diff --git a/javascript/progressbar.js b/javascript/progressbar.js
index 1fcd544c..065f259b 100644
--- a/javascript/progressbar.js
+++ b/javascript/progressbar.js
@@ -24,15 +24,23 @@ onUiUpdate(function(){
                 img2img_preview.style.height = img2img_gallery.clientHeight + "px"
             }
 
-            window.setTimeout(requestProgress, 500)
+            window.setTimeout(requestMoreProgress, 500)
         });
         mutationObserver.observe( progressbar, { childList:true, subtree:true })
 	}
 })
 
-function requestProgress(){
+function requestMoreProgress(){
     btn = gradioApp().getElementById("check_progress");
     if(btn==null) return;
 
     btn.click();
 }
+
+function requestProgress(){
+    btn = gradioApp().getElementById("check_progress_initial");
+    if(btn==null) return;
+
+    btn.click();
+}
+
diff --git a/javascript/ui.js b/javascript/ui.js
index e649dc6e..c39e96a1 100644
--- a/javascript/ui.js
+++ b/javascript/ui.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function extract_image_from_gallery_extras(gallery){
 
 function submit(){
     // this calls a function from progressbar.js
-    window.setTimeout(requestProgress, 500)
+    requestProgress()
 
     res = []
     for(var i=0;i<arguments.length;i++){
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 3c3aa9b6..c5742c10 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--embeddings-dir", type=str, default=os.path.join(script_pa
 parser.add_argument("--allow-code", action='store_true', help="allow custom script execution from webui")
 parser.add_argument("--medvram", action='store_true', help="enable stable diffusion model optimizations for sacrificing a little speed for low VRM usage")
 parser.add_argument("--lowvram", action='store_true', help="enable stable diffusion model optimizations for sacrificing a lot of speed for very low VRM usage")
-parser.add_argument("--always-batch-cond-uncond", action='store_true', help="a workaround test; may help with speed if you use --lowvram")
+parser.add_argument("--always-batch-cond-uncond", action='store_true', help="disables cond/uncond batching that is enabled to save memory with --medvram or --lowvram")
 parser.add_argument("--unload-gfpgan", action='store_true', help="does not do anything.")
 parser.add_argument("--precision", type=str, help="evaluate at this precision", choices=["full", "autocast"], default="autocast")
 parser.add_argument("--share", action='store_true', help="use share=True for gradio and make the UI accessible through their site (doesn't work for me but you might have better luck)")
diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index 202f4551..77f7c2ed 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ def wrap_gradio_call(func):
 
 
 def check_progress_call():
-
     if shared.state.job_count == 0:
         return "", gr_show(False), gr_show(False)
 
@@ -196,6 +195,12 @@ def check_progress_call():
     return f"<span style='display: none'>{time.time()}</span><p>{progressbar}</p>", preview_visibility, image
 
 
+def check_progress_call_initial():
+    shared.state.job_count = -1
+
+    return check_progress_call()
+
+
 def roll_artist(prompt):
     allowed_cats = set([x for x in shared.artist_db.categories() if len(opts.random_artist_categories)==0 or x in opts.random_artist_categories])
     artist = random.choice([x for x in shared.artist_db.artists if x.category in allowed_cats])
@@ -303,14 +308,30 @@ def create_toprow(is_img2img):
                 prompt_style_apply = gr.Button('Apply style', elem_id="style_apply")
                 save_style = gr.Button('Create style', elem_id="style_create")
 
-            check_progress = gr.Button('Check progress', elem_id="check_progress", visible=False)
+    return prompt, roll, prompt_style, negative_prompt, prompt_style2, submit, interrogate, prompt_style_apply, save_style
 
