diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 3951507aa..bfa87cac0 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -2033,6 +2033,8 @@ struct server_context {
                 if (n_batch == 1 || ret < 0) {
                     // if you get here, it means the KV cache is full - try increasing it via the context size
                     LOG_TEE("%s : failed to decode the batch, n_batch = %d, ret = %d\n", __func__, n_batch, ret);
+                    LOG_ERROR("KV cache is full - try increasing it via the context size", {{"ctx-size", params.n_ctx}});
+                    kv_cache_clear();
                     return false;
                 }