diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index dffde3c07..603cf7033 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ export {
     getTokenCount,
     isStreamingEnabled,
     getThumbnailUrl,
+    getStoppingStrings,
+    getStatus,
     chat,
     this_chid,
     settings,
@@ -1013,10 +1015,11 @@ function substituteParams(content, _name1, _name2) {
     return content;
 }
 
-function getStoppingStrings(isImpersonate) {
-    const charString = `"\n${name2}: "`;
-    const userString = is_pygmalion ? `"\nYou: "` : `"\n${name1}: "`;
-    return isImpersonate ? charString : userString;
+function getStoppingStrings(isImpersonate, wrapInQuotes) {
+    const charString = `\n${name2}: `;
+    const userString = is_pygmalion ? `\nYou: ` : `\n${name1}: `;
+    const result = isImpersonate ? charString : userString;
+    return wrapInQuotes ? `"${result}"` : result;
 }
 
 function getSlashCommand(message, type) {
@@ -1862,7 +1865,7 @@ async function Generate(type, automatic_trigger, force_name2) {
                 };
 
                 if (preset_settings != 'gui' || horde_settings.use_horde) {
-                    generate_data = getKoboldGenerationData(finalPromt, this_settings, this_amount_gen, this_max_context);
+                    generate_data = getKoboldGenerationData(finalPromt, this_settings, this_amount_gen, this_max_context, isImpersonate);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1886,7 +1889,7 @@ async function Generate(type, automatic_trigger, force_name2) {
                         'early_stopping': textgenerationwebui_settings.early_stopping,
                         'seed': textgenerationwebui_settings.seed,
                         'add_bos_token': textgenerationwebui_settings.add_bos_token,
-                        'custom_stopping_strings': JSON.stringify(getStoppingStrings(isImpersonate)),
+                        'custom_stopping_strings': JSON.stringify(getStoppingStrings(isImpersonate, false)),
                         'truncation_length': max_context,
                         'ban_eos_token': textgenerationwebui_settings.ban_eos_token,
                         'skip_special_tokens': textgenerationwebui_settings.skip_special_tokens,
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
index 52520cfee..4587b6929 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/expressions/index.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const DEFAULT_EXPRESSIONS = [
 let expressionsList = null;
 let lastCharacter = undefined;
 let lastMessage = null;
+let existingExpressions = [];
 let inApiCall = false;
 
 function onExpressionsShowDefaultInput() {
@@ -96,11 +97,16 @@ async function moduleWorker() {
         $('.expression_settings .offline_mode').css('display', 'none');
     }
 
+    // character has no expressions or it is not loaded
+    if (!context.groupId && existingExpressions.length === 0) {
+        lastCharacter = context.groupId || context.characterId;
+        return;
+    }
+
     // check if last message changed
     const currentLastMessage = getLastCharacterMessage();
     if ((lastCharacter === context.characterId || lastCharacter === context.groupId)
-        && lastMessage === currentLastMessage.mes
-        && $('img.expression').attr('src')) {
+        && lastMessage === currentLastMessage.mes) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -163,6 +169,7 @@ async function validateImages() {
     }
 
     imagesValidating = true;
+    existingExpressions = [];
     const context = getContext();
     $('.expression_settings').show();
     $('#image_list').empty();
@@ -172,18 +179,19 @@ async function validateImages() {
         return;
     }
 
-    const IMAGE_LIST = (await getExpressionsList()).map(x => `${x}.png`);
+    const IMAGE_LIST = (await getExpressionsList()).map(x => ({ name: x, file: `${x}.png` }));
     IMAGE_LIST.forEach((item) => {
         const image = document.createElement('img');
-        image.src = `/characters/${context.name2}/${item}`;
+        image.src = `/characters/${context.name2}/${item.file}`;
         image.classList.add('debug-image');
         image.width = '0px';
         image.height = '0px';
         image.onload = function () {
-            $('#image_list').append(getListItem(item, image.src, 'success'));
+            existingExpressions.push(item.name);
+            $('#image_list').append(getListItem(item.file, image.src, 'success'));
         }
         image.onerror = function () {
-            $('#image_list').append(getListItem(item, '/img/No-Image-Placeholder.svg', 'failure'));
+            $('#image_list').append(getListItem(item.file, '/img/No-Image-Placeholder.svg', 'failure'));
         }
         $('#image_list').prepend(image);
     });
@@ -232,29 +240,33 @@ async function getExpressionsList() {
 
 async function setExpression(character, expression, force) {
     const filename = `${expression}.png`;
-    const debugImageStatus = document.querySelector(`#image_list div[id="${filename}"] span`);
     const img = $('img.expression');
 
-    if (!debugImageStatus && !force) {
-        validateImages();
-        setTimeout(() => setExpression(character, expression, false), 2000);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (force || (debugImageStatus && !debugImageStatus.classList.contains('failure'))) {
+    if (force || (existingExpressions.includes(expression))) {
         //console.log('setting expression from character images folder');
         const imgUrl = `/characters/${character}/${filename}`;
         img.attr('src', imgUrl);
         img.removeClass('default');
+        img.off('error');
+        img.on('error', function() {
+            $(this).attr('src', '');
+            if (force && extension_settings.expressions.showDefault) {
+                setDefault();
+            }
+        });
     } else {
         if (extension_settings.expressions.showDefault) {
             //console.log('no character images, trying default expressions');
-            const defImgUrl = `/img/default-expressions/${filename}`;
-            //console.log(defImgUrl);
-            img.attr('src', defImgUrl);
-            img.addClass('default');
+            setDefault();
         }
     }
+
+    function setDefault() {
+        const defImgUrl = `/img/default-expressions/${filename}`;
+        //console.log(defImgUrl);
+        img.attr('src', defImgUrl);
+        img.addClass('default');
+    }
 }
 
 function onClickExpressionImage() {
diff --git a/public/scripts/kai-settings.js b/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
index c479a58c3..9330a3b66 100644
--- a/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
+++ b/public/scripts/kai-settings.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
     saveSettingsDebounced,
+    getStoppingStrings,
 } from "../script.js";
 
 export {
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ function loadKoboldSettings(preset) {
     }
 }
 
-function getKoboldGenerationData(finalPromt, this_settings, this_amount_gen, this_max_context) {
+function getKoboldGenerationData(finalPromt, this_settings, this_amount_gen, this_max_context, isImpersonate) {
     let generate_data = {
         prompt: finalPromt,
         gui_settings: false,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ 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)],
     };
     return generate_data;
 }
diff --git a/public/scripts/power-user.js b/public/scripts/power-user.js
index d9e58a1ae..e029f8e34 100644
--- a/public/scripts/power-user.js
+++ b/public/scripts/power-user.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
     characters,
     callPopup,
     token,
+    getStatus,
 } from "../script.js";
 import { delay } from "./utils.js";
 
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
 
     $("#pygmalion_formatting").change(function (e) {
         power_user.pygmalion_formatting = Number($(this).find(":selected").val());
+        getStatus();
         saveSettingsDebounced();
     });
 
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index fe07a9a6d..d51b6bff9 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ 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 || [],
         };
     }