diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3b0c6936..3bbaf84e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Optionally, you can use the following command-line flags:
 | `--chat`                                   | Launch the web UI in chat mode. |
 | `--character CHARACTER`                    | The name of the character to load in chat mode by default. |
 | `--model MODEL`                            | Name of the model to load by default. |
-| `--lora LORA`                              | Name of the LoRA to apply to the model by default. |
+| `--lora LORA [LORA ...]`                   | The list of LoRAs to load. If you want to load more than one LoRA, write the names separated by spaces. |
 | `--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. |
diff --git a/modules/LoRA.py b/modules/LoRA.py
index a4ebe208..f734f3cd 100644
--- a/modules/LoRA.py
+++ b/modules/LoRA.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import modules.shared as shared
 
 
 def add_lora_to_model(lora_names):
-    shared.lora_names = list(lora_names)
     prior_set = set(shared.lora_names)
     added_set = set(lora_names) - prior_set
     removed_set = prior_set - set(lora_names)
+    shared.lora_names = list(lora_names)
 
     # If no LoRA needs to be added or removed, exit
     if len(added_set) == 0 and len(removed_set) == 0:
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index a3b867de..4881ffa5 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--chat', action='store_true', help='Launch the web UI in ch
 parser.add_argument('--cai-chat', action='store_true', help='DEPRECATED: use --chat instead.')
 parser.add_argument('--character', type=str, help='The name of the character to load in chat mode by default.')
 parser.add_argument('--model', type=str, help='Name of the model to load by default.')
-parser.add_argument('--lora', type=str, help='Name of the LoRA to apply to the model by default.')
+parser.add_argument('--lora', type=str, nargs="+", help='The list of LoRAs to load. If you want to load more than one LoRA, write the names separated by spaces.')
 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.')
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index dc804a98..b7d6aa34 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         # Load the model
         shared.model, shared.tokenizer = load_model(shared.model_name)
         if shared.args.lora:
-            add_lora_to_model([shared.args.lora])
+            add_lora_to_model(shared.args.lora)
 
     # Force a character to be loaded
     if shared.is_chat():