diff --git a/.github/workflows/kcpp-build-release-win.yaml b/.github/workflows/kcpp-build-release-win.yaml
index a9add9d9f..4eeabeb4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kcpp-build-release-win.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kcpp-build-release-win.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,40 @@ jobs:
           & "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" -all -products * -format json
         shell: pwsh
 
+      - name: Visual Studio 2019 Reinstall
+        shell: cmd
+        run: |
+          @echo off
+          echo Preparing setup
+          curl -fLO https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1fbe074b-8ae1-4e9b-8e83-d1ce4200c9d1/61098e228df7ba3a6a8b4e920a415ad8878d386de6dd0f23f194fe1a55db189a/vs_Enterprise.exe
+          vs_Enterprise.exe --quiet --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CLI.Support --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.UniversalBuildTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CMake.Project
+          echo Waiting for VS2019 setup
+          set "ProcessName=setup.exe"
+          :CheckProcess
+          tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq %ProcessName%" | find /I "%ProcessName%" >nul
+          if %errorlevel%==0 (
+              ping 127.0.0.1 /n 5 >nul
+              goto CheckProcess
+          )
+          echo VS2019 Setup completed
+          exit /b 0
+
+      - uses: Jimver/cuda-toolkit@v0.2.24
+        id: cuda-toolkit
+        with:
+          cuda: '12.1.0'
+          use-github-cache: false
+
+      - name: Disable Visual Studio 2022 by Renaming
+        run: |
+          Rename-Item "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise" "Enterprise_DISABLED"
+        shell: pwsh
+
+      - name: Display full Visual Studio info After
+        run: |
+          & "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" -all -products * -format json
+        shell: pwsh
+
       - name: Download and install win64devkit
         run: |
           curl -L https://github.com/skeeto/w64devkit/releases/download/v1.22.0/w64devkit-1.22.0.zip --output w64devkit.zip
@@ -63,12 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make LLAMA_CLBLAST=1 LLAMA_VULKAN=1 LLAMA_PORTABLE=1 -j ${env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS}
 
-      - uses: Jimver/cuda-toolkit@v0.2.15
-        id: cuda-toolkit
-        with:
-          cuda: '12.4.0'
-          use-github-cache: false
-
       - name: Build CUDA
         id: cmake_build
         run: |
@@ -86,8 +114,8 @@ jobs:
       #     ls
       - name: Copy CuBLAS Libraries
         run: |
-          copy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v12.4\bin\cublasLt64_12.dll" .
-          copy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v12.4\bin\cublas64_12.dll" .
+          copy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v12.1\bin\cublasLt64_12.dll" .
+          copy "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v12.1\bin\cublas64_12.dll" .
           ls
 
       - name: Package PyInstallers
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 681720a45..7ac32a87b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -252,7 +252,11 @@ endif
 	HCXX        := $(ROCM_PATH)/bin/hipcc
 else
 	ROCM_PATH   ?= /opt/rocm
+ifdef LLAMA_PORTABLE
 	GPU_TARGETS ?= gfx803 gfx900 gfx906 gfx908 gfx90a gfx942 gfx1010 gfx1030 gfx1031 gfx1032 gfx1100 gfx1101 gfx1102 gfx1200 gfx1201 $(shell $(ROCM_PATH)/llvm/bin/amdgpu-arch)
+else
+	GPU_TARGETS ?= $(shell $(ROCM_PATH)/llvm/bin/amdgpu-arch)
+endif
 	HCC         := $(ROCM_PATH)/llvm/bin/clang
 	HCXX        := $(ROCM_PATH)/llvm/bin/clang++
 endif
diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index 988d140b4..6daf09386 100644
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -660,15 +660,19 @@ def unpack_to_dir(destpath = ""):
                 print(f"KoboldCpp will be extracted to {destpath}\nThis process may take several seconds to complete.")
             else:
                 messagebox.showinfo("Unpack Starting", f"KoboldCpp will be extracted to {destpath}\nThis process may take several seconds to complete.")
+            pyds_dir = os.path.join(destpath, 'pyds')
+            os.makedirs(pyds_dir, exist_ok=True)
             for item in os.listdir(srcpath):
                 s = os.path.join(srcpath, item)
                 d = os.path.join(destpath, item)
-                if item.endswith('.pyd'):  # Skip .pyd files
-                    continue
-                if os.path.isdir(s):
-                    shutil.copytree(s, d, False, None)
-                else:
+                if item.endswith('.pyd'):  # relocate pyds files to subdirectory
+                    d = os.path.join(pyds_dir, item)
                     shutil.copy2(s, d)
+                else:
+                    if os.path.isdir(s):
+                        shutil.copytree(s, d, False, None)
+                    else:
+                        shutil.copy2(s, d)
             if cliunpack:
                 print(f"KoboldCpp successfully extracted to {destpath}")
             else:
diff --git a/make_pyinstaller_shim.bat b/make_pyinstaller_shim.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b1660ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make_pyinstaller_shim.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PyInstaller  --onedir --noconfirm --clean --console --runtime-hook "./tools/kcpplauncherhook.py" --icon "./niko.ico" --version-file "./version.txt" "./koboldcpp.py" -n "koboldcpp-loader.exe"
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diff --git a/tools/kcpplauncherhook.py b/tools/kcpplauncherhook.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d51b1973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/kcpplauncherhook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Determine the folder where the .pyd files will be located
+pyd_subdir = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, 'pyds')
+
+# Add the subfolder to sys.path so Python can find the .pyd modules
+print("Augmenting PYD directory...")
+if os.path.isdir(pyd_subdir):
+    sys.path.insert(0, pyd_subdir)
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