diff --git a/public/scripts/group-chats.js b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
index 9784218ee..1152b2471 100644
--- a/public/scripts/group-chats.js
+++ b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
@@ -423,14 +423,20 @@ export function getGroupCharacterCards(groupId, characterId) {
      * @param {string} value Value to replace
      * @param {string} characterName Name of the character
      * @param {string} fieldName Name of the field
+     * @param {function(string): string} [preprocess] Preprocess function
      * @returns {string} Prepared text
      * */
-    function replaceAndPrepareForJoin(value, characterName, fieldName) {
+    function replaceAndPrepareForJoin(value, characterName, fieldName, preprocess = null) {
         value = value.trim();
         if (!value) {
             return '';
         }
 
+        // Run preprocess function
+        if (typeof preprocess === 'function') {
+            value = preprocess(value);
+        }
+
         // Prepare and replace prefixes
         const prefix = customBaseChatReplace(group.generation_mode_join_prefix, fieldName, characterName);
         const suffix = customBaseChatReplace(group.generation_mode_join_suffix, fieldName, characterName);
@@ -465,7 +471,7 @@ export function getGroupCharacterCards(groupId, characterId) {
         descriptions.push(replaceAndPrepareForJoin(character.description, character.name, 'Description'));
         personalities.push(replaceAndPrepareForJoin(character.personality, character.name, 'Personality'));
         scenarios.push(replaceAndPrepareForJoin(character.scenario, character.name, 'Scenario'));
-        mesExamplesArray.push(replaceAndPrepareForJoin(character.mes_example, character.name, 'Example Messages'));
+        mesExamplesArray.push(replaceAndPrepareForJoin(character.mes_example, character.name, 'Example Messages', (x) => !x.startsWith('<START>') ? `<START>\n${x}` : x));
     }
 
     const description = descriptions.filter(x => x.length).join('\n');
diff --git a/public/scripts/openai.js b/public/scripts/openai.js
index 6f695ae3b..f50126abc 100644
--- a/public/scripts/openai.js
+++ b/public/scripts/openai.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
     system_message_types,
     this_chid,
 } from '../script.js';
-import { selected_group } from './group-chats.js';
+import { groups, selected_group } from './group-chats.js';
 
 import {
     chatCompletionDefaultPrompts,
@@ -543,11 +543,18 @@ function setupChatCompletionPromptManager(openAiSettings) {
  * @returns {Message[]} Array of message objects
  */
 export function parseExampleIntoIndividual(messageExampleString, appendNamesForGroup = true) {
+    const groupMembers = selected_group ? groups.find(x => x.id == selected_group)?.members : null;
+    const groupBotNames = Array.isArray(groupMembers)
+        ? groupMembers.map(x => characters.find(y => y.avatar === x)?.name).filter(x => x).map(x => `${x}:`)
+        : [];
+
     let result = []; // array of msgs
     let tmp = messageExampleString.split('\n');
     let cur_msg_lines = [];
     let in_user = false;
     let in_bot = false;
+    let botName = name2;
+
     // DRY my cock and balls :)
     function add_msg(name, role, system_name) {
         // join different newlines (we split them by \n and join by \n)
@@ -571,10 +578,14 @@ export function parseExampleIntoIndividual(messageExampleString, appendNamesForG
             in_user = true;
             // we were in the bot mode previously, add the message
             if (in_bot) {
-                add_msg(name2, 'system', 'example_assistant');
+                add_msg(botName, 'system', 'example_assistant');
             }
             in_bot = false;
-        } else if (cur_str.startsWith(name2 + ':')) {
+        } else if (cur_str.startsWith(name2 + ':') || groupBotNames.some(n => cur_str.startsWith(n))) {
+            if (!cur_str.startsWith(name2 + ':') && groupBotNames.length) {
+                botName = cur_str.split(':')[0];
+            }
+
             in_bot = true;
             // we were in the user mode previously, add the message
             if (in_user) {
@@ -589,7 +600,7 @@ export function parseExampleIntoIndividual(messageExampleString, appendNamesForG
     if (in_user) {
         add_msg(name1, 'system', 'example_user');
     } else if (in_bot) {
-        add_msg(name2, 'system', 'example_assistant');
+        add_msg(botName, 'system', 'example_assistant');
     }
     return result;
 }