diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 36db183b3..531c0dddf 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ struct server_context {
                         // context shift is disabled and prompt is too large - discard it
                         if (!params.ctx_shift && (slot.n_prompt_tokens > slot.n_ctx) ){
                             slot.release();
-                            send_error(slot, "Input is too large to process. Either enable context shift or increase the context length.", ERROR_TYPE_SERVER);
+                            send_error(slot, "Input is too large to process. Either enable context shift or increase the context length.", ERROR_TYPE_INVALID_REQUEST);
                             continue;
                         }