diff --git a/aiserver.py b/aiserver.py
index 38b50846..bc5cc3ba 100644
--- a/aiserver.py
+++ b/aiserver.py
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--nobreakmodel", action='store_true', help="Disables Breakm
 parser.add_argument("--unblock", action='store_true', default=False, help="Unblocks the KoboldAI port to be accessible from other machines without optimizing for remote play (It is recommended to use --host instead)")
 parser.add_argument("--quiet", action='store_true', default=False, help="If present will suppress any story related text from showing on the console")
 parser.add_argument("--lowmem", action='store_true', help="Extra Low Memory loading for the GPU, slower but memory does not peak to twice the usage")
-
+parser.add_argument("--savemodel", action='store_true', help="Saves the model to the models folder even if --colab is used (Allows you to save models to Google Drive)")
 args: argparse.Namespace = None
 if(os.environ.get("KOBOLDAI_ARGS") is not None):
     import shlex
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ if(not vars.use_colab_tpu and vars.model not in ["InferKit", "Colab", "OAI", "Go
                     except Exception as e:
                         model     = GPTNeoForCausalLM.from_pretrained(vars.model, cache_dir="cache", **lowmem)
 
-                    if not args.colab:
+                    if not args.colab or args.savemodel:
                         import shutil
                         model = model.half()
                         model.save_pretrained("models/{}".format(vars.model.replace('/', '_')))
diff --git a/colabkobold.sh b/colabkobold.sh
index a7744c1c..cf835f38 100644
--- a/colabkobold.sh
+++ b/colabkobold.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # KoboldAI Easy Colab Deployment Script by Henk717
 
 # read the options
-TEMP=`getopt -o m:i:p:c:d:x:a:l:z:g:t:n:b: --long model:,init:,path:,configname:,download:,aria2:,dloc:xloc:7z:git:tar:ngrok:branch: -- "$@"`
+TEMP=`getopt -o m:i:p:c:d:x:a:l:z:g:t:n:b:s: --long model:,init:,path:,configname:,download:,aria2:,dloc:xloc:7z:git:tar:ngrok:branch:savemodel: -- "$@"`
 eval set -- "$TEMP"
 
 # extract options and their arguments into variables.
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ while true ; do
             git="$2" ; shift 2 ;;
         -b|--branch)
             branch="$2" ; shift 2 ;;
+        -s|--savemodel)
+            savemodel=" --savemodel" ; shift 2 ;;
         --) shift ; break ;;
         *) echo "Internal error!" ; exit 1 ;;
     esac
@@ -48,8 +50,8 @@ function launch
         exit 0
     else
     cd /content/KoboldAI-Client
-    echo "Launching KoboldAI with the following options : python3 aiserver.py$model$kmpath$configname$ngrok --colab"
-    python3 aiserver.py$model$kmpath$configname$ngrok --colab
+    echo "Launching KoboldAI with the following options : python3 aiserver.py$model$kmpath$configname$ngrok$savemodel --colab"
+    python3 aiserver.py$model$kmpath$configname$ngrok$savemodel --colab
     exit
     fi
 }