diff --git a/static/koboldai.css b/static/koboldai.css
index 5ca2bf1c..9aca6da1 100644
--- a/static/koboldai.css
+++ b/static/koboldai.css
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ border-top-right-radius: var(--tabs_rounding);
 	position: fixed;
 	top:10px;
 	left: 5px;
-	z-index:50;
+	z-index:21;
 	display: inline-block;
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ border-top-right-radius: var(--tabs_rounding);
 	position: absolute;
 	top:10px;
 	left: calc(var(--flyout_menu_width) - 20px);
-	z-index:50;
+	z-index:21;
 	width: 25px;
 	height: 25px;
 	color: #999;
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ border-top-right-radius: var(--tabs_rounding);
 	top:8px;
 	color: var(--text);
 	left: calc(var(--flyout_menu_width) - 133px);
-	z-index:50;
+	z-index:21;
 	width: 25px;
 	height: 25px;
 	display: inline-block;
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ border-top-right-radius: var(--tabs_rounding);
 
 .SideMenu {
 	height: 100%;
-	z-index: 4;
+	z-index: 20;
 	color: var(--flyout_text);
 	width: var(--flyout_menu_width);
 	box-shadow: var(--left_menu_strong_shadow);
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ border-top-right-radius: var(--tabs_rounding);
 	position: fixed;
 	top:10px;
 	right: 5px;
-	z-index:50;
+	z-index:11;
 	display: inline-block;
 	cursor: pointer;
 	grid-area: lefticon;
@@ -914,12 +914,11 @@ border-top-right-radius: var(--tabs_rounding);
 }
 
 .rightSideMenu {
-	z-index: 3;
 	height: 100%;
 	position: fixed;
 	color: var(--flyout_text);
 	box-shadow: var(--right_menu_strong_shadow);
-	z-index: 3;
+	z-index: 10;
 	top: 0;
 	right: 0;
 	background-color: var(--flyout_background);
@@ -2874,9 +2873,12 @@ body {
 }
 
 .welcome_container {
+	position: absolute;
 	height: 100%;
+	width: 100%;
 	display: flex;
 	margin-top: auto;
+	padding-bottom: 10px;
 }
 
 #welcome_text {
diff --git a/static/koboldai.js b/static/koboldai.js
index 2c3c8850..b2a5f0ed 100644
--- a/static/koboldai.js
+++ b/static/koboldai.js
@@ -957,7 +957,6 @@ function var_changed(data) {
 		if (current_action <= 0) {
 			//console.log("setting action_count to "+current_action);
 			const storyPrompt = $el("#story_prompt");
-			if (storyPrompt) storyPrompt.classList.remove("hidden");
 			scroll_trigger_element = undefined;
 			document.getElementById("Selected Text").onscroll = undefined;
 		}
@@ -1807,31 +1806,6 @@ function model_settings_checker() {
 			valid = (check_value < this.check_data['value']);
 		}
 		if (valid || missing_element) {
-			//if we are supposed to refresh when this value changes we'll resubmit
-			if ((this.getAttribute("refresh_model_inputs") == "true") && !missing_element && !this.noresubmit) {
-				//get an object of all the input settings from the user
-				data = {}
-				settings_area = document.getElementById(document.getElementById("modelplugin").value + "_settings_area");
-				if (settings_area) {
-					for (const element of settings_area.querySelectorAll(".model_settings_input:not(.hidden)")) {
-						var element_data = element.value;
-						if (element.getAttribute("data_type") == "int") {
-							element_data = parseInt(element_data);
-						} else if (element.getAttribute("data_type") == "float") {
-							element_data = parseFloat(element_data);
-						} else if (element.getAttribute("data_type") == "bool") {
-							element_data = element.checked;
-						}
-						data[element.id.split("|")[1].replace("_value", "")] = element_data;
-					}
-				}
-				data = {...data, ...selected_model_data};
-				
-				data['plugin'] = document.getElementById("modelplugin").value;
-				data['valid_backends'] = getOptions("modelplugin");
-				
-				socket.emit("resubmit_model_info", data);
-			}
 			if ('sum' in this.check_data) {
 				for (const temp of this.check_data['sum']) {
 					if (document.getElementById(this.id.split("|")[0] +"|"  + temp + "_value")) {
@@ -1900,6 +1874,32 @@ function model_settings_checker() {
 		
