diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 7813a2957..d5f131d9b 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ struct server_context {
 
         slot.params.stream             = json_value(data, "stream",            false);
         slot.params.cache_prompt       = json_value(data, "cache_prompt",      false);
-        slot.params.n_predict          = json_value(data, "n_predict",         default_params.n_predict);
+        slot.params.n_predict          = json_value(data, "n_predict",         json_value(data, "max_tokens", default_params.n_predict));
         slot.sparams.top_k             = json_value(data, "top_k",             default_sparams.top_k);
         slot.sparams.top_p             = json_value(data, "top_p",             default_sparams.top_p);
         slot.sparams.min_p             = json_value(data, "min_p",             default_sparams.min_p);