diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index f5849a076..15cb9a80c 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -6696,6 +6696,11 @@ export function saveChatDebounced() {
  * @returns {Promise<void>}
  */
 export async function saveChat({ chatName, withMetadata, mesId, force = false } = {}) {
+    if (arguments.length > 1 && typeof arguments[0] !== 'object') {
+        console.trace('saveChat called with positional arguments. Please use an object instead.');
+        [chatName, withMetadata, mesId, force] = arguments;
+    }
+
     const metadata = { ...chat_metadata, ...(withMetadata || {}) };
     const fileName = chatName ?? characters[this_chid]?.chat;