diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index a757faf5f..7c5b810ec 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1512,7 +1512,18 @@ std::string llama_detokenize(llama_context * ctx, const std::vector<llama_token>
 
 bool llama_chat_verify_template(const std::string & tmpl, bool use_jinja) {
     llama_chat_message chat[] = {{"user", "test"}};
-    int res = llama_chat_apply_template(nullptr, tmpl.c_str(), chat, 1, true, nullptr, 0, use_jinja);
+    int res = llama_chat_apply_template(
+        nullptr,
+        tmpl.c_str(),
+        chat,
+        1, 
+        /* add_ass= */ true,
+        /* buffer= */ nullptr,
+        /* length= */ 0,
+        use_jinja,
+        /* tools= */ nullptr,
+        "<s>",
+        "</s>");
     return res >= 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 872dec790..16bcdeda4 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -659,10 +659,10 @@ struct server_context {
         return true;
     }
 
-    bool validate_model_chat_template() const {
+    bool validate_model_chat_template(bool use_jinja) const {
         llama_chat_message chat[] = {{"user", "test"}};
 
-        const int res = llama_chat_apply_template(model, nullptr, chat, 1, true, nullptr, 0);
+        const int res = llama_chat_apply_template(model, nullptr, chat, 1, true, nullptr, 0, use_jinja);
 
         return res > 0;
     }
@@ -3183,7 +3183,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // if a custom chat template is not supplied, we will use the one that comes with the model (if any)
     if (params.chat_template.empty()) {
-        if (!ctx_server.validate_model_chat_template()) {
+        if (!ctx_server.validate_model_chat_template(params.use_jinja)) {
             LOG_WRN("%s: The chat template that comes with this model is not yet supported, falling back to chatml. This may cause the model to output suboptimal responses\n", __func__);
             params.chat_template = "chatml";
         }