diff --git a/colab/GPU.ipynb b/colab/GPU.ipynb
index af1de5f53..4b6197aee 100644
--- a/colab/GPU.ipynb
+++ b/colab/GPU.ipynb
@@ -1,23 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "nbformat": 4,
-  "nbformat_minor": 0,
-  "metadata": {
-    "colab": {
-      "provenance": []
-    },
-    "kernelspec": {
-      "name": "python3",
-      "display_name": "Python 3"
-    },
-    "language_info": {
-      "name": "python"
-    },
-    "accelerator": "GPU",
-    "gpuClass": "standard"
-  },
   "cells": [
     {
       "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "d-Yihz3hAb2E"
+      },
       "source": [
         "https://colab.research.google.com/github/TavernAI/TavernAI/blob/main/colab/GPU.ipynb<br>\n",
         "\n",
@@ -47,32 +34,29 @@
         "**Faq**<br>\n",
         "* Q: I do not get a TavernAI link\n",
         "* A: It seems the localtunnel service is currently down, so the TavernAI link is unavailable. Need to wait for it to start working again."
-      ],
-      "metadata": {
-        "id": "d-Yihz3hAb2E"
-      }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "cell_type": "code",
+      "execution_count": null,
+      "metadata": {
+        "id": "hCpoIHxYcDGs"
+      },
+      "outputs": [],
       "source": [
         "#@title <-- Tap this if you play on Mobile { display-mode: \"form\" }\n",
         "#Taken from KoboldAI colab\n",
         "%%html\n",
         "<b>Press play on the music player to keep the tab alive, then start TavernAI below (Uses only 13MB of data)</b><br/>\n",
         "<audio src=\"https://henk.tech/colabkobold/silence.m4a\" controls>"
-      ],
-      "metadata": {
-        "id": "hCpoIHxYcDGs"
-      },
-      "execution_count": null,
-      "outputs": []
+      ]
     },
     {
       "cell_type": "code",
       "execution_count": null,
       "metadata": {
-        "id": "hps3qtPLFNBb",
-        "cellView": "form"
+        "cellView": "form",
+        "id": "hps3qtPLFNBb"
       },
       "outputs": [],
       "source": [
@@ -90,93 +74,9 @@
         "import sys\n",
         "import os\n",
         "import threading\n",
+        "import shutil\n",
         "from google.colab import drive\n",
-        "def copy_chats():\n",
-        "  for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(\"/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/chats/\"):\n",
-        "      for filename in filenames:\n",
-        "        source_file = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)\n",
-        "        destination_file = source_file.replace(\"/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/chats/\", \"/TavernAIColab/public/chats/\")\n",
         "\n",
-        "        if not os.path.exists(destination_file):\n",
-        "          if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(destination_file)):\n",
-        "            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(destination_file))\n",
-        "          !cp -r {source_file} {destination_file}\n",
-        "        else:\n",
-        "          !cp -r {source_file} {destination_file}\n",
-        "      \n",
-        "def copy_characters():\n",
-        "  source_files2 = os.listdir(\"/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters\")\n",
-        "  destination_files2 = os.listdir(\"/TavernAIColab/public/characters/\")\n",
-        "\n",
-        "  new_files2 = set(source_files2) - set(destination_files2)\n",
-        "  deleted_files2 = set(destination_files2) - set(source_files2)\n",
-        "  updated_files2 = [file for file in source_files2 if file in destination_files2 and \n",
-        "                    os.path.getmtime(f'/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters/{file}') > \n",
-        "                    os.path.getmtime(f'/TavernAIColab/public/characters/{file}')]\n",
-        "\n",
-        "  if new_files2:\n",
-        "    for file in new_files2:\n",
-        "      if os.path.isdir(f'/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters/{file}'):\n",
-        "        !cp -r /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters/{file} /TavernAIColab/public/characters/\n",
-        "      else:\n",
-        "        !cp /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters/{file} /TavernAIColab/public/characters/\n",
-        "\n",
-        "  if updated_files2:\n",
-        "    for file in updated_files2:\n",
-        "      !cp /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters/{file} /TavernAIColab/public/characters/\n",
-        "      \n",
-        "def sync_files():\n",
-        "  while True:\n",
-        "    #chats\n",
-        "    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(\"/TavernAIColab/public/chats/\"):\n",
-        "      for filename in filenames:\n",
-        "        source_file = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)\n",
-        "        destination_file = source_file.replace(\"/TavernAIColab/public/chats/\", \"/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/chats/\")\n",
-        "\n",
-        "        if not os.path.exists(destination_file):\n",
-        "          if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(destination_file)):\n",
-        "            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(destination_file))\n",
-        "          !cp -r {source_file} {destination_file}\n",
-        "        elif os.path.getmtime(source_file) > os.path.getmtime(destination_file):\n",
-        "          !cp -r {source_file} {destination_file}\n",
-        "\n",
-        "    source_files2 = os.listdir(\"/TavernAIColab/public/chats/\")\n",
-        "    destination_files2 = os.listdir(\"/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/chats\")\n",
-        "\n",
-        "    deleted_files = set(destination_files2) - set(source_files2)\n",
-        "    if deleted_files:\n",
-        "      for file in deleted_files:\n",
-        "        if os.path.isdir(f'/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/chats/{file}'):\n",
-        "          !rm -r /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/chats/{file}\n",
-        "        else:\n",
-        "          !rm /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/chats/{file}\n",
-        "\n",
-        "\n",
-        "    #characters\n",
-        "    source_files2 = os.listdir(\"/TavernAIColab/public/characters/\")\n",
-        "    destination_files2 = os.listdir(\"/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters\")\n",
-        "\n",
-        "    new_files2 = set(source_files2) - set(destination_files2)\n",
-        "    deleted_files2 = set(destination_files2) - set(source_files2)\n",
-        "    updated_files2 = [file for file in source_files2 if file in destination_files2 and \n",
-        "                     os.path.getmtime(f'/TavernAIColab/public/characters/{file}') > \n",
-        "                     os.path.getmtime(f'/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters/{file}')]\n",
-        "\n",
-        "    if new_files2:\n",
-        "      for file in new_files2:\n",
-        "        if os.path.isdir(f'/taicolabtest/public/characters/{file}'):\n",
-        "          !cp -r /TavernAIColab/public/characters/{file} /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters\n",
-        "        else:\n",
-        "          !cp /TavernAIColab/public/characters/{file} /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters\n",
-        "\n",
-        "    if deleted_files2:\n",
-        "      for file in deleted_files2:\n",
-        "        !rm /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters/{file}\n",
-        "\n",
-        "    if updated_files2:\n",
-        "      for file in updated_files2:\n",
-        "        !cp /TavernAIColab/public/characters/{file} /content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters\n",
-        "    time.sleep(3) \n",
         "    \n",
         "if use_google_drive:\n",
         "  drive.mount('/content/drive/')\n",
@@ -192,6 +92,23 @@
         "  if not os.path.exists(\"/content/drive/MyDrive/\"):\n",
         "    os.mkdir(\"/content/drive/MyDrive/\")\n",
         "\n",
+        "def copy_characters(use_google_drive=False):\n",
+        "  if not use_google_drive:\n",
+        "    return\n",
+        "  \n",
+        "  src_folder = \"/TavernAIColab/public/characters\"\n",
+        "  dst_folder = \"/content/drive/MyDrive/TavernAI/characters\"\n",
+        "\n",
+        "  for filename in os.listdir(src_folder):\n",
+        "    src_file = os.path.join(src_folder, filename)\n",
+        "    dst_file = os.path.join(dst_folder, filename)\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    if os.path.exists(dst_file):\n",
+        "      print(f\"{dst_file} already exists. Skipping...\")\n",
+        "      continue\n",
+        "\n",
+        "    shutil.copy(src_file, dst_folder)\n",
+        "    print(f\"{src_file} copied to {dst_folder}\")\n",
         "Revision = \"\"\n",
         "\n",
         "if Model == \"Pygmalion 6B\":\n",
@@ -212,6 +129,7 @@
         "  tunnel = \"\"\n",
         "\n",
         "\n",
+        "\n",
         "#Henk's KoboldAI script\n",
         "!wget https://koboldai.org/ckds && chmod +x ckds\n",
         "!./ckds --init only\n",
@@ -238,7 +156,6 @@
         "      print(\"Model loading... (It will take 2 - 5 minutes)\")\n",
         "\n",
         "\n",
-        "\n",
         "#TavernAI\n",
         "%cd /\n",
         "!curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash\n",
@@ -246,6 +163,7 @@
         "!nvm use 19.1.0\n",
         "!node -v\n",
         "!git clone https://github.com/TavernAI/TavernAIColab\n",
+        "copy_characters(use_google_drive)\n",
         "%cd TavernAIColab\n",
         "!npm install\n",
         "time.sleep(1)\n",
@@ -253,15 +171,7 @@
         "%env colaburl=$url\n",
         "!nohup node server.js &\n",
         "time.sleep(3)\n",
-        "%cd /\n",
-        "copy_characters()\n",
-        "time.sleep(1)\n",
-        "copy_chats()\n",
-        "time.sleep(1)\n",
-        "if use_google_drive:\n",
-        "  t = threading.Thread(target=sync_files)\n",
-        "  t.daemon = True  # Daemonize\n",
-        "  t.start()\n",
+        "!npm install -g localtunnel\n",
         "print('KoboldAI LINK:')\n",
         "print(url)\n",
         "print('')\n",
@@ -269,5 +179,21 @@
         "!lt --port 8000\n"
       ]
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "colab": {
+      "provenance": []
+    },
+    "gpuClass": "standard",
+    "kernelspec": {
+      "display_name": "Python 3",
+      "name": "python3"
+    },
+    "language_info": {
+      "name": "python"
+    },
+    "accelerator": "GPU"
+  },
+  "nbformat": 4,
+  "nbformat_minor": 0
 }
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