 		
 	}
+	
+	//if we are supposed to refresh when this value changes we'll resubmit
+	if ((this != window) && (this.getAttribute("refresh_model_inputs") == "true") && !missing_element && !this.noresubmit) {
+		//get an object of all the input settings from the user
+		data = {}
+		settings_area = document.getElementById(document.getElementById("modelplugin").value + "_settings_area");
+		if (settings_area) {
+			for (const element of settings_area.querySelectorAll(".model_settings_input:not(.hidden)")) {
+				var element_data = element.value;
+				if (element.getAttribute("data_type") == "int") {
+					element_data = parseInt(element_data);
+				} else if (element.getAttribute("data_type") == "float") {
+					element_data = parseFloat(element_data);
+				} else if (element.getAttribute("data_type") == "bool") {
+					element_data = element.checked;
+				}
+				data[element.id.split("|")[1].replace("_value", "")] = element_data;
+			}
+		}
+		data = {...data, ...selected_model_data};
+		
+		data['plugin'] = document.getElementById("modelplugin").value;
+		data['valid_backends'] = getOptions("modelplugin");
+		
+		socket.emit("resubmit_model_info", data);
+	}
 }
 
 function set_toggle(id) {
@@ -3388,6 +3388,10 @@ function gametextwatcher(records) {
 			if (!dirty_chunks.includes("game_text")) {
 				dirty_chunks.push("game_text");
 			}
+		} else if ((record.target.nodeName == "#text") && (record.target.parentNode == game_text)) {
+			if (!dirty_chunks.includes("game_text")) {
+				dirty_chunks.push("game_text");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -3427,17 +3431,20 @@ function fix_dirty_game_text() {
 				} else {
 					node_text = node.data;
 				}
-				if (!(node.nextElementSibling) || !(dirty_chunks.includes(node.nextElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"))) || dirty_chunks.includes(node.previousElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"))) {
+								if ((!(node.nextElementSibling) || !(dirty_chunks.includes(node.nextElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"))) || dirty_chunks.includes(node.previousElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"))) && (node.previousElementSibling)) {
 					node.previousElementSibling.innerText = node.previousElementSibling.innerText + node_text;
 					if (!dirty_chunks.includes(node.previousElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"))) {
 						dirty_chunks.push(node.previousElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"));
 					}
 				} else {
 					node.nextElementSibling.innerText = node.nextElementSibling.innerText + node_text;
+					if (!dirty_chunks.includes(node.nextElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"))) {
+						dirty_chunks.push(node.nextElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"));
+					}
 				}
 				
 				//Looks like sometimes it splits the parent. Let's look for that and fix it too
-				if (node.nextElementSibling && (node.nextElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk") == node.previousElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"))) {
+				if (node.nextElementSibling && node.previousElementSibling && (node.nextElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk") == node.previousElementSibling.getAttribute("chunk"))) {
 					node.previousElementSibling.innerText = node.previousElementSibling.innerText + node.nextElementSibling.innerText;
 					node.nextElementSibling.remove();
 				}
@@ -6100,6 +6107,17 @@ function closePopups(userAction=false) {
 	if (allHidden) container.classList.add("hidden");
 }
 
+function hide_welcome_container() {
+		welcome_container = document.getElementById("welcome_container");
+		welcome_container.classList.add("hidden");
+		document.getElementById("Selected Text").focus();
+}
+
+function show_welcome_container() {
+	welcome_container = document.getElementById("welcome_container");
+	welcome_container.classList.remove("hidden");
+}
+
 $el("#popup-container").addEventListener("click", function(event) {
 	if (event.target === this) closePopups(true);
 });
diff --git a/templates/index_new.html b/templates/index_new.html
index 64c4c76b..0f2fecaf 100644
--- a/templates/index_new.html
+++ b/templates/index_new.html
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@
 		<div class="gamescreen" id="gamescreen" context-menu="gamescreen">
 			<div id="disconnect_message"><center><h1>Disconnected</h1></center></div>
 
-			<div id="welcome_container" class="welcome_container">
+			<div id="welcome_container" class="welcome_container" onclick="hide_welcome_container();">
 				<div id="welcome_text" class="var_sync_model_welcome" draggable="False"></div>
 			</div>
 
 			<div class="gametext" id="Selected Text" contenteditable="false" tabindex="0" onkeyup="return set_edit(event);">
-				<span id="story_prompt" class="var_sync_story_prompt var_sync_alt_story_prompt_in_ai rawtext hidden" chunk="-1"></span></div><!--don't move the /div down or it'll cause odd spacing issues in the UI--->
+				<span id="story_prompt" class="var_sync_story_prompt var_sync_alt_story_prompt_in_ai rawtext" chunk="-1"></span></div><!--don't move the /div down or it'll cause odd spacing issues in the UI--->
 		</div>
 
 		<!------------ Sequences --------------------->