diff --git a/modules/models_settings.py b/modules/models_settings.py
index ca87b44b..bc3ace6f 100644
--- a/modules/models_settings.py
+++ b/modules/models_settings.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def update_model_parameters(state, initial=False):
             gpu_memories.append(value)
             continue
 
-        if initial and vars(shared.args)[element] != vars(shared.args_defaults)[element]:
+        if initial and element in shared.provided_arguments:
             continue
 
         # Setting null defaults
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index ab1dbe11..2c562d2b 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -6,7 +7,6 @@ import yaml
 
 from modules.logging_colors import logger
 
-
 # Model variables
 model = None
 tokenizer = None
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ parser.add_argument('--multimodal-pipeline', type=str, default=None, help='The m
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 args_defaults = parser.parse_args([])
+provided_arguments = []
+for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
+    arg = arg.lstrip('-').replace('-', '_')
+    if hasattr(args, arg):
+        provided_arguments.append(arg)
 
 # Deprecation warnings
 for k in ['chat', 'notebook', 'no_stream']: