diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index 2d8b8ea4e..8f72fbe2c 100755
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ def generate(prompt, memory="", max_length=32, max_context_length=512, temperatu
     inputs.memory = memory.encode("UTF-8")
     if max_length >= max_context_length:
         max_length = max_context_length-1
+        print("\nWARNING: You are trying to generate with max_length near or exceeding max_context_length. Most of the context will be gone and your outputs will not be very coherent.")
     global showmaxctxwarning
     if max_context_length > maxctx:
         if showmaxctxwarning:
@@ -382,6 +383,8 @@ def generate(prompt, memory="", max_length=32, max_context_length=512, temperatu
     for n in range(stop_token_max):
         if not stop_sequence or n >= len(stop_sequence):
             inputs.stop_sequence[n] = "".encode("UTF-8")
+        elif stop_sequence[n]==None:
+            inputs.stop_sequence[n] = "".encode("UTF-8")
         else:
             inputs.stop_sequence[n] = stop_sequence[n].encode("UTF-8")