diff --git a/expose.h b/expose.h
index 6e7c54cb4..2c8cc98a2 100644
--- a/expose.h
+++ b/expose.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 const int stop_token_max = 10;
+const int ban_token_max = 10;
 // match kobold's sampler list and order
 enum samplers
 {
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ struct load_model_inputs
     const int debugmode = 0;
     const int forceversion = 0;
     const int gpulayers = 0;
+    const char * banned_tokens[ban_token_max];
 };
 struct generation_inputs
 {
diff --git a/gpttype_adapter.cpp b/gpttype_adapter.cpp
index 24686d2f3..b876f8441 100644
--- a/gpttype_adapter.cpp
+++ b/gpttype_adapter.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ static size_t mem_per_token = 0;
 static std::vector<float> logits;
 static std::vector<int> smartcontext;
 static std::vector<std::string> stop_sequence;
+static std::vector<std::string> banned_tokens;
+static std::vector<int> banned_token_ids;
 static std::vector<llama_token_data> top_picks;
 static int remaining_tokens = 0;
 static int stopper_unused_tokens = 0;
@@ -344,6 +346,17 @@ ModelLoadResult gpttype_load_model(const load_model_inputs inputs, FileFormat in
     = gpt2_ctx_v1.hparams.n_ctx = gpt2_ctx_v2.hparams.n_ctx = gpt2_ctx_v3.hparams.n_ctx
     = mpt_ctx_v3.hparams.n_ctx = params.n_ctx;
 
+    //handle custom token bans
+    banned_tokens.clear();
+    for(int x=0;x<ban_token_max;++x)
+    {
+        std::string word = inputs.banned_tokens[x];
+        if(word!="")
+        {
+            banned_tokens.push_back(word);
+        }
+    }
+
     //this is used for the mem_per_token eval, openblas needs more RAM
     bool use_scratch = ggml_cpu_has_gpublas();
 
@@ -1064,6 +1077,25 @@ generation_outputs gpttype_generate(const generation_inputs inputs, generation_o
         printf("Bad format!");
     }
 
+    //prepare banned tokens
+    if(banned_token_ids.size()==0 && banned_tokens.size()>0)
+    {
+        printf("\n[First Run] Banning %d token sequences...",banned_tokens.size());
+        for(int v=0;v<n_vocab;++v)
+        {
+            std::string word = FileFormatTokenizeID(v,file_format);
+            for(int i=0;i<banned_tokens.size();++i)
+            {
+                if (word.find(banned_tokens[i]) != std::string::npos)
+                {
+                    banned_token_ids.push_back(v);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        printf("\nBanned a total of %d tokens.\n",banned_token_ids.size());
+    }
+
     if(debugmode!=-1)
     {
         printf("\n");
@@ -1221,6 +1253,7 @@ generation_outputs gpttype_generate(const generation_inputs inputs, generation_o
 
             unsigned int eosID = 0;
             float * logitsPtr;
+            int btsize = banned_token_ids.size();
             if(file_format == FileFormat::GGML || file_format == FileFormat::GGHF || file_format == FileFormat::GGJT || file_format == FileFormat::GGJT_2 || file_format == FileFormat::GGJT_3)
             {
                 if(file_format == FileFormat::GGJT_3)
@@ -1239,6 +1272,14 @@ generation_outputs gpttype_generate(const generation_inputs inputs, generation_o
                     // set the logit of the eos token (2) to zero to avoid sampling it
                     logitsPtr[eosID] = 0;
                 }
+
+                if(btsize>0)
+                {
+                    for(int t=0;t<btsize;++t)
+                    {
+                        logitsPtr[banned_token_ids[t]]=0;
+                    }
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1293,6 +1334,14 @@ generation_outputs gpttype_generate(const generation_inputs inputs, generation_o
                     }
                 }
 
+                if(btsize>0)
+                {
+                    int topid = std::min_element(logits.begin(), logits.end()) - logits.begin();
+                    for (int t = 0; t < btsize; ++t)
+                    {
+                        logits[banned_token_ids[t]] = (logits[topid] < 0 ? logits[topid] : 0);
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             id = SampleLogits(logitsPtr, nctx, n_vocab, last_n_size, repeat_penalty,
diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index b523a8599..a685df1cc 100755
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 stop_token_max = 10
 sampler_order_max = 7
+ban_token_max = 10
 
 class load_model_inputs(ctypes.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("threads", ctypes.c_int),
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ class load_model_inputs(ctypes.Structure):
                 ("blasbatchsize", ctypes.c_int),
                 ("debugmode", ctypes.c_int),
                 ("forceversion", ctypes.c_int),
-                ("gpulayers", ctypes.c_int)]
+                ("gpulayers", ctypes.c_int),
+                ("banned_tokens", ctypes.c_char_p * ban_token_max)]
 
 class generation_inputs(ctypes.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("seed", ctypes.c_int),
@@ -195,6 +197,13 @@ def load_model(model_filename):
         inputs.cublas_info = 2
     inputs.executable_path = (getdirpath()+"/").encode("UTF-8")
     inputs.debugmode = args.debugmode
+    banned_tokens = args.bantokens
+    print(banned_tokens)
+    for n in range(ban_token_max):
+        if not banned_tokens or n >= len(banned_tokens):
+            inputs.banned_tokens[n] = "".encode("UTF-8")
+        else:
+            inputs.banned_tokens[n] = banned_tokens[n].encode("UTF-8")
     ret = handle.load_model(inputs)
     return ret
 
@@ -1297,7 +1306,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser.add_argument("--stream", help="Uses streaming when generating tokens. Only for the Kobold Lite UI.", action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument("--smartcontext", help="Reserving a portion of context to try processing less frequently.", action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument("--unbantokens", help="Normally, KoboldAI prevents the EOS token from being generated. This flag unbans it.", action='store_true')
-    parser.add_argument("--bantokens", help="You can manually specify a list of token IDs that the AI cannot use.", metavar=('[elements]'), nargs='+')
+    parser.add_argument("--bantokens", help="You can manually specify a list of token SUBSTRINGS that the AI cannot use. This bans ALL instances of that substring.", metavar=('[token_substrings]'), nargs='+')
     parser.add_argument("--usemirostat", help="Experimental! Replaces your samplers with mirostat. Takes 3 params = [type(0/1/2), tau(5.0), eta(0.1)].",metavar=('[type]', '[tau]', '[eta]'), type=float, nargs=3)
     parser.add_argument("--forceversion", help="If the model file format detection fails (e.g. rogue modified model) you can set this to override the detected format (enter desired version, e.g. 401 for GPTNeoX-Type2).",metavar=('[version]'), type=int, default=0)
     parser.add_argument("--nommap", help="If set, do not use mmap to load newer models", action='store_true')