diff --git a/misc/koboldcpp/Makefile b/misc/koboldcpp/Makefile
index 929dfeb19efd..37b29180bfb3 100644
--- a/misc/koboldcpp/Makefile
+++ b/misc/koboldcpp/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	koboldcpp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.73.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.74
 CATEGORIES=	misc # machine-learning
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple way to run GGML and GGUF AI models with a KoboldAI WebUI
 WWW=		https://github.com/lostruins/koboldcpp
 
 LICENSE=	AGPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libopenblas.so:math/openblas \
 		libvulkan.so:graphics/vulkan-loader
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}customtkinter>0:x11-toolkits/py-customtkinter@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		gmake localbase:ldflags python shebangfix
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	LostRuins
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	koboldcpp.py
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	LLAMA_OPENBLAS=1 LLAMA_VULKAN=1 LLAMA_PORTABLE=1 LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 
 ALL_TARGET=
 
 do-install:
 	# dir
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	# prog
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/koboldcpp.py ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/koboldcpp.py
 	${CHMOD} +x ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/koboldcpp.py
 	${RLN} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/koboldcpp.py ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/koboldcpp
 	# libraries
 .for lib in koboldcpp_default.so koboldcpp_failsafe.so koboldcpp_noavx2.so \
 	    koboldcpp_openblas.so koboldcpp_vulkan.so koboldcpp_vulkan_noavx2.so
 	${INSTALL_LIB} ${WRKSRC}/${lib} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 .endfor
 	# embd files
 .for embd in klite.embd kcpp_docs.embd rwkv_vocab.embd rwkv_world_vocab.embd \
 	     kcpp_sdui.embd taesd.embd taesd_xl.embd
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${embd} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/koboldcpp/distinfo b/misc/koboldcpp/distinfo
index 3aed07f1298a..1e81634075cc 100644
--- a/misc/koboldcpp/distinfo
+++ b/misc/koboldcpp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1724387078
-SHA256 (LostRuins-koboldcpp-v1.73.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 22e98fa6cff973ddb0d464bc1d35fba20cad5e300e81bb43051718d1973d2682
-SIZE (LostRuins-koboldcpp-v1.73.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 28503444
+TIMESTAMP = 1725179865
+SHA256 (LostRuins-koboldcpp-v1.74_GH0.tar.gz) = 10f99515eec5a34659d4f0b1d160404a6ca0cbf3054e77663c3f038ff4c7c08c
+SIZE (LostRuins-koboldcpp-v1.74_GH0.tar.gz) = 28510760
diff --git a/misc/koboldcpp/files/patch-koboldcpp.py b/misc/koboldcpp/files/patch-koboldcpp.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bad178aa0cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/koboldcpp/files/patch-koboldcpp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+- submitted here: https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp/issues/1110
+
+--- koboldcpp.py.orig	2024-09-01 15:51:59 UTC
++++ koboldcpp.py
+@@ -4159,8 +4159,9 @@ def main(launch_args,start_server=True):
+ 
+ 
+     #load embedded lite
++    basepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
++
+     try:
+-        basepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+         with open(os.path.join(basepath, "klite.embd"), mode='rb') as f:
+             embedded_kailite = f.read()
+             # patch it with extra stuff
+@@ -4174,7 +4175,6 @@ def main(launch_args,start_server=True):
+         print("Could not find KoboldAI Lite. Embedded KoboldAI Lite will not be available.")
+ 
+     try:
+-        basepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+         with open(os.path.join(basepath, "kcpp_docs.embd"), mode='rb') as f:
+             embedded_kcpp_docs = f.read()
+             print("Embedded API docs loaded.")
+@@ -4182,7 +4182,6 @@ def main(launch_args,start_server=True):
+         print("Could not find Embedded KoboldCpp API docs.")
+ 
+     try:
+-        basepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+         with open(os.path.join(basepath, "kcpp_sdui.embd"), mode='rb') as f:
+             embedded_kcpp_sdui = f.read()
+             if args.sdmodel: