diff --git a/gpttype_adapter.cpp b/gpttype_adapter.cpp
index e3941453f..4ae51ea23 100644
--- a/gpttype_adapter.cpp
+++ b/gpttype_adapter.cpp
@@ -347,6 +347,10 @@ ModelLoadResult gpttype_load_model(const load_model_inputs inputs, FileFormat in
     debugmode = inputs.debugmode;
     unbanTokens = inputs.unban_tokens;
     blasbatchsize = inputs.blasbatchsize;
+    if(blasbatchsize<=0)
+    {
+        blasbatchsize = 8;
+    }
     params.memory_f16 = inputs.f16_kv;
     params.n_ctx = inputs.max_context_length;
 
diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index 1e140b9bb..04cba9f5b 100755
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -709,8 +709,8 @@ def show_new_gui():
         (lib_failsafe, "Failsafe Mode (Old CPU)")]
     openblas_option, clblast_option, cublas_option, default_option, noavx2_option, failsafe_option = (opt if file_exists(lib) or (os.name == 'nt' and file_exists(opt + ".dll")) else None for lib, opt in lib_option_pairs)
     # slider data
-    blasbatchsize_values = ["-1", "32", "64", "128", "256", "512", "1024"]
-    blasbatchsize_text = ["Don't Batch BLAS","32","64","128","256","512","1024"]
+    blasbatchsize_values = ["-1", "32", "64", "128", "256", "512", "1024", "2048"]
+    blasbatchsize_text = ["Don't Batch BLAS","32","64","128","256","512","1024","2048"]
     contextsize_text = ["512", "1024", "2048", "3072", "4096", "6144", "8192", "12288", "16384"]
     runopts = [opt for lib, opt in lib_option_pairs if file_exists(lib) or os.name == 'nt' and file_exists(opt + ".dll")]
     antirunopts = [opt.replace("Use ", "") for lib, opt in lib_option_pairs if not file_exists(lib) or os.name == 'nt' and not file_exists(opt + ".dll")]
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ def show_old_gui():
         tk.Label(root, text = "(Note: KoboldCpp only works with GGML model formats!)",
                 font = ("Arial", 9)).grid(row=1,column=0)
 
-        blasbatchopts = ["Don't Batch BLAS","BLAS = 32","BLAS = 64","BLAS = 128","BLAS = 256","BLAS = 512","BLAS = 1024"]
+        blasbatchopts = ["Don't Batch BLAS","BLAS = 32","BLAS = 64","BLAS = 128","BLAS = 256","BLAS = 512","BLAS = 1024","BLAS = 2048"]
         blaschoice = tk.StringVar()
         blaschoice.set("BLAS = 512")
 
@@ -1416,6 +1416,8 @@ def show_old_gui():
             args.blasbatchsize = 512
         if selblaschoice==blasbatchopts[6]:
             args.blasbatchsize = 1024
+        if selblaschoice==blasbatchopts[7]:
+            args.blasbatchsize = 2048
 
         root = tk.Tk()
         root.attributes("-alpha", 0)
@@ -1714,7 +1716,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser.add_argument("--psutil_set_threads", help="Experimental flag. If set, uses psutils to determine thread count based on physical cores.", action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument("--highpriority", help="Experimental flag. If set, increases the process CPU priority, potentially speeding up generation. Use caution.", action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument("--contextsize", help="Controls the memory allocated for maximum context size, only change if you need more RAM for big contexts. (default 2048)", type=int,choices=[512,1024,2048,3072,4096,6144,8192,12288,16384], default=2048)
-    parser.add_argument("--blasbatchsize", help="Sets the batch size used in BLAS processing (default 512). Setting it to -1 disables BLAS mode, but keeps other benefits like GPU offload.", type=int,choices=[-1,32,64,128,256,512,1024], default=512)
+    parser.add_argument("--blasbatchsize", help="Sets the batch size used in BLAS processing (default 512). Setting it to -1 disables BLAS mode, but keeps other benefits like GPU offload.", type=int,choices=[-1,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048], default=512)
     parser.add_argument("--ropeconfig", help="If set, uses customized RoPE scaling from configured frequency scale and frequency base (e.g. --ropeconfig 0.25 10000). Otherwise, uses NTK-Aware scaling set automatically based on context size. For linear rope, simply set the freq-scale and ignore the freq-base",metavar=('[rope-freq-scale]', '[rope-freq-base]'), default=[0.0, 10000.0], type=float, nargs='+')
     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')
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 371616d1f..2d765ad88 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ static void llama_model_load_internal(
         void * progress_callback_user_data) {
 
     model.t_start_us = ggml_time_us();
-    size_t blasbatchmul = (n_batch>512?2:1);
+    size_t blasbatchmul = (n_batch>512?(n_batch>1024?4:2):1);
 
     std::unique_ptr<llama_model_loader> ml(new llama_model_loader(fname, use_mmap));