diff --git a/ldm/simplet2i.py b/ldm/simplet2i.py
index 0e31c185ad..a28670fc05 100644
--- a/ldm/simplet2i.py
+++ b/ldm/simplet2i.py
@@ -483,22 +483,19 @@ class T2I:
 
         uc = self.model.get_learned_conditioning([''])
 
-        # weighted sub-prompts
-        subprompts, weights = T2I._split_weighted_subprompts(prompt)
-        if len(subprompts) > 1:
+        # get weighted sub-prompts
+        weighted_subprompts = T2I._split_weighted_subprompts(prompt, skip_normalize)
+
+        if len(weighted_subprompts) > 1:
             # i dont know if this is correct.. but it works
             c = torch.zeros_like(uc)
-            # get total weight for normalizing
-            totalWeight = sum(weights)
             # normalize each "sub prompt" and add it
-            for i in range(0, len(subprompts)):
-                weight = weights[i]
-                if not skip_normalize:
-                    weight = weight / totalWeight
-                self._log_tokenization(subprompts[i])
+            for i in range(0, len(weighted_subprompts)):
+                subprompt, weight = weighted_subprompts[i]
+                self._log_tokenization(subprompt)
                 c = torch.add(
                     c,
-                    self.model.get_learned_conditioning([subprompts[i]]),
+                    self.model.get_learned_conditioning([subprompt]),
                     alpha=weight,
                 )
         else:   # just standard 1 prompt
@@ -630,55 +627,39 @@ class T2I:
         image = torch.from_numpy(image)
         return 2.0 * image - 1.0
 
-    def _split_weighted_subprompts(text):
+    def _split_weighted_subprompts(text, skip_normalize=False):
         """
         grabs all text up to the first occurrence of ':'
         uses the grabbed text as a sub-prompt, and takes the value following ':' as weight
         if ':' has no value defined, defaults to 1.0
         repeats until no text remaining
         """
-        remaining = len(text)
-        prompts = []
-        weights = []
-        while remaining > 0:
-            if ':' in text:
-                idx = text.index(':')   # first occurrence from start
-                # grab up to index as sub-prompt
-                prompt = text[:idx]
-                remaining -= idx
-                # remove from main text
-                text = text[idx + 1:]
-                # find value for weight
-                if ' ' in text:
-                    idx = text.index(' ')   # first occurence
-                else:   # no space, read to end
-                    idx = len(text)
-                if idx != 0:
-                    try:
-                        weight = float(text[:idx])
-                    except:   # couldn't treat as float
-                        print(
-                            f"Warning: '{text[:idx]}' is not a value, are you missing a space?"
-                        )
-                        weight = 1.0
-                else:   # no value found
-                    weight = 1.0
-                # remove from main text
-                remaining -= idx
-                text = text[idx + 1:]
-                # append the sub-prompt and its weight
-                prompts.append(prompt)
-                weights.append(weight)
-            else:   # no : found
-                if len(text) > 0:   # there is still text though
-                    # take remainder as weight 1
-                    prompts.append(text)
-                    weights.append(1.0)
-                remaining = 0
-        return prompts, weights
-
-    # shows how the prompt is tokenized
-    # usually tokens have '</w>' to indicate end-of-word,
+        prompt_parser = re.compile("""
+            (?P<prompt>     # capture group for 'prompt'
+            (?:\\\:|[^:])+  # match one or more non ':' characters or escaped colons '\:'
+            )               # end 'prompt'
+            (?:             # non-capture group
+            :+              # match one or more ':' characters  
+            (?P<weight>     # capture group for 'weight'
+            -?\d+(?:\.\d+)? # match positive or negative integer or decimal number
+            )?              # end weight capture group, make optional 
+            \s*             # strip spaces after weight
+            |               # OR
+            $               # else, if no ':' then match end of line
+            )               # end non-capture group
+        """, re.VERBOSE)
+        parsed_prompts = [(match.group("prompt").replace("\\:", ":"), float(match.group("weight") or 1)) for match in re.finditer(prompt_parser, text)]
+        if skip_normalize:
+            return parsed_prompts
+        weight_sum = sum(map(lambda x: x[1], parsed_prompts))
+        if weight_sum == 0:
+            print("Warning: Subprompt weights add up to zero. Discarding and using even weights instead.")
+            equal_weight = 1 / len(parsed_prompts)
+            return [(x[0], equal_weight) for x in parsed_prompts]
+        return [(x[0], x[1] / weight_sum) for x in parsed_prompts]
+        
+    # shows how the prompt is tokenized 
+    # usually tokens have '</w>' to indicate end-of-word, 
     # but for readability it has been replaced with ' '
     def _log_tokenization(self, text):
         if not self.log_tokenization:
diff --git a/scripts/dream.py b/scripts/dream.py
index 50be6dfa7c..2911e8847a 100755
--- a/scripts/dream.py
+++ b/scripts/dream.py
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ def main():
         width = 512
         height = 512
         config = 'configs/stable-diffusion/v1-inference.yaml'
-        weights = 'models/ldm/stable-diffusion-v1/model.ckpt'
+        if '.ckpt' in opt.weights:
+            weights = opt.weights
+        else:
+            weights = f'models/ldm/stable-diffusion-v1/{opt.weights}.ckpt'
 
     print('* Initializing, be patient...\n')
     sys.path.append('.')
@@ -418,6 +421,11 @@ def create_argv_parser():
         action='store_true',
         help='Start in web server mode.',
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--weights',
+        default='model',
+        help='Indicates the Stable Diffusion model to use.',
+    )
     return parser
 
 
diff --git a/static/dream_web/index.js b/static/dream_web/index.js
index 76a76a53a3..cbd66366f4 100644
--- a/static/dream_web/index.js
+++ b/static/dream_web/index.js
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ async function generateSubmit(form) {
                     appendOutput(data.url, data.seed, data.config);
                     progressEle.setAttribute('value', 0);
                     progressEle.setAttribute('max', totalSteps);
-                    progressImageEle.src = BLANK_IMAGE_URL;
                 } else if (data.event === 'upscaling-started') {
                     document.getElementById("processing_cnt").textContent=data.processed_file_cnt;
                     document.getElementById("scaling-inprocess-message").style.display = "block";