py b/modeling/lazy_loader.py
index eece7d2f..f4ce6fb7 100644
--- a/modeling/lazy_loader.py
+++ b/modeling/lazy_loader.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ import zipfile
 import pickle
 import torch
 import os
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Type
+import json
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type
 
 from torch.nn import Module
 from torch.storage import UntypedStorage
@@ -398,6 +399,18 @@ def _load_from_state_dict(self, state_dict, prefix, local_metadata, strict, miss
                 if input_name not in self._modules and input_name not in local_state:
                     unexpected_keys.append(key)
 
+def get_sharded_torch_checkpoints(dir: str) -> List[str]:
+    try:
+        with open(os.path.join(dir, "pytorch_model.bin.index.json")) as file:
+            j = json.load(file)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return []
+
+    try:
+        return list(set(j["weight_map"].values()))
+    except KeyError:
+        return []
+
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def use_lazy_load(
     enable=True,
@@ -410,6 +423,8 @@ def use_lazy_load(
         return
 
     begin_time = time.time()
+    utils.koboldai_vars.total_checkpoints = 0
+    utils.koboldai_vars.loaded_checkpoints = 0
 
     try:
         LazyloadPatches.__enter__()
@@ -421,6 +436,14 @@ def use_lazy_load(
         old_torch_load = torch.load
 
         def torch_load(f, map_location=None, pickle_module=pickle, **pickle_load_args):
+            if not utils.koboldai_vars.total_checkpoints:
+                checkpoints = get_sharded_torch_checkpoints(os.path.dirname(f))
+                # `checkpoints` may be empty if there is an error--return 1 in
+                # this case. Either there was no checkpoint index file (most
+                # common case), or there was a compatibility issue while reading
+                # it.
+                utils.koboldai_vars.total_checkpoints = len(checkpoints) or 1
+
             model_dict = old_torch_load(
                 f=f,
                 map_location=map_location,
diff --git a/modeling/patches.py b/modeling/patches.py
index 01db7b20..35bc9eec 100644
--- a/modeling/patches.py
+++ b/modeling/patches.py
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ class LazyloadPatches:
                         fp16_statistics=fp16_statistics,
                     )
 
+        utils.koboldai_vars.loaded_checkpoints += 1
         return error_msgs, offload_index, state_dict_index