diff --git a/css/main.css b/css/main.css
index a73d34e0..58b415c1 100644
--- a/css/main.css
+++ b/css/main.css
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ div.svelte-362y77>*, div.svelte-362y77>.form>* {
     overflow-wrap: anywhere;
     border-top: none;
     border-radius: 0 0 0 8px;
+    visibility: visible;
 }
 
 .chat-parent {
@@ -350,6 +351,18 @@ div.svelte-362y77>*, div.svelte-362y77>.form>* {
     margin-bottom: var(--input-delta) !important;
 }
 
+/* On desktop, automatically hide the chat scroll bar
+ * when not hovered. */
+@media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) {
+    .chat-parent {
+        visibility: hidden;
+    }
+
+    .chat-parent:focus, .chat-parent:hover {
+        visibility: visible;
+    }
+}
+
 .old-ui .chat-parent {
     height: calc(100dvh - 192px - var(--header-height) - var(--input-delta));
     margin-bottom: var(--input-delta) !important;
@@ -676,6 +689,15 @@ div.svelte-362y77>*, div.svelte-362y77>.form>* {
         max-width: 300px;
         margin-left: calc(-0.5*(var(--document-width) - 880px - 14px - 16px * 2));
     }
+
+    #chat-controls {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 16px;
+        right: 0;
+        width: calc(0.5*(var(--document-width) - 880px - 120px - 16px*2));
+        max-width: 400px;
+        margin-right: calc(-0.5*(var(--document-width) - 880px - 14px - 16px * 2));
+    }
 }
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------
diff --git a/extensions/openai/completions.py b/extensions/openai/completions.py
index c6deefb3..897d542c 100644
--- a/extensions/openai/completions.py
+++ b/extensions/openai/completions.py
@@ -297,8 +297,6 @@ def chat_completions_common(body: dict, is_legacy: bool = False, stream=False) -
             resp_list: [{
                 "index": 0,
                 "finish_reason": None,
-                # So yeah... do both methods? delta and messages.
-                "message": {'role': 'assistant', 'content': content},
                 "delta": {'role': 'assistant', 'content': content},
             }],
         }
diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index e2fb850d..d5cb2221 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -377,36 +377,46 @@ function toggleBigPicture() {
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------
-// Define global CSS properties for resizing and
-// positioning certain elements
+// Handle the chat input box growth
 //------------------------------------------------
 let currentChatInputHeight = 0;
 
+// Update chat layout based on chat and input dimensions
 function updateCssProperties() {
-  // Set the height of the chat area
   const chatContainer = document.getElementById("chat").parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
   const chatInputHeight = document.querySelector("#chat-input textarea").clientHeight;
+
+  // Check if the chat container is visible
   if (chatContainer.clientHeight > 0) {
-    const newChatHeight = `${chatContainer.clientHeight - chatInputHeight + 40}px`;
+
+    // Calculate new chat height and adjust CSS properties
+    var numericHeight = chatContainer.parentNode.clientHeight - chatInputHeight + 40 - 100;
+    if (document.getElementById("chat-tab").style.paddingBottom != "") {
+      numericHeight += 20;
+    }
+    const newChatHeight = `${numericHeight}px`;
+
     document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--chat-height", newChatHeight);
     document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--input-delta", `${chatInputHeight - 40}px`);
 
-    // Set the position offset of the chat input box
+    // Get and set header height
     const header = document.querySelector(".header_bar");
     const headerHeight = `${header.clientHeight}px`;
     document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--header-height", headerHeight);
 
-    // Offset the scroll position of the chat area
+    // Adjust scrollTop based on input height change
     if (chatInputHeight !== currentChatInputHeight) {
-      chatContainer.scrollTop += chatInputHeight > currentChatInputHeight ? chatInputHeight : -chatInputHeight;
+      chatContainer.scrollTop += chatInputHeight > currentChatInputHeight ? chatInputHeight : -chatInputHeight + 40;
       currentChatInputHeight = chatInputHeight;
     }
   }
 }
 
+// Observe textarea size changes and call update function
 new ResizeObserver(updateCssProperties)
   .observe(document.querySelector("#chat-input textarea"));
 
+// Handle changes in window size
 window.addEventListener("resize", updateCssProperties);
 
 //------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/modules/chat.py b/modules/chat.py
index de7f19de..7f25254c 100644
--- a/modules/chat.py
+++ b/modules/chat.py
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ def generate_chat_prompt(user_input, state, **kwargs):
     history = kwargs.get('history', state['history'])['internal']
 
