diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 6d93bc03b..2e8b8d736 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -8476,12 +8476,22 @@ const CONNECT_API_MAP = {
         selected: 'novel',
         button: '#api_button_novel',
     },
+    'koboldcpp': {
+        selected: 'textgenerationwebui',
+        button: '#api_button_textgenerationwebui',
+        type: textgen_types.KOBOLDCPP,
+    },
     // KoboldCpp alias
     'kcpp': {
         selected: 'textgenerationwebui',
         button: '#api_button_textgenerationwebui',
         type: textgen_types.KOBOLDCPP,
     },
+    'openai': {
+        selected: 'openai',
+        button: '#api_button_openai',
+        source: chat_completion_sources.OPENAI,
+    },
     // OpenAI alias
     'oai': {
         selected: 'openai',
diff --git a/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js b/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
index 92278f35c..1a9e2d7d2 100644
--- a/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
+++ b/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
@@ -56,22 +56,25 @@ let counterNonce = Date.now();
 
 const observerConfig = { childList: true, subtree: true };
 const countTokensDebounced = debounce(RA_CountCharTokens, debounce_timeout.relaxed);
+const countTokensShortDebounced = debounce(RA_CountCharTokens, debounce_timeout.short);
+const checkStatusDebounced = debounce(RA_checkOnlineStatus, debounce_timeout.short);
 
 const observer = new MutationObserver(function (mutations) {
     mutations.forEach(function (mutation) {
+        if (!(mutation.target instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+            return;
+        }
         if (mutation.target.classList.contains('online_status_text')) {
-            RA_checkOnlineStatus();
+            checkStatusDebounced();
         } else if (mutation.target.parentNode === SelectedCharacterTab) {
-            setTimeout(RA_CountCharTokens, 200);
+            countTokensShortDebounced();
         } else if (mutation.target.classList.contains('mes_text')) {
-            if (mutation.target instanceof HTMLElement) {
-                for (const element of mutation.target.getElementsByTagName('math')) {
-                    element.childNodes.forEach(function (child) {
-                        if (child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-                            child.textContent = '';
-                        }
-                    });
-                }
+            for (const element of mutation.target.getElementsByTagName('math')) {
+                element.childNodes.forEach(function (child) {
+                    if (child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
+                        child.textContent = '';
+                    }
+                });
             }
         }
     });
@@ -159,8 +162,8 @@ export function shouldSendOnEnter() {
 export function humanizedDateTime() {
     const now = new Date(Date.now());
     const dt = {
-        year: now.getFullYear(),  month: now.getMonth() + 1,  day: now.getDate(),
-        hour: now.getHours(),     minute: now.getMinutes(),   second: now.getSeconds(),
+        year: now.getFullYear(), month: now.getMonth() + 1, day: now.getDate(),
+        hour: now.getHours(), minute: now.getMinutes(), second: now.getSeconds(),
     };
     for (const key in dt) {
         dt[key] = dt[key].toString().padStart(2, '0');
@@ -725,9 +728,7 @@ export function addSafariPatch() {
 
 export function initRossMods() {
     // initial status check
-    setTimeout(() => {
-        RA_checkOnlineStatus();
-    }, 100);
+    checkStatusDebounced();
 
     if (power_user.auto_load_chat) {
         RA_autoloadchat();
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@ export function initRossMods() {
         setTimeout(() => RA_autoconnect(PrevAPI), 100);
     });
 
-    $('#api_button').click(function () { setTimeout(RA_checkOnlineStatus, 100); });
+    $('#api_button').on('click', () => checkStatusDebounced());
 
     //toggle pin class when lock toggle clicked
     $(RPanelPin).on('click', function () {
diff --git a/public/scripts/slash-commands.js b/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
index d9bdd4e7a..eb81a0218 100644
--- a/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
+++ b/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
@@ -2530,8 +2530,13 @@ async function askCharacter(args, text) {
             return;
         }
 
-        setCharacterId(prevChId);
-        setCharacterName(characters[prevChId].name);
+        if (prevChId !== undefined) {
+            setCharacterId(prevChId);
+            setCharacterName(characters[prevChId].name);
+        } else {
+            setCharacterId(undefined);
+            setCharacterName(neutralCharacterName);
+        }
 
         // Only force the new avatar if the character name is the same
         // This skips if an error was fired