diff --git a/aiserver.py b/aiserver.py
index b8ff4f3e..9dd621ef 100644
--- a/aiserver.py
+++ b/aiserver.py
@@ -7454,13 +7454,13 @@ def loadRequest(loadpath, filename=None):
 
     if not loadpath:
         return
-        
+    
     #Original UI only sends the story name and assumes it's always a .json file... here we check to see if it's a directory to load that way
-    if not os.path.exists(loadpath):
+    if not isinstance(loadpath, dict) and not os.path.exists(loadpath):
         if os.path.exists(loadpath.replace(".json", "")):
             loadpath = loadpath.replace(".json", "")
 
-    if os.path.isdir(loadpath):
+    if not isinstance(loadpath, dict) and os.path.isdir(loadpath):
         if not valid_v3_story(loadpath):
             raise RuntimeError(f"Tried to load {loadpath}, a non-save directory.")
         koboldai_vars.update_story_path_structure(loadpath)
diff --git a/gensettings.py b/gensettings.py
index 8d68b4b5..a0a20908 100644
--- a/gensettings.py
+++ b/gensettings.py
@@ -881,6 +881,38 @@ gensettingstf = [
     "classname": "system",
     "name": "seed",
     "extra_classes": "var_sync_alt_system_seed_specified",
+    "ui_level": 2
+	},
+    {
+	"uitype": "text",
+	"unit": "text",
+	"label": "comregex_ai_string",
+	"id": "comregex_ai_string", 
+	"min": 0,
+	"max": 1,
+	"step": 1,
+	"default": 1,
+    "tooltip": "Pattern for matching comments to remove them before sending them to the AI.",
+    "menu_path": "Settings",
+    "sub_path": "Other",
+    "classname": "system",
+    "name": "comregex_ai_string",
+    "ui_level": 2
+	},
+    {
+	"uitype": "text",
+	"unit": "text",
+	"label": "comregex_ui_string",
+	"id": "comregex_ui_string", 
+	"min": 0,
+	"max": 1,
+	"step": 1,
+	"default": 1,
+    "tooltip": "Pattern for matching comments in the editor.",
+    "menu_path": "Settings",
+    "sub_path": "Other",
+    "classname": "system",
+    "name": "comregex_ui_string",
     "ui_level": 2
 	},
     {
diff --git a/koboldai_settings.py b/koboldai_settings.py
index fdd89ba9..407ae1e1 100644
--- a/koboldai_settings.py
+++ b/koboldai_settings.py
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ class undefined_settings(settings):
 
 class system_settings(settings):
     local_only_variables = ['lua_state', 'lua_logname', 'lua_koboldbridge', 'lua_kobold', 
-                            'lua_koboldcore', 'regex_sl', 'acregex_ai', 'acregex_ui', 'comregex_ai', 
+                            'lua_koboldcore', 'regex_sl', 'acregex_ai', 'acregex_ui', 'comregex_ai', 'comregex_ui',
                             'sp', '_horde_pid', 'inference_config', 'image_pipeline', 
                             'summarizer', 'summary_tokenizer', 'tts_model', 'rng_states']
     no_save_variables = ['lua_state', 'lua_logname', 'lua_koboldbridge', 'lua_kobold', 
@@ -1252,8 +1252,10 @@ class system_settings(settings):
         self.regex_sl    = re.compile(r'\n*(?<=.) *\n(.|\n)*')  # Pattern for limiting the output to a single line
         self.acregex_ai  = re.compile(r'\n* *>(.|\n)*')  # Pattern for matching adventure actions from the AI so we can remove them
         self.acregex_ui  = re.compile(r'^ *(&gt;.*)$', re.MULTILINE)    # Pattern for matching actions in the HTML-escaped story so we can apply colouring, etc (make sure to encase part to format in parentheses)
-        self.comregex_ai = re.compile(r'(?:\n\[<\|(?:.|\n)*?\|>\](?=\n|$))|(?:\[<\|(?:.|\n)*?\|>\]\n?)')  # Pattern for matching comments to remove them before sending them to the AI
-        self.comregex_ui = re.compile(r'(\[&lt;\|(?:.|\n)*?\|&gt;\])')  # Pattern for matching comments in the editor
+        self.comregex_ai_string = '(?:\n\[<\|(?:.|\n)*?\|>\](?=\n|$))|(?:\[<\|(?:.|\n)*?\|>\]\n?)' # Pattern for matching comments to remove them before sending them to the AI
+        self.comregex_ui_string = '(\[&lt;\|(?:.|\n)*?\|&gt;\])' # Pattern for matching comments in the editor
+        self.comregex_ai = re.compile(self.comregex_ai_string)  # Pattern for matching comments to remove them before sending them to the AI
+        self.comregex_ui = re.compile(self.comregex_ui_string)  # Pattern for matching comments in the editor
         self.host        = False
         self.flaskwebgui = False
         self.quiet       = False # If set will suppress any story text from being printed to the console (will only be seen on the client web page)
@@ -1340,6 +1342,12 @@ class system_settings(settings):
                 self._socketio.emit('from_server', {'cmd': 'spstatitems', 'data': {self.spfilename: self.spmeta} if self.allowsp and len(self.spfilename) else {}}, namespace=None, broadcast=True, room="UI_1")
                 super().__setattr__("sp_changed", False)
             
+            if name == 'comregex_ai_string':
+                self.comregex_ai = re.compile(self.comregex_ai_string)
+            
+            if name == 'comregex_ui_string':
+                self.comregex_ui = re.compile(self.comregex_ui_string)
+            
             if name == 'keep_img_gen_in_memory' and value == False:
                 self.image_pipeline = None