diff --git a/src/api/websocket_server.py b/src/api/websocket_server.py
index 8e67447..85e21cd 100644
--- a/src/api/websocket_server.py
+++ b/src/api/websocket_server.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from threading import Thread
 
 from websockets.server import serve
 
-from utils import generate, get_autoregressive_models, get_voice_list, args
+from utils import generate, get_autoregressive_models, get_voice_list, args, update_autoregressive_model, update_diffusion_model, update_tokenizer
 
 # this is a not so nice workaround to set values to None if their string value is "None"
 def replaceNoneStringWithNone(message):
@@ -18,19 +18,18 @@ def replaceNoneStringWithNone(message):
 
 
 async def _handle_generate(websocket, message):
-    global args
-
     # update args parameters which control the model settings
     if message.get('autoregressive_model'):
-        args.autoregressive_model = message['autoregressive_model']
+        update_autoregressive_model(message['autoregressive_model'])
 
     if message.get('diffusion_model'):
-        args.diffusion_model = message['diffusion_model']
+        update_diffusion_model(message['diffusion_model'])
 
     if message.get('tokenizer_json'):
-        args.tokenizer_json = message['tokenizer_json']
+        update_tokenizer(message['tokenizer_json'])
 
     if message.get('sample_batch_size'):
+        global args
         args.sample_batch_size = message['sample_batch_size']
 
     message['result'] = generate(**message)
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ async def _handle_connection(websocket, path):
 
 
 async def _run(host: str, port: int):
-    print("websocket: server started")
+    print(f"websocket: server started on ws://{host}:{port}")
 
     async with serve(_handle_connection, host, port, ping_interval=None):
         await asyncio.Future()  # run forever
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 418d616..dbb8d26 100755
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 		if not args.defer_tts_load:
 			tts = load_tts()
 
-		start_websocket_server('127.0.0.1', 8069)
+		if args.websocket_enabled:
+			start_websocket_server(args.websocket_listen_address, args.websocket_listen_port)
+
 		webui.block_thread()
 elif __name__ == "main":
 	from fastapi import FastAPI
diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index 85d9701..6457b77 100755
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -3303,6 +3303,10 @@ def setup_args(cli=False):
 
 		'training-default-halfp': False,
 		'training-default-bnb': True,
+
+		'websocket-listen-address': "127.0.0.1",
+		'websocket-listen-port': 8069,
+		'websocket-enabled': False
 	}
 
 	if os.path.isfile('./config/exec.json'):
@@ -3355,6 +3359,10 @@ def setup_args(cli=False):
 	
 	parser.add_argument("--training-default-halfp", action='store_true', default=default_arguments['training-default-halfp'], help="Training default: halfp")
 	parser.add_argument("--training-default-bnb", action='store_true', default=default_arguments['training-default-bnb'], help="Training default: bnb")
+
+	parser.add_argument("--websocket-listen-port", type=int, default=default_arguments['websocket-listen-port'], help="Websocket server listen port, default: 8069")
+	parser.add_argument("--websocket-listen-address", default=default_arguments['websocket-listen-address'], help="Websocket server listen address, default: 127.0.0.1")
+	parser.add_argument("--websocket-enabled", action='store_true', default=default_arguments['websocket-enabled'], help="Websocket API server enabled, default: false")
 	
 	parser.add_argument("--os", default="unix", help="Specifies which OS, easily")
 	if cli: