diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31f3100f..5d7a96d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ Optionally, you can use the following command-line flags:
 | `--lora LORA`                              | Name of the LoRA to apply to the model by default. |
 | `--model-dir MODEL_DIR`                    | Path to directory with all the models. |
 | `--lora-dir LORA_DIR`                      | Path to directory with all the loras. |
+| `--model-menu`                             | Show a model menu in the terminal when the web UI is first launched. |
 | `--no-stream`                              | Don't stream the text output in real time. |
 | `--settings SETTINGS_FILE`                 | Load the default interface settings from this json file. See `settings-template.json` for an example. If you create a file called `settings.json`, this file will be loaded by default without the need to use the `--settings` flag. |
 | `--extensions EXTENSIONS [EXTENSIONS ...]` | The list of extensions to load. If you want to load more than one extension, write the names separated by spaces. |
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index eb4035a2..429c076d 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--model', type=str, help='Name of the model to load by defa
 parser.add_argument('--lora', type=str, help='Name of the LoRA to apply to the model by default.')
 parser.add_argument("--model-dir", type=str, default='models/', help="Path to directory with all the models")
 parser.add_argument("--lora-dir", type=str, default='loras/', help="Path to directory with all the loras")
+parser.add_argument('--model-menu', action='store_true', help='Show a model menu in the terminal when the web UI is first launched.')
 parser.add_argument('--no-stream', action='store_true', help='Don\'t stream the text output in real time.')
 parser.add_argument('--settings', type=str, help='Load the default interface settings from this json file. See settings-template.json for an example. If you create a file called settings.json, this file will be loaded by default without the need to use the --settings flag.')
 parser.add_argument('--extensions', type=str, nargs="+", help='The list of extensions to load. If you want to load more than one extension, write the names separated by spaces.')
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 680bcb35..004627e9 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import json
 import math
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import time
 import traceback
 import zipfile
@@ -453,8 +454,24 @@ else:
 if shared.args.model is not None:
     shared.model_name = shared.args.model
     shared.model, shared.tokenizer = load_model(shared.model_name)
-    if shared.args.lora:
-        add_lora_to_model(shared.args.lora)
+elif shared.args.model_menu:
+    if len(available_models) == 0:
+        print('No models are available! Please download at least one.')
+        sys.exit(0)
+    elif len(available_models) == 1:
+        i = 0
+    else:
+        print('The following models are available:\n')
+        for i, model in enumerate(available_models):
+            print(f'{i+1}. {model}')
+        print(f'\nWhich one do you want to load? 1-{len(available_models)}\n')
+        i = int(input()) - 1
+        print()
+    shared.model_name = available_models[i]
+    shared.model, shared.tokenizer = load_model(shared.model_name)
+
+if shared.args.model is not None and shared.args.lora:
+    add_lora_to_model(shared.args.lora)
 
 # Default UI settings
 default_preset = shared.settings['presets'][next((k for k in shared.settings['presets'] if re.match(k.lower(), shared.model_name.lower())), 'default')]