diff --git a/examples/server/utils.hpp b/examples/server/utils.hpp
index c47ed3e47..602fdb2d9 100644
--- a/examples/server/utils.hpp
+++ b/examples/server/utils.hpp
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ static json oaicompat_completion_params_parse(
 }
 
 static json format_final_response_oaicompat(const json & request, const json & result, const std::string & completion_id, bool streaming = false, bool verbose = false) {
-    bool stopped_word        = result.count("stopped_word") != 0;
-    bool stopped_eos         = json_value(result, "stopped_eos", false);
+    bool stopped_word        = json_value(result, "stopped_word", false);
+    bool stopped_eos         = json_value(result, "stopped_eos",  false);
     int num_tokens_predicted = json_value(result, "tokens_predicted", 0);
     int num_prompt_tokens    = json_value(result, "tokens_evaluated", 0);
     std::string content      = json_value(result, "content", std::string(""));