diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index dd2860c68..2edc7db6e 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ Thanks to @BinaryQuantumSoul for his hard work on this project!
 
 ### New built-in features
 
-- HiDiffusion allows generating very-high resolution images out-of-the-box using standard models  
-- Perturbed-Attention Guidance (PAG) enhances sample quality in addition to standard CFG scale  
-- IP adapter masking allows to use multiple input images for each segment of the input image  
-- IP adapter InstantStyle implementation  
-- Token Downsampling (ToDO) provides significant speedups with minimal-to-none quality loss  
-- Samplers optimizations that allow normal samplers to complete work in 1/3 of the steps!  
+- **Gallery**: extremely fast built-in gallery viewer  
+  List, preview, search through all your images and videos!  
+- **HiDiffusion** allows generating very-high resolution images out-of-the-box using standard models  
+- **Perturbed-Attention Guidance** (PAG) enhances sample quality in addition to standard CFG scale  
+- **IP adapter masking** allows to use multiple input images for each segment of the input image  
+- IP adapter **InstantStyle** implementation  
+- **Token Downsampling** (ToDO) provides significant speedups with minimal-to-none quality loss  
+- **Samplers optimizations** that allow normal samplers to complete work in 1/3 of the steps!  
   Yup, even popular DPM++2M can now run in 10 steps with quality equaling 30 steps  
-- Native wildcards support  
-- Improved built-in Face HiRes  
-- Better outpainting  
+- Native **wildcards** support  
+- Improved built-in **Face HiRes**  
+- Better **outpainting**  
 - And much more...  
   For details of above features and full list, see [Changelog](https://github.com/vladmandic/automatic/blob/dev/CHANGELOG.md)
 
diff --git a/modules/styles.py b/modules/styles.py
index 3a173e868..c0ba659a0 100644
--- a/modules/styles.py
+++ b/modules/styles.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def apply_styles_to_prompt(prompt, styles):
     return prompt
 
 
-def apply_file_wildcards(prompt, replaced = [], not_found = []):
+def apply_file_wildcards(prompt, replaced = [], not_found = [], recursion=0):
     def check_files(prompt, wildcard, files):
         for file in files:
             if wildcard == os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(file))[0] if os.path.sep not in wildcard else wildcard in file:
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ def apply_file_wildcards(prompt, replaced = [], not_found = []):
                 return prompt, True
         return prompt, False
 
-    if not shared.opts.wildcards_enabled:
+    recursion += 1
+    if not shared.opts.wildcards_enabled or recursion >= 10:
         return prompt, replaced, not_found
     matches = re.findall(r'__(.*?)__', prompt, re.DOTALL)
     matches = [m for m in matches if m not in not_found]
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ def apply_file_wildcards(prompt, replaced = [], not_found = []):
             not_found.remove(m)
         elif not found and m not in not_found:
             not_found.append(m)
-    prompt, replaced, not_found = apply_file_wildcards(prompt, replaced, not_found) # recursive until we get early return
+    prompt, replaced, not_found = apply_file_wildcards(prompt, replaced, not_found, recursion) # recursive until we get early return
     return prompt, replaced, not_found