diff --git a/src/components/screens/Interface/TerminalTab.tsx b/src/components/screens/Interface/TerminalTab.tsx
index 184922e..dc76a66 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/Interface/TerminalTab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/screens/Interface/TerminalTab.tsx
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ import { UI } from '@/constants';
 import { handleTerminalOutput } from '@/utils/terminal';
 import { processTerminalContent } from '@/utils/linkifyTerminal';
 import { useLaunchConfigStore } from '@/stores/launchConfigStore';
+import type { FrontendPreference } from '@/types';
 
 interface TerminalTabProps {
   onServerReady: (url: string) => void;
+  frontendPreference?: FrontendPreference;
 }
 
-export const TerminalTab = ({ onServerReady }: TerminalTabProps) => {
+export const TerminalTab = ({
+  onServerReady,
+  frontendPreference = 'koboldcpp',
+}: TerminalTabProps) => {
   const { host, port } = useLaunchConfigStore();
   const computedColorScheme = useComputedColorScheme('light', {
     getInitialValueInEffect: false,
@@ -61,18 +66,23 @@ export const TerminalTab = ({ onServerReady }: TerminalTabProps) => {
         const newData = data.toString();
 
         if (onServerReady) {
-          if (
-            newData.includes('Please connect to custom endpoint at') ||
-            newData.includes(
-              'Now running KoboldCpp in Interactive Terminal Chat mode'
-            )
-          ) {
-            const serverHost = host || 'localhost';
-            const serverPort = port || 5001;
-            setTimeout(
-              () => onServerReady(`http://${serverHost}:${serverPort}`),
-              1500
-            );
+          const serverHost = host || 'localhost';
+          const serverPort = port || 5001;
+
+          if (frontendPreference === 'sillytavern') {
+            if (newData.includes('SillyTavern is listening on')) {
+              setTimeout(
+                () => onServerReady(`http://${serverHost}:${serverPort}`),
+                1500
+              );
+            }
+          } else {
+            if (newData.includes('Please connect to custom endpoint at')) {
+              setTimeout(
+                () => onServerReady(`http://${serverHost}:${serverPort}`),
+                1500
+              );
+            }
           }
         }
 
@@ -81,7 +91,7 @@ export const TerminalTab = ({ onServerReady }: TerminalTabProps) => {
     });
 
     return cleanup;
-  }, [onServerReady, host, port]);
+  }, [onServerReady, host, port, frontendPreference]);
 
   const scrollToBottom = () => {
     if (viewportRef.current) {
diff --git a/src/components/screens/Interface/index.tsx b/src/components/screens/Interface/index.tsx
index fbce9ed..7660b93 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/Interface/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/screens/Interface/index.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ export const InterfaceScreen = ({
           display: activeTab === 'terminal' ? 'block' : 'none',
         }}
       >
-        <TerminalTab onServerReady={handleServerReady} />
+        <TerminalTab
+          onServerReady={handleServerReady}
+          frontendPreference={frontendPreference}
+        />
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/main/managers/SillyTavernManager.ts b/src/main/managers/SillyTavernManager.ts
index 68733c1..ea4a49e 100644
--- a/src/main/managers/SillyTavernManager.ts
+++ b/src/main/managers/SillyTavernManager.ts
@@ -361,11 +361,10 @@ export class SillyTavernManager {
         '--port',
         config.port.toString(),
         '--listen',
-        '--corsProxy',
-        '--securityOverride',
-        '--disableCsrf',
         '--browserLaunchEnabled',
         'false',
+        '--dataRoot',
+        this.getSillyTavernSettingsPath().replace('/settings.json', ''),
       ];
 
       this.sillyTavernProcess = spawn('npx', sillyTavernArgs, {