diff --git a/aiserver.py b/aiserver.py
index ca200088..a4cce9c9 100644
--- a/aiserver.py
+++ b/aiserver.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ model_menu = {
 
 class Send_to_socketio(object):
     def write(self, bar):
-        bar = bar.replace("\r", "").replace("\n", "")
+        bar = bar.replace("\r", "").replace("\n", "").replace(chr(0), "")
         if bar != "":
             logger.info(bar)
             #print('\r' + bar, end='')
diff --git a/koboldai_settings.py b/koboldai_settings.py
index baf1ae80..86ad3145 100644
--- a/koboldai_settings.py
+++ b/koboldai_settings.py
@@ -568,7 +568,8 @@ class settings(object):
 class model_settings(settings):
     local_only_variables = ['badwordsids', 'apikey', 'tqdm', 'socketio', 'default_preset', 'koboldai_vars']
     no_save_variables = ['tqdm', 'tqdm_progress', 'tqdm_rem_time', 'socketio', 'modelconfig', 'custmodpth', 'generated_tkns', 
-                         'loaded_layers', 'total_layers', 'total_download_chunks', 'downloaded_chunks', 'presets', 'default_preset', 'koboldai_vars']
+                         'loaded_layers', 'total_layers', 'total_download_chunks', 'downloaded_chunks', 'presets', 'default_preset', 
+                         'koboldai_vars', 'welcome']
     settings_name = "model"
     def __init__(self, socketio, koboldai_vars):
         self.socketio = socketio