diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 603cf7033..0266831a8 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
     loadKoboldSettings,
     formatKoboldUrl,
     getKoboldGenerationData,
+    canUseKoboldStopSequence,
 } from "./scripts/kai-settings.js";
 
 import {
@@ -518,6 +519,11 @@ async function getStatus() {
                     is_pygmalion = false;
                 }
 
+                // determine if we can use stop sequence
+                if (main_api == "kobold") {
+                    kai_settings.use_stop_sequence = canUseKoboldStopSequence(data.version);
+                }
+
                 // determine if streaming is enabled for ooba
                 if (main_api == 'textgenerationwebui' && typeof data.gradio_config == 'string') {
                     try {
diff --git a/public/scripts/kai-settings.js b/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
index 9330a3b66..36701fcfd 100644
--- a/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
+++ b/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export {
     loadKoboldSettings,
     formatKoboldUrl,
     getKoboldGenerationData,
+    canUseKoboldStopSequence,
 };
 
 const kai_settings = {
@@ -21,8 +22,11 @@ const kai_settings = {
     tfs: 1,
     rep_pen_slope: 0.9,
     single_line: false,
+    use_stop_sequence: false,
 };
 
+const MIN_STOP_SEQUENCE_VERSION = '1.2.2';
+
 function formatKoboldUrl(value) {
     try {
         const url = new URL(value);
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ function getKoboldGenerationData(finalPromt, this_settings, this_amount_gen, thi
         s7: this_settings.sampler_order[6],
         use_world_info: false,
         singleline: kai_settings.single_line,
-        stop_sequence: [getStoppingStrings(isImpersonate, false)],
+        stop_sequence: kai_settings.use_stop_sequence ? [getStoppingStrings(isImpersonate, false)] : undefined,
     };
     return generate_data;
 }
@@ -152,6 +156,10 @@ const sliders = [
     },
 ];
 
+function canUseKoboldStopSequence(version) {
+    return version.localeCompare(MIN_STOP_SEQUENCE_VERSION, undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' }) > -1;
+}
+
 $(document).ready(function () {
     sliders.forEach(slider => {
         $(document).on("input", slider.sliderId, function () {
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index d51b6bff9..8f4f784c5 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -270,8 +270,10 @@ app.post("/generate", jsonParser, async function (request, response_generate = r
             typical: request.body.typical,
             sampler_order: sampler_order,
             singleline: !!request.body.singleline,
-            stop_sequence: request.body.stop_sequence || [],
         };
+        if (!!request.body.stop_sequence) {
+            this_settings['stop_sequence'] = request.body.stop_sequence;
+        }
     }
 
     console.log(this_settings);
@@ -536,7 +538,7 @@ app.post("/getchat", jsonParser, function (request, response) {
 
 
 });
-app.post("/getstatus", jsonParser, function (request, response_getstatus = response) {
+app.post("/getstatus", jsonParser, async function (request, response_getstatus = response) {
     if (!request.body) return response_getstatus.sendStatus(400);
     api_server = request.body.api_server;
     main_api = request.body.main_api;
@@ -547,10 +549,19 @@ app.post("/getstatus", jsonParser, function (request, response_getstatus = respo
         headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }
     };
     var url = api_server + "/v1/model";
+    let version = '';
     if (main_api == "textgenerationwebui") {
         url = api_server;
         args = {}
     }
+    if (main_api == "kobold") {
+        try {
+            version = (await getAsync(api_server + "/v1/info/version")).result;
+        }
+        catch {
+            version = '0.0.0';
+        }
+    }
     client.get(url, args, function (data, response) {
         if (response.statusCode == 200) {
             if (main_api == "textgenerationwebui") {
@@ -568,8 +579,8 @@ app.post("/getstatus", jsonParser, function (request, response_getstatus = respo
                     data = { result: "no_connection" };
                 }
             } else {
+                data.version = version;
                 if (data.result != "ReadOnly") {
-                    //response_getstatus.send(data.result);
                 } else {
                     data.result = "no_connection";
                 }