     # Templates
-    chat_template = jinja_env.from_string(state['chat_template_str'])
+    chat_template_str = state['chat_template_str']
+    if state['mode'] != 'instruct':
+        chat_template_str = replace_character_names(chat_template_str, state['name1'], state['name2'])
+
+    chat_template = jinja_env.from_string(chat_template_str)
     instruction_template = jinja_env.from_string(state['instruction_template_str'])
     chat_renderer = partial(chat_template.render, add_generation_prompt=False, name1=state['name1'], name2=state['name2'])
     instruct_renderer = partial(instruction_template.render, add_generation_prompt=False)
diff --git a/modules/ui_chat.py b/modules/ui_chat.py
index 7576628d..ad4a4f0f 100644
--- a/modules/ui_chat.py
+++ b/modules/ui_chat.py
@@ -77,12 +77,16 @@ def create_ui():
                     shared.gradio['rename_to-confirm'] = gr.Button('Confirm', visible=False, elem_classes='refresh-button')
                     shared.gradio['rename_to-cancel'] = gr.Button('Cancel', visible=False, elem_classes='refresh-button')
 
-        with gr.Row():
-            shared.gradio['start_with'] = gr.Textbox(label='Start reply with', placeholder='Sure thing!', value=shared.settings['start_with'])
+        with gr.Row(elem_id='chat-controls', elem_classes=['pretty_scrollbar']):
+            with gr.Column():
+                with gr.Row():
+                    shared.gradio['start_with'] = gr.Textbox(label='Start reply with', placeholder='Sure thing!', value=shared.settings['start_with'], elem_classes=['add_scrollbar'])
 
-        with gr.Row():
-            shared.gradio['mode'] = gr.Radio(choices=['chat', 'chat-instruct', 'instruct'], value='chat', label='Mode', info='Defines how the chat prompt is generated. In instruct and chat-instruct modes, the instruction template selected under Parameters > Instruction template must match the current model.', elem_id='chat-mode')
-            shared.gradio['chat_style'] = gr.Dropdown(choices=utils.get_available_chat_styles(), label='Chat style', value=shared.settings['chat_style'], visible=shared.settings['mode'] != 'instruct')
+                with gr.Row():
+                    shared.gradio['mode'] = gr.Radio(choices=['chat', 'chat-instruct', 'instruct'], value='chat', label='Mode', info='Defines how the chat prompt is generated. In instruct and chat-instruct modes, the instruction template selected under Parameters > Instruction template must match the current model.', elem_id='chat-mode')
+
+                with gr.Row():
+                    shared.gradio['chat_style'] = gr.Dropdown(choices=utils.get_available_chat_styles(), label='Chat style', value=shared.settings['chat_style'], visible=shared.settings['mode'] != 'instruct')
 
 
 def create_chat_settings_ui():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bdbdf819..21115394 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ bitsandbytes==0.42.*; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/releases/download/wheels/bitsandbytes-0.41.1-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CPU only, AVX2)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CUDA, no tensor cores)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+cu121-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+cu121-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+cu121-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+cu121-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+cu121-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+cu121-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+cu121-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+cu121-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CUDA, tensor cores)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.43+cu121-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.43+cu121-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.43+cu121-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.43+cu121-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.44+cu121-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.44+cu121-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.44+cu121-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.44+cu121-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
 
 # CUDA wheels
 https://github.com/jllllll/AutoGPTQ/releases/download/v0.6.0/auto_gptq-0.6.0+cu121-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
diff --git a/requirements_amd.txt b/requirements_amd.txt
index 8e11d3c5..cbdbd464 100644
--- a/requirements_amd.txt
+++ b/requirements_amd.txt
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ bitsandbytes==0.38.1; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/releases/download/wheels/bitsandbytes-0.38.1-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CPU only, AVX2)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
 
 # AMD wheels
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/rocm/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+rocm5.6.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/rocm/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+rocm5.6.1-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/rocm/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+rocm5.6.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/rocm/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+rocm5.6.1-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
 https://github.com/jllllll/AutoGPTQ/releases/download/v0.6.0/auto_gptq-0.6.0+rocm5.6-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
 https://github.com/jllllll/AutoGPTQ/releases/download/v0.6.0/auto_gptq-0.6.0+rocm5.6-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
 https://github.com/oobabooga/exllamav2/releases/download/v0.0.13.2/exllamav2-0.0.13.2+rocm5.6-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
diff --git a/requirements_amd_noavx2.txt b/requirements_amd_noavx2.txt
index 89edbb07..50c77b23 100644
--- a/requirements_amd_noavx2.txt
+++ b/requirements_amd_noavx2.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ bitsandbytes==0.38.1; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/releases/download/wheels/bitsandbytes-0.38.1-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CPU only, no AVX2)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
 
