diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 1d864afde..9b67dac38 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -2130,6 +2130,9 @@
                                 </a>
                             </label>
                         </div>
+
+                        <div id="reload_chat" class="menu_button whitespacenowrap" data-i18n="Reload Chat">
+                            Reload Chat</div>
                     </div>
 
                     <div name="NameAndAvatar" class="flex-container flexFlowColumn drawer25pWidth">
diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index d443a8887..75f2b6e29 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ import {
 } from "./scripts/secrets.js";
 import { EventEmitter } from './scripts/eventemitter.js';
 import { context_settings, loadContextTemplatesFromSettings } from "./scripts/context-template.js";
+import { dinkusExtension } from "./scripts/showdown-dinkus.js";
 
 //exporting functions and vars for mods
 export {
@@ -533,6 +534,14 @@ function reloadMarkdownProcessor(render_formulas = false) {
         });
     }
 
+    // Inject the dinkus extension after creating the converter
+    // Maybe move this into power_user init?
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        if (power_user) {
+            converter.addExtension(dinkusExtension(), 'dinkus');
+        }
+    }, 1)
+
     return converter;
 }
 
diff --git a/public/scripts/power-user.js b/public/scripts/power-user.js
index 376136782..e69f5ef9b 100644
--- a/public/scripts/power-user.js
+++ b/public/scripts/power-user.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
     updateVisibleDivs,
     eventSource,
     event_types,
+    getCurrentChatId,
 } from "../script.js";
 import { favsToHotswap } from "./RossAscends-mods.js";
 import {
@@ -933,6 +934,7 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
     $("#custom_chat_separator").on('input', function () {
         power_user.custom_chat_separator = $(this).val();
         saveSettingsDebounced();
+        reloadMarkdownProcessor(power_user.render_formulas);
     });
 
     $("#multigen").change(function () {
@@ -1155,6 +1157,13 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
         saveSettingsDebounced();
     });
 
+    $("#reload_chat").on('click', function () {
+        const currentChatId = getCurrentChatId();
+        if (currentChatId !== undefined && currentChatId !== null) {
+            reloadCurrentChat();
+        }
+    });
+
     $("#allow_name1_display").on("input", function () {
         power_user.allow_name1_display = !!$(this).prop('checked');
         reloadCurrentChat();
diff --git a/public/scripts/showdown-dinkus.js b/public/scripts/showdown-dinkus.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..597e40965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/scripts/showdown-dinkus.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { power_user } from './power-user.js';
+
+// Showdown extension to make chat separators (dinkuses) ignore markdown formatting
+export const dinkusExtension = () => {
+    if (!power_user) {
+        console.log("Showdown-dinkus extension: power_user wasn't found! Returning.");
+        return []
+    }
+
+    // Create an escaped sequence so the regex can work with any character
+    const savedDinkus = power_user.custom_chat_separator
+    const escapedDinkus = savedDinkus.split('').map((e) => `\\${e}`).join('');
+    const replaceRegex = new RegExp(`^(${escapedDinkus})\n`, "gm")
+    return [{
+        type: "lang",
+        regex: replaceRegex,
+        replace: (match) => match.replace(replaceRegex, `<div>${savedDinkus}</div>`).trim()
+    }];
+}
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