diff --git a/examples/server/utils.hpp b/examples/server/utils.hpp
index c783233e8..926f1fd85 100644
--- a/examples/server/utils.hpp
+++ b/examples/server/utils.hpp
@@ -378,10 +378,12 @@ static json oaicompat_completion_params_parse(
 
     if (body.contains("response_format")) {
       auto response_format = json_value(body, "response_format", json::object());
-      if (response_format.contains("type") && response_format["type"] == "json_object") {
-        llama_params["json_schema"] = json_value(response_format, "schema", json::object());
-      } else {
-        throw std::runtime_error("response_format type not supported: " + response_format["type"].dump());
+      if (response_format.contains("type")) {
+        if (response_format["type"] == "json_object") {
+            llama_params["json_schema"] = json_value(response_format, "schema", json::object());
+        } else {
+            throw std::runtime_error("response_format type not supported: " + response_format["type"].dump());
+        }
       }
     }