diff --git a/start.py b/start.py
index 764249e..a0a5245 100644
--- a/start.py
+++ b/start.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sys
 from common.args import convert_args_to_dict, init_argparser
 
 
-def get_user_choice(question, options_dict):
+def get_user_choice(question: str, options_dict: dict):
     """
     Gets user input in a commandline script.
 
@@ -34,51 +34,55 @@ def get_user_choice(question, options_dict):
     return choice
 
 
-def get_install_features():
+def get_install_features(lib_name: str = None):
     """Fetches the appropriate requirements file depending on the GPU"""
     install_features = None
     possible_features = ["cu121", "cu118", "amd"]
-
-    # Try getting the GPU lib from a file
     saved_lib_path = pathlib.Path("gpu_lib.txt")
-    if saved_lib_path.exists():
-        with open(saved_lib_path.resolve(), "r") as f:
-            lib = f.readline().strip()
 
-            # Assume default if the file is invalid
-            if lib not in possible_features:
-                print(
-                    f"WARN: GPU library {lib} not found. "
-                    "Skipping GPU-specific dependencies.\n"
-                    "WARN: Please delete gpu_lib.txt and restart "
-                    "if you want to change your selection."
-                )
-                return
-
-            print(f"Using {lib} dependencies from your preferences.")
-            install_features = lib
+    if lib_name:
+        print("Overriding GPU lib name from args.")
     else:
-        # Ask the user for the GPU lib
-        gpu_lib_choices = {
-            "A": {"pretty": "NVIDIA Cuda 12.x", "internal": "cu121"},
-            "B": {"pretty": "NVIDIA Cuda 11.8", "internal": "cu118"},
-            "C": {"pretty": "AMD", "internal": "amd"},
-        }
-        user_input = get_user_choice(
-            "Select your GPU. If you don't know, select Cuda 12.x (A)",
-            gpu_lib_choices,
-        )
-
-        install_features = gpu_lib_choices.get(user_input, {}).get("internal")
-
-        # Write to a file for subsequent runs
-        with open(saved_lib_path.resolve(), "w") as f:
-            f.write(install_features)
-            print(
-                "Saving your choice to gpu_lib.txt. "
-                "Delete this file and restart if you want to change your selection."
+        # Try getting the GPU lib from file
+        if saved_lib_path.exists():
+            print(saved_lib_path)
+            with open(saved_lib_path.resolve(), "r") as f:
+                lib = f.readline().strip()
+        else:
+            # Ask the user for the GPU lib
+            gpu_lib_choices = {
+                "A": {"pretty": "NVIDIA Cuda 12.x", "internal": "cu121"},
+                "B": {"pretty": "NVIDIA Cuda 11.8", "internal": "cu118"},
+                "C": {"pretty": "AMD", "internal": "amd"},
+            }
+            user_input = get_user_choice(
+                "Select your GPU. If you don't know, select Cuda 12.x (A)",
+                gpu_lib_choices,
             )
 
+            lib_name = gpu_lib_choices.get(user_input, {}).get("internal")
+
+            # Write to a file for subsequent runs
+            with open(saved_lib_path.resolve(), "w") as f:
+                f.write(lib_name)
+                print(
+                    "Saving your choice to gpu_lib.txt. "
+                    "Delete this file and restart if you want to change your selection."
+                )
+
+    # Assume default if the file is invalid
+    if lib_name and lib_name in possible_features:
+        print(f"Using {lib_name} dependencies from your preferences.")
+        install_features = lib_name
+    else:
+        print(
+            f"WARN: GPU library {lib} not found. "
+            "Skipping GPU-specific dependencies.\n"
+            "WARN: Please delete gpu_lib.txt and restart "
+            "if you want to change your selection."
+        )
+        return
+
     if install_features == "amd":
         # Exit if using AMD and Windows
         if platform.system() == "Windows":
@@ -111,6 +115,11 @@ def add_start_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
         action="store_true",
         help="Don't upgrade wheel dependencies (exllamav2, torch)",
     )
+    start_group.add_argument(
+        "--gpu-lib",
+        type=str,
+        help="Select GPU library. Options: cu121, cu118, amd",
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if args.ignore_upgrade:
         print("Ignoring pip dependency upgrade due to user request.")
     else:
-        install_features = None if args.nowheel else get_install_features()
+        install_features = None if args.nowheel else get_install_features(args.gpu_lib)
         features = f"[{install_features}]" if install_features else ""
 
         # pip install .[features]