diff --git a/aiserver.py b/aiserver.py
index 53a7024a..b61f7bb1 100644
--- a/aiserver.py
+++ b/aiserver.py
@@ -4042,6 +4042,8 @@ def actionsubmit(data, actionmode=0, force_submit=False, force_prompt_gen=False,
             koboldai_vars.submission = re.sub(r"[^\S\r\n]*([\r\n]*)$", r"\1", koboldai_vars.submission)  # Remove trailing whitespace, excluding newlines
             data = koboldai_vars.submission
             if(not force_submit and len(data.strip()) == 0):
+                set_aibusy(0)
+                socketio.emit("error", "No prompt or random story theme entered", broadcast=True, room="UI_2")
                 assert False
             # Start the game
             koboldai_vars.gamestarted = True
@@ -7096,7 +7098,9 @@ def UI_2_submit(data):
 #==================================================================#
 @socketio.on('abort')
 def UI_2_abort(data):
+    print("got abort")
     koboldai_vars.abort = True
+    print(koboldai_vars.abort)
 
  
 #==================================================================#
diff --git a/koboldai_settings.py b/koboldai_settings.py
index 43073bff..08991be5 100644
--- a/koboldai_settings.py
+++ b/koboldai_settings.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class settings(object):
 class model_settings(settings):
     local_only_variables = ['badwordsids', 'apikey', 'tqdm', 'socketio', 'default_preset']
     no_save_variables = ['tqdm', 'tqdm_progress', 'tqdm_rem_time', 'socketio', 'modelconfig', 'custmodpth', 'generated_tkns', 
-                         'loaded_layers', 'total_layers', 'total_download_chunks', 'downloaded_chunks']
+                         'loaded_layers', 'total_layers', 'total_download_chunks', 'downloaded_chunks', 'presets', 'default_preset']
     settings_name = "model"
     def __init__(self, socketio):
         self.socketio = socketio
@@ -733,9 +733,14 @@ class system_settings(settings):
         
         
     def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+        if name == "abort":
+            print("setting abort")
         new_variable = name not in self.__dict__
         old_value = getattr(self, name, None)
         super().__setattr__(name, value)
+        if name == "abort":
+            print("set abort to {}".format(self.abort))
+        
         #Put variable change actions here
         if name == 'serverstarted':
             global serverstarted
@@ -744,7 +749,11 @@ class system_settings(settings):
             process_variable_changes(self.socketio, self.__class__.__name__.replace("_settings", ""), name, value, old_value)
             
             if name == "aibusy" and value == False:
+                print("resetting abort as AI busy was set to false")
                 koboldai_vars.abort = False
+                
+        if name == "abort":
+            print("set abort to {}".format(self.abort))
         
 class KoboldStoryRegister(object):
     def __init__(self, socketio, story_settings, koboldai_vars, tokenizer=None, sequence=[]):
diff --git a/templates/index_new.html b/templates/index_new.html
index f21e54f8..b8f3efd1 100644
--- a/templates/index_new.html
+++ b/templates/index_new.html
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 			<div class="gametext" id="Selected Text">
 				<span id="story_prompt" class="var_sync_story_prompt var_sync_alt_story_prompt_length var_sync_alt_story_prompt_in_ai rawtext" contenteditable=true onblur="if (getAttribute(this, 'old_text') != this.textContent) {sync_to_server(this);}" onkeydown="detect_enter_text"></span>
 				<span id="Delete Me">
-					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 				</span>
 			</div>
 		</div>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 		<div class="inputrow" id="inputrow_container">
 			<div id="random_game_prompt" class="hidden">
 				<input type="text" autocomplete="off" id="themetext" placeholder="Theme for Random Story" oninput='if (this.value != "") {
-																													document.getElementById("input_text").value = "";'/>
+																													document.getElementById("input_text").value = "";}'/>
 				<span class="help_text" style="margin:0px;margin-top:5px;">The AI can create a prompt for you! Optionally type in one or more themes above, or let the AI do it's thing.</span>
 			</div>
 			<textarea autocomplete="off" row=5 id="input_text" placeholder="Enter Prompt Here" oninput='if (this.value != "") {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 																										}'
 																										onkeyup="calc_token_usage()"></textarea>
 			<div class="statusbar_outer hidden" id="status_bar" onclick="socket.emit('abort','');">
-				<div class="statusbar_inner" style="width:0%">0%</div>
+				<div class="statusbar_inner" style="width:0%" onclick="socket.emit('abort','');">0%</div>
 			</div><br>
 			<button type="button" class="btn action_button submit var_sync_alt_system_aibusy" system_aibusy=False id="btnsubmit" 
 				onclick="socket.emit('submit', {'data': document.getElementById('input_text').value, 'theme': document.getElementById('themetext').value});document.getElementById('input_text').value = '';document.getElementById('themetext').value = '';"