diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index d53cca84c..b5e63384c 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -1090,22 +1090,21 @@ struct server_context {
             size_t pos = std::min(slot.n_sent_text, slot.generated_text.size());
 
             const std::string str_test = slot.generated_text.substr(pos);
-            bool is_stop_full = false;
+            bool send_text = true;
 
             size_t stop_pos = slot.find_stopping_strings(str_test, token_str.size(), STOP_TYPE_FULL);
             if (stop_pos != std::string::npos) {
-                is_stop_full = true;
                 slot.generated_text.erase(
                     slot.generated_text.begin() + pos + stop_pos,
                     slot.generated_text.end());
                 pos = std::min(slot.n_sent_text, slot.generated_text.size());
-            } else {
-                is_stop_full = false;
+            } else if (slot.has_next_token) {
                 stop_pos = slot.find_stopping_strings(str_test, token_str.size(), STOP_TYPE_PARTIAL);
+                send_text = stop_pos == std::string::npos;
             }
 
             // check if there is any token to predict
-            if (stop_pos == std::string::npos || (!slot.has_next_token && !is_stop_full && stop_pos > 0)) {
+            if (send_text) {
                 // no send the stop word in the response
                 result.text_to_send = slot.generated_text.substr(pos, std::string::npos);
                 slot.n_sent_text += result.text_to_send.size();