-    return prompt, roll, prompt_style, negative_prompt, prompt_style2, submit, interrogate, prompt_style_apply, save_style, check_progress
+
+def setup_progressbar(progressbar, preview):
+    check_progress = gr.Button('Check progress', elem_id="check_progress", visible=False)
+    check_progress.click(
+        fn=check_progress_call,
+        show_progress=False,
+        inputs=[],
+        outputs=[progressbar, preview, preview],
+    )
+
+    check_progress_initial = gr.Button('Check progress (first)', elem_id="check_progress_initial", visible=False)
+    check_progress_initial.click(
+        fn=check_progress_call_initial,
+        show_progress=False,
+        inputs=[],
+        outputs=[progressbar, preview, preview],
+    )
 
 
 def create_ui(txt2img, img2img, run_extras, run_pnginfo):
     with gr.Blocks(analytics_enabled=False) as txt2img_interface:
-        txt2img_prompt, roll, txt2img_prompt_style, txt2img_negative_prompt, txt2img_prompt_style2, submit, _, txt2img_prompt_style_apply, txt2img_save_style, check_progress = create_toprow(is_img2img=False)
+        txt2img_prompt, roll, txt2img_prompt_style, txt2img_negative_prompt, txt2img_prompt_style2, submit, _, txt2img_prompt_style_apply, txt2img_save_style = create_toprow(is_img2img=False)
 
         with gr.Row().style(equal_height=False):
             with gr.Column(variant='panel'):
@@ -343,6 +364,8 @@ def create_ui(txt2img, img2img, run_extras, run_pnginfo):
                     txt2img_preview = gr.Image(elem_id='txt2img_preview', visible=False)
                     txt2img_gallery = gr.Gallery(label='Output', elem_id='txt2img_gallery').style(grid=4)
 
+                setup_progressbar(progressbar, txt2img_preview)
+
                 with gr.Group():
                     with gr.Row():
                         save = gr.Button('Save')
@@ -379,19 +402,13 @@ def create_ui(txt2img, img2img, run_extras, run_pnginfo):
                     txt2img_gallery,
                     generation_info,
                     html_info
-                ]
+                ],
+                show_progress=False,
             )
 
             txt2img_prompt.submit(**txt2img_args)
             submit.click(**txt2img_args)
 
-            check_progress.click(
-                fn=check_progress_call,
-                show_progress=False,
-                inputs=[],
-                outputs=[progressbar, txt2img_preview, txt2img_preview],
-            )
-
             interrupt.click(
                 fn=lambda: shared.state.interrupt(),
                 inputs=[],
@@ -424,7 +441,7 @@ def create_ui(txt2img, img2img, run_extras, run_pnginfo):
             )
 
     with gr.Blocks(analytics_enabled=False) as img2img_interface:
-        img2img_prompt, roll, img2img_prompt_style, img2img_negative_prompt, img2img_prompt_style2, submit, img2img_interrogate, img2img_prompt_style_apply, img2img_save_style, check_progress = create_toprow(is_img2img=True)
+        img2img_prompt, roll, img2img_prompt_style, img2img_negative_prompt, img2img_prompt_style2, submit, img2img_interrogate, img2img_prompt_style_apply, img2img_save_style = create_toprow(is_img2img=True)
 
         with gr.Row().style(equal_height=False):
             with gr.Column(variant='panel'):
@@ -480,6 +497,8 @@ def create_ui(txt2img, img2img, run_extras, run_pnginfo):
                     img2img_preview = gr.Image(elem_id='img2img_preview', visible=False)
                     img2img_gallery = gr.Gallery(label='Output', elem_id='img2img_gallery').style(grid=4)
 
+                setup_progressbar(progressbar, img2img_preview)
+
                 with gr.Group():
                     with gr.Row():
                         save = gr.Button('Save')
@@ -584,7 +603,8 @@ def create_ui(txt2img, img2img, run_extras, run_pnginfo):
                     img2img_gallery,
                     generation_info,
                     html_info
-                ]
+                ],
+                show_progress=False,
             )
 
             img2img_prompt.submit(**img2img_args)
@@ -596,13 +616,6 @@ def create_ui(txt2img, img2img, run_extras, run_pnginfo):
                 outputs=[img2img_prompt],
             )
 
-            check_progress.click(
-                fn=check_progress_call,
-                show_progress=False,
-                inputs=[],
-                outputs=[progressbar, img2img_preview, img2img_preview],
-            )
-
             interrupt.click(
                 fn=lambda: shared.state.interrupt(),
                 inputs=[],
@@ -611,7 +624,7 @@ def create_ui(txt2img, img2img, run_extras, run_pnginfo):
 
             save.click(
                 fn=wrap_gradio_call(save_files),
-                _js = "(x, y, z) => [x, y, selected_gallery_index()]",
+                _js="(x, y, z) => [x, y, selected_gallery_index()]",
                 inputs=[
                     generation_info,
                     img2img_gallery,