diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
index ab02d1a51..ef5000fac 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { isJsonSchemaSupported } from '../../textgen-settings.js';
 import { debounce_timeout } from '../../constants.js';
 import { SlashCommandParser } from '../../slash-commands/SlashCommandParser.js';
 import { SlashCommand } from '../../slash-commands/SlashCommand.js';
-import { ARGUMENT_TYPE, SlashCommandArgument } from '../../slash-commands/SlashCommandArgument.js';
+import { ARGUMENT_TYPE, SlashCommandArgument, SlashCommandNamedArgument } from '../../slash-commands/SlashCommandArgument.js';
 import { isFunctionCallingSupported } from '../../openai.js';
 import { SlashCommandEnumValue, enumTypes } from '../../slash-commands/SlashCommandEnumValue.js';
 import { commonEnumProviders } from '../../slash-commands/SlashCommandCommonEnumsProvider.js';
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ const DEFAULT_EXPRESSIONS = [
     'surprise',
     'neutral',
 ];
+/** @enum {number} */
 const EXPRESSION_API = {
     local: 0,
     extras: 1,
@@ -920,18 +921,24 @@ async function setSpriteSetCommand(_, folder) {
     return '';
 }
 
-async function classifyCommand(_, text) {
+async function classifyCallback(/** @type {{api: string?}} */ { api = null }, text) {
     if (!text) {
-        console.log('No text provided');
+        toastr.warning('No text provided');
+        return '';
+    }
+    if (api && !Object.keys(EXPRESSION_API).includes(api)) {
+        toastr.warning('Invalid API provided');
         return '';
     }
 
-    if (!modules.includes('classify') && extension_settings.expressions.api == EXPRESSION_API.extras) {
+    const expressionApi = EXPRESSION_API[api] || extension_settings.expressions.api;
+
+    if (!modules.includes('classify') && expressionApi == EXPRESSION_API.extras) {
         toastr.warning('Text classification is disabled or not available');
         return '';
     }
 
-    const label = getExpressionLabel(text);
+    const label = getExpressionLabel(text, expressionApi);
     console.debug(`Classification result for "${text}": ${label}`);
     return label;
 }
@@ -1108,9 +1115,16 @@ function onTextGenSettingsReady(args) {
     }
 }
 
-async function getExpressionLabel(text) {
+/**
+ * Retrieves the label of an expression via classification based on the provided text.
+ * Optionally allows to override the expressions API being used.
+ * @param {string} text - The text to classify and retrieve the expression label for.
+ * @param {EXPRESSION_API} [expressionsApi=extension_settings.expressions.api] - The expressions API to use for classification.
+ * @returns {Promise<string>} - The label of the expression.
+ */
+export async function getExpressionLabel(text, expressionsApi = extension_settings.expressions.api) {
     // Return if text is undefined, saving a costly fetch request
-    if ((!modules.includes('classify') && extension_settings.expressions.api == EXPRESSION_API.extras) || !text) {
+    if ((!modules.includes('classify') && expressionsApi == EXPRESSION_API.extras) || !text) {
         return getFallbackExpression();
     }
 
@@ -1121,7 +1135,7 @@ async function getExpressionLabel(text) {
     text = sampleClassifyText(text);
 
     try {
-        switch (extension_settings.expressions.api) {
+        switch (expressionsApi) {
             // Local BERT pipeline
             case EXPRESSION_API.local: {
                 const localResult = await fetch('/api/extra/classify', {
@@ -2105,7 +2119,15 @@ function migrateSettings() {
     }));
     SlashCommandParser.addCommandObject(SlashCommand.fromProps({
         name: 'classify',
-        callback: classifyCommand,
+        callback: classifyCallback,
+        namedArgumentList: [
+            SlashCommandNamedArgument.fromProps({
+                name: 'api',
+                description: 'The Classifier API to classify with. If not specified, the configured one will be used.',
+                typeList: [ARGUMENT_TYPE.STRING],
+                enumList: Object.keys(EXPRESSION_API).map(api => new SlashCommandEnumValue(api, null, enumTypes.enum)),
+            }),
+        ],
         unnamedArgumentList: [
             new SlashCommandArgument(
                 'text', [ARGUMENT_TYPE.STRING], true,
@@ -2116,6 +2138,9 @@ function migrateSettings() {
             <div>
                 Performs an emotion classification of the given text and returns a label.
             </div>
+            <div>
+                Allows to specify which Classifier API to perform the classification with.
+            </div>
             <div>
                 <strong>Example:</strong>
                 <ul>