diff --git a/examples/main/main.cpp b/examples/main/main.cpp
index 18280bde1..974e1277b 100644
--- a/examples/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/main/main.cpp
@@ -176,28 +176,27 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     if (!params.steering_add.empty() || !params.steering_sub.empty())
     {
-        params.steering_add.insert(0, 1, ' ');
-        params.steering_sub.insert(0, 1, ' ');
-
         auto add_tokens = ::llama_tokenize(ctx, params.steering_add, true);
         auto sub_tokens = ::llama_tokenize(ctx, params.steering_sub, true);
 
-        //if (add_tokens.size() != sub_tokens.size()) {
-        //    while (add_tokens.size() < sub_tokens.size()) {
-        //        add_tokens.push_back(llama_token_nl());
-        //    }
-        //    while (sub_tokens.size() < add_tokens.size()) {
-        //        sub_tokens.push_back(llama_token_nl());
-        //    }
-        //}
-        //const int N = embd_inp.size();
+
+        if (add_tokens.size() != sub_tokens.size()) {
+           while (add_tokens.size() < sub_tokens.size()) {
+               add_tokens.push_back(llama_token_nl());
+           }
+           while (sub_tokens.size() < add_tokens.size()) {
+               sub_tokens.push_back(llama_token_nl());
+           }
+        }
+
         llama_set_steering_write(ctx, params.steering_source, +1.0f);
         llama_eval(ctx, add_tokens.data(), std::min((int)add_tokens.size(), n_ctx), 0, params.n_threads);
 
-        llama_set_steering_write(ctx, params.steering_layer, -1.0f);
+        llama_set_steering_write(ctx, params.steering_source, -1.0f);
         llama_eval(ctx, sub_tokens.data(), std::min((int)sub_tokens.size(), n_ctx), 0, params.n_threads);
 
         llama_set_steering_read(ctx, params.steering_layer, params.steering_mul);
+	std::cout << "Steering: `" << params.steering_add << "` - `" << params.steering_sub << "` * " << params.steering_mul << "\n";
     }
 
     // debug message about similarity of saved session, if applicable
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 5e85e55d5..a02ef4cb8 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <numeric>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #define LLAMA_USE_SCRATCH
 #define LLAMA_MAX_SCRATCH_BUFFERS 16
@@ -1187,8 +1188,8 @@ static bool llama_eval_internal(
                     ggml_add(ctx0, ggml_scale(ctx0, inpL, scal), steer), steer));
                 break;
             }
-            
-            inpL = ggml_add(ctx0, ggml_scale(ctx0, steer, scal), inpL);
+            // std::cout << "\nAdding steering vector to inpL " << il << "\n";
+            inpSA = ggml_add(ctx0, ggml_scale(ctx0, steer, scal), inpSA);
         }
 
         // norm