diff --git a/aiserver.py b/aiserver.py
index bb79fe99..814d8f8c 100644
--- a/aiserver.py
+++ b/aiserver.py
@@ -9492,7 +9492,7 @@ def UI_2_generate_image_from_story(data):
     koboldai_vars.generating_image = True
     eventlet.sleep(0)
     
-    art_guide = '{}'.format(koboldai_vars.img_gen_art_guide)
+    art_guide = str(koboldai_vars.img_gen_art_guide)
     
     if 'action_id' in data and (int(data['action_id']) in koboldai_vars.actions.actions or int(data['action_id']) == -1):
         action_id = int(data['action_id'])
@@ -9526,13 +9526,21 @@ def UI_2_generate_image_from_story(data):
     
     max_length = args.max_summary_length - len(koboldai_vars.summary_tokenizer.encode(art_guide))
     keys = [summarize(text, max_length=max_length)]
-    logger.debug("Text from summarizer: {}".format(keys[0]))
-    
     prompt = ", ".join(keys)
+    logger.debug("Text from summarizer: {}".format(prompt))
+
+    if art_guide:
+        if '<|>' in art_guide:
+            full_prompt = art_guide.replace('<|>', prompt)
+        else:
+            full_prompt = f"{prompt}, {art_guide}"
+    else:
+        full_prompt = prompt
+
     generate_story_image(
-        ", ".join([part for part in [prompt, art_guide] if part]),
+        full_prompt,
         file_prefix=f"action_{action_id}",
-        display_prompt=prompt,
+        display_prompt=full_prompt,
         log_data={"actionId": action_id},
     )
 
diff --git a/gensettings.py b/gensettings.py
index 1e6f94fa..214d2f45 100644
--- a/gensettings.py
+++ b/gensettings.py
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ gensettingstf = [
 	"label": "Art Guide",
 	"id": "img_gen_art_guide",
 	"default": "",
-    "tooltip": "The art guide sent with image gen requests. \nDefault: fantasy illustration, artstation, by jason felix by steve argyle by tyler jacobson by peter mohrbacher, cinematic lighting",
+    "tooltip": "The art guide sent with image gen requests. <|> (optional) is replaced with the story summary, otherwise the art guide is appended to the summary. \nDefault: masterpiece, digital painting, <|>, dramatic lighting, highly detailed, trending",
     "menu_path": "Interface",
     "sub_path": "Images",
     "classname": "user",
diff --git a/koboldai_settings.py b/koboldai_settings.py
index a0588572..45281e3f 100644
--- a/koboldai_settings.py
+++ b/koboldai_settings.py
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ class user_settings(settings):
         self.show_budget = False
         self.ui_level    = 2
         self.img_gen_api_url = "http://127.0.0.1:7860"
-        self.img_gen_art_guide = "digital painting, dramatic lighting, highly detailed, trending"
+        self.img_gen_art_guide = "masterpiece, digital painting, <|>, dramatic lighting, highly detailed, trending"
         self.img_gen_negative_prompt = "lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, text, error, missing fingers, extra digit, fewer digits, cropped, worst quality, low quality, normal quality, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, username, blurry, artist name"
         self.img_gen_steps = 30
         self.img_gen_cfg_scale = 7.0