diff --git a/examples/server/README.md b/examples/server/README.md
index 91b5c9424..3ce16945a 100644
--- a/examples/server/README.md
+++ b/examples/server/README.md
@@ -947,6 +947,8 @@ This endpoint returns the loaded LoRA adapters. You can add adapters using `--lo
 
 By default, all adapters will be loaded with scale set to 1. To initialize all adapters scale to 0, add `--lora-init-without-apply`
 
+Please note that this value will be overwritten by the `lora` field for each request.
+
 If an adapter is disabled, the scale will be set to 0.
 
 **Response format**
@@ -968,6 +970,8 @@ If an adapter is disabled, the scale will be set to 0.
 
 ### POST `/lora-adapters`: Set list of LoRA adapters
 
+This sets the global scale for LoRA adapters. Please note that this value will be overwritten by the `lora` field for each request.
+
 To disable an adapter, either remove it from the list below, or set scale to 0.
 
 **Request format**
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 315eaf94b..8b02c1195 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum server_task_type {
     SERVER_TASK_TYPE_SLOT_SAVE,
     SERVER_TASK_TYPE_SLOT_RESTORE,
     SERVER_TASK_TYPE_SLOT_ERASE,
+    SERVER_TASK_TYPE_SET_LORA,
 };
 
 enum oaicompat_type {
@@ -196,6 +197,9 @@ struct server_task {
     // used by SERVER_TASK_TYPE_METRICS
     bool metrics_reset_bucket = false;
 
+    // used by SERVER_TASK_TYPE_SET_LORA
+    std::vector<common_lora_adapter_container> set_lora;
+
     server_task(server_task_type type) : type(type) {}
 
     static slot_params params_from_json_cmpl(
@@ -1108,6 +1112,12 @@ struct server_task_result_slot_erase : server_task_result {
     }
 };
 
+struct server_task_result_apply_lora : server_task_result {
+    virtual json to_json() override {
+        return json {{ "success", true }};
+    }
+};
+
 struct server_slot {
     int id;
     int id_task = -1;
@@ -2580,6 +2590,13 @@ struct server_context {
                     res->n_erased = n_erased;
                     queue_results.send(std::move(res));
                 } break;
+            case SERVER_TASK_TYPE_SET_LORA:
+                {
+                    lora = std::move(task.set_lora);
+                    auto res = std::make_unique<server_task_result_apply_lora>();
+                    res->id = task.id;
+                    queue_results.send(std::move(res));
+                } break;
         }
     }
 
@@ -4099,8 +4116,22 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             res_error(res, format_error_response("Request body must be an array", ERROR_TYPE_INVALID_REQUEST));
             return;
         }
-        ctx_server.lora = parse_lora_request(ctx_server.lora, body);
-        res_ok(res, json{{"success", true}});
+        server_task task(SERVER_TASK_TYPE_SET_LORA);
+        task.id = ctx_server.queue_tasks.get_new_id();
+        task.set_lora = parse_lora_request(ctx_server.lora, body);
+        ctx_server.queue_results.add_waiting_task_id(task.id);
+        ctx_server.queue_tasks.post(task);
+
+        server_task_result_ptr result = ctx_server.queue_results.recv(task.id);
+        ctx_server.queue_results.remove_waiting_task_id(task.id);
+
+        if (result->is_error()) {
+            res_error(res, result->to_json());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        GGML_ASSERT(dynamic_cast<server_task_result_apply_lora*>(result.get()) != nullptr);
+        res_ok(res, result->to_json());
     };
 
     //
diff --git a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_lora.py b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_lora.py
index 0481e62c0..c1aa8be70 100644
--- a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_lora.py
+++ b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_lora.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import pytest
-import os
 from utils import *
 
 server = ServerPreset.stories15m_moe()