diff --git a/modules/chat.py b/modules/chat.py
index bddc3132..c431d2d0 100644
--- a/modules/chat.py
+++ b/modules/chat.py
@@ -166,53 +166,54 @@ def generate_chat_prompt(user_input, state, **kwargs):
         prompt = remove_extra_bos(prompt)
         return prompt
 
-    # Handle truncation
-    max_length = get_max_prompt_length(state)
     prompt = make_prompt(messages)
-    encoded_length = get_encoded_length(prompt)
 
-    while len(messages) > 0 and encoded_length > max_length:
+    # Handle truncation
+    if shared.tokenizer is not None:
+        max_length = get_max_prompt_length(state)
+        encoded_length = get_encoded_length(prompt)
+        while len(messages) > 0 and encoded_length > max_length:
 
-        # Remove old message, save system message
-        if len(messages) > 2 and messages[0]['role'] == 'system':
-            messages.pop(1)
+            # Remove old message, save system message
+            if len(messages) > 2 and messages[0]['role'] == 'system':
+                messages.pop(1)
 
-        # Remove old message when no system message is present
-        elif len(messages) > 1 and messages[0]['role'] != 'system':
-            messages.pop(0)
+            # Remove old message when no system message is present
+            elif len(messages) > 1 and messages[0]['role'] != 'system':
+                messages.pop(0)
 
-        # Resort to truncating the user input
-        else:
+            # Resort to truncating the user input
+            else:
 
-            user_message = messages[-1]['content']
+                user_message = messages[-1]['content']
 
-            # Bisect the truncation point
-            left, right = 0, len(user_message) - 1
+                # Bisect the truncation point
+                left, right = 0, len(user_message) - 1
 
-            while right - left > 1:
-                mid = (left + right) // 2
+                while right - left > 1:
+                    mid = (left + right) // 2
 
-                messages[-1]['content'] = user_message[mid:]
+                    messages[-1]['content'] = user_message[mid:]
+                    prompt = make_prompt(messages)
+                    encoded_length = get_encoded_length(prompt)
+
+                    if encoded_length <= max_length:
+                        right = mid
+                    else:
+                        left = mid
+
+                messages[-1]['content'] = user_message[right:]
                 prompt = make_prompt(messages)
                 encoded_length = get_encoded_length(prompt)
-
-                if encoded_length <= max_length:
-                    right = mid
+                if encoded_length > max_length:
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to build the chat prompt. The input is too long for the available context length.\n\nTruncation length: {state['truncation_length']}\nmax_new_tokens: {state['max_new_tokens']} (is it too high?)\nAvailable context length: {max_length}\n")
+                    raise ValueError
                 else:
-                    left = mid
+                    logger.warning(f"The input has been truncated. Context length: {state['truncation_length']}, max_new_tokens: {state['max_new_tokens']}, available context length: {max_length}.")
+                    break
 
-            messages[-1]['content'] = user_message[right:]
             prompt = make_prompt(messages)
             encoded_length = get_encoded_length(prompt)
-            if encoded_length > max_length:
-                logger.error(f"Failed to build the chat prompt. The input is too long for the available context length.\n\nTruncation length: {state['truncation_length']}\nmax_new_tokens: {state['max_new_tokens']} (is it too high?)\nAvailable context length: {max_length}\n")
-                raise ValueError
-            else:
-                logger.warning(f"The input has been truncated. Context length: {state['truncation_length']}, max_new_tokens: {state['max_new_tokens']}, available context length: {max_length}.")
-                break
-
-        prompt = make_prompt(messages)
-        encoded_length = get_encoded_length(prompt)
 
     if also_return_rows:
         return prompt, [message['content'] for message in messages]
diff --git a/modules/ui_chat.py b/modules/ui_chat.py
index a1b1af97..42e5cae2 100644
--- a/modules/ui_chat.py
+++ b/modules/ui_chat.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def create_chat_settings_ui():
         with gr.Row():
             with gr.Column():
                 with gr.Row():
-                    shared.gradio['instruction_template'] = gr.Dropdown(choices=utils.get_available_instruction_templates(), label='Saved instruction templates', value='Select template to load...', elem_classes='slim-dropdown')
+                    shared.gradio['instruction_template'] = gr.Dropdown(choices=utils.get_available_instruction_templates(), label='Saved instruction templates', info="After selecting the template, click on \"Load\" to load and apply it.", value='Select template to load...', elem_classes='slim-dropdown')
                     ui.create_refresh_button(shared.gradio['instruction_template'], lambda: None, lambda: {'choices': utils.get_available_instruction_templates()}, 'refresh-button', interactive=not mu)
                     shared.gradio['load_template'] = gr.Button("Load", elem_classes='refresh-button')
                     shared.gradio['save_template'] = gr.Button('💾', elem_classes='refresh-button', interactive=not mu)