 # AMD wheels
 https://github.com/jllllll/AutoGPTQ/releases/download/v0.6.0/auto_gptq-0.6.0+rocm5.6-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
diff --git a/requirements_apple_intel.txt b/requirements_apple_intel.txt
index 4030bf9a..ce1c4a58 100644
--- a/requirements_apple_intel.txt
+++ b/requirements_apple_intel.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ bitsandbytes==0.42.*; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/releases/download/wheels/bitsandbytes-0.41.1-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 
 # Mac wheels
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "20.0.0" and platform_release < "21.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "20.0.0" and platform_release < "21.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp311-cp311-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "21.0.0" and platform_release < "22.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "21.0.0" and platform_release < "22.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp311-cp311-macosx_14_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "23.0.0" and platform_release < "24.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp310-cp310-macosx_14_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "23.0.0" and platform_release < "24.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "20.0.0" and platform_release < "21.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "20.0.0" and platform_release < "21.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp311-cp311-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "21.0.0" and platform_release < "22.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "21.0.0" and platform_release < "22.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp311-cp311-macosx_14_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "23.0.0" and platform_release < "24.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp310-cp310-macosx_14_0_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "23.0.0" and platform_release < "24.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
 https://github.com/oobabooga/exllamav2/releases/download/v0.0.13.2/exllamav2-0.0.13.2-py3-none-any.whl
diff --git a/requirements_apple_silicon.txt b/requirements_apple_silicon.txt
index 8cea6d62..7a5110d6 100644
--- a/requirements_apple_silicon.txt
+++ b/requirements_apple_silicon.txt
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ bitsandbytes==0.42.*; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/releases/download/wheels/bitsandbytes-0.41.1-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 
 # Mac wheels
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "20.0.0" and platform_release < "21.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "20.0.0" and platform_release < "21.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp311-cp311-macosx_12_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "21.0.0" and platform_release < "22.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "21.0.0" and platform_release < "22.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp311-cp311-macosx_13_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "22.0.0" and platform_release < "23.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp310-cp310-macosx_13_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "22.0.0" and platform_release < "23.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp311-cp311-macosx_14_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "23.0.0" and platform_release < "24.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43-cp310-cp310-macosx_14_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "23.0.0" and platform_release < "24.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "20.0.0" and platform_release < "21.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "20.0.0" and platform_release < "21.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp311-cp311-macosx_12_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "21.0.0" and platform_release < "22.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "21.0.0" and platform_release < "22.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp311-cp311-macosx_13_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "22.0.0" and platform_release < "23.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp310-cp310-macosx_13_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "22.0.0" and platform_release < "23.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp311-cp311-macosx_14_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "23.0.0" and platform_release < "24.0.0" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/metal/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44-cp310-cp310-macosx_14_0_arm64.whl; platform_system == "Darwin" and platform_release >= "23.0.0" and platform_release < "24.0.0" and python_version == "3.10"
 https://github.com/oobabooga/exllamav2/releases/download/v0.0.13.2/exllamav2-0.0.13.2-py3-none-any.whl
diff --git a/requirements_cpu_only.txt b/requirements_cpu_only.txt
index 283e2b19..d1a52bb4 100644
--- a/requirements_cpu_only.txt
+++ b/requirements_cpu_only.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bitsandbytes==0.42.*; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/releases/download/wheels/bitsandbytes-0.41.1-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CPU only, AVX2)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx2-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
diff --git a/requirements_cpu_only_noavx2.txt b/requirements_cpu_only_noavx2.txt
index ba2d3d10..1ae86b8c 100644
--- a/requirements_cpu_only_noavx2.txt
+++ b/requirements_cpu_only_noavx2.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bitsandbytes==0.42.*; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/releases/download/wheels/bitsandbytes-0.41.1-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CPU only, no AVX2)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
diff --git a/requirements_noavx2.txt b/requirements_noavx2.txt
index 5025fe9c..2a035e34 100644
--- a/requirements_noavx2.txt
+++ b/requirements_noavx2.txt
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ bitsandbytes==0.42.*; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/releases/download/wheels/bitsandbytes-0.41.1-py3-none-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CPU only, no AVX2)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.43+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/cpu/llama_cpp_python-0.2.44+cpuavx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CUDA, no tensor cores)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+cu121avx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+cu121avx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+cu121avx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.43+cu121avx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+cu121avx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+cu121avx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+cu121avx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda-0.2.44+cu121avx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
 
 # llama-cpp-python (CUDA, tensor cores)
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.43+cu121avx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.43+cu121avx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.43+cu121avx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
-https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.43+cu121avx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.44+cu121avx-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.44+cu121avx-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.10"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.44+cu121avx-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.11"
+https://github.com/oobabooga/llama-cpp-python-cuBLAS-wheels/releases/download/textgen-webui/llama_cpp_python_cuda_tensorcores-0.2.44+cu121avx-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux" and platform_machine == "x86_64" and python_version == "3.10"
 
 # CUDA wheels
 https://github.com/jllllll/AutoGPTQ/releases/download/v0.6.0/auto_gptq-0.6.0+cu121-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version == "3.11"