diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 07af46444..19235d281 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -15701,11 +15701,12 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         // openchat/openchat-3.5-0106,
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string role(message->role);
-            if (message == chat.front()) {
-                ss << "<s>";
+            if (role == "system") {
+                ss << message->content << "<|end_of_turn|>";
+            } else {
+                role[0] = toupper(role[0]);
+                ss << "GPT4 Correct " << role << ": " << message->content << "<|end_of_turn|>";
             }
-            role[0] = toupper(role[0]);
-            ss << "GPT4 Correct " << role << ": " << message->content << "<|end_of_turn|>";
         }
         if (add_ass) {
             ss << "GPT4 Correct Assistant:";
@@ -15732,12 +15733,8 @@ static int32_t llama_chat_apply_template_internal(
         }
     } else if (tmpl == "deepseek" || (tmpl.find("### Instruction:") != std::string::npos && tmpl.find("<|EOT|>") != std::string::npos)) {
         // deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-33b-instruct
-        // Use of both U+ff5c and U+007c pipes is deliberate, based on the Jinja template
         for (auto message : chat) {
             std::string role(message->role);
-            if (message == chat.front()) {
-                ss << "<｜begin▁of▁sentence｜>";
-            }
             if (role == "system") {
                 ss << message->content;
             } else if (role == "user") {
diff --git a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
index f25d3b891..73c3536fd 100644
--- a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
@@ -33,16 +33,18 @@ int main(void) {
         "{% if messages[0]['role'] == 'system' %}{{ raise_exception('System role not supported') }}{% endif %}{% for message in messages %}{% if (message['role'] == 'user') != (loop.index0 % 2 == 0) %}{{ raise_exception('Conversation roles must alternate user/assistant/user/assistant/...') }}{% endif %}{% if (message['role'] == 'assistant') %}{% set role = 'model' %}{% else %}{% set role = message['role'] %}{% endif %}{{ '<start_of_turn>' + role + '\\n' + message['content'] | trim + '<end_of_turn>\\n' }}{% endfor %}{% if add_generation_prompt %}{{'<start_of_turn>model\\n'}}{% endif %}",
         // OrionStarAI/Orion-14B-Chat
         "{% for message in messages %}{% if loop.first %}{{ bos_token }}{% endif %}{% if message['role'] == 'user' %}{{ 'Human: ' + message['content'] + '\\n\\nAssistant: ' + eos_token }}{% elif message['role'] == 'assistant' %}{{ message['content'] + eos_token }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}",
-        // openchat/openchat-3.5-0106,
+        // openchat/openchat-3.5-0106
+        // The included chat_template differs from the author's suggestions here: https://huggingface.co/openchat/openchat_3.5/discussions/5#65448109b4a3f3a2f486fd9d
+        // So we match against the included template but implement the suggested version.
         "{{ bos_token }}{% for message in messages %}{{ 'GPT4 Correct ' + message['role'].title() + ': ' + message['content'] + '<|end_of_turn|>'}}{% endfor %}{% if add_generation_prompt %}{{ 'GPT4 Correct Assistant:' }}{% endif %}",
-        // eachadea/vicuna-13b-1.1,
-        // No template included in config_tokenizer.json; extracted from https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/blob/main/instruction-templates/Vicuna-v1.1.yaml
-        "{%- for message in messages %}{%- if message['role'] == 'system' -%}{{- '' + message['content'] + '\n\n' -}}{%- else -%}{%- if message['role'] == 'user' -%}{{-'USER: ' + message['content'] + '\n'-}}{%- else -%}{{-'ASSISTANT: ' + message['content'] + '</s>\n' -}}{%- endif -%}{%- endif -%}{%- endfor -%}{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}{{-'ASSISTANT:'-}}{%- endif -%}",
-        // Orca-Vicuna
-        // No template included in config_tokenizer.json; extracted from: https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/blob/main/instruction-templates/Orca-Vicuna.yaml
-        "{%- for message in messages %}{%- if message['role'] == 'system' -%}{{-'SYSTEM: ' + message['content'] + '\n' -}}{%- else -%}{%- if message['role'] == 'user' -%}{{-'USER: ' + message['content'] + '\n'-}}{%- else -%}{{-'ASSISTANT: ' + message['content'] + '</s>\n' -}}{%- endif -%}{%- endif -%}{%- endfor -%}{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}{{-'ASSISTANT:'-}}{%- endif -%}",
         // deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-33b-instruct
         "{% if not add_generation_prompt is defined %}\n{% set add_generation_prompt = false %}\n{% endif %}\n{%- set ns = namespace(found=false) -%}\n{%- for message in messages -%}\n    {%- if message['role'] == 'system' -%}\n        {%- set ns.found = true -%}\n    {%- endif -%}\n{%- endfor -%}\n{{bos_token}}{%- if not ns.found -%}\n{{'You are an AI programming assistant, utilizing the Deepseek Coder model, developed by Deepseek Company, and you only answer questions related to computer science. For politically sensitive questions, security and privacy issues, and other non-computer science questions, you will refuse to answer\\n'}}\n{%- endif %}\n{%- for message in messages %}\n    {%- if message['role'] == 'system' %}\n{{ message['content'] }}\n    {%- else %}\n        {%- if message['role'] == 'user' %}\n{{'### Instruction:\\n' + message['content'] + '\\n'}}\n        {%- else %}\n{{'### Response:\\n' + message['content'] + '\\n<|EOT|>\\n'}}\n        {%- endif %}\n    {%- endif %}\n{%- endfor %}\n{% if add_generation_prompt %}\n{{'### Response:'}}\n{% endif %}",
+        // eachadea/vicuna-13b-1.1
+        // No template included in tokenizer_config.json, so this template likely needs to be manually set.
+        "{%- for message in messages %}{%- if message['role'] == 'system' -%}{{- '' + message['content'] + '\n\n' -}}{%- else -%}{%- if message['role'] == 'user' -%}{{-'USER: ' + message['content'] + '\n'-}}{%- else -%}{{-'ASSISTANT: ' + message['content'] + '</s>\n' -}}{%- endif -%}{%- endif -%}{%- endfor -%}{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}{{-'ASSISTANT:'-}}{%- endif -%}",
+        // Orca-Vicuna
+        // No template included in tokenizer_config.json, so this template likely needs to be manually set.
+        "{%- for message in messages %}{%- if message['role'] == 'system' -%}{{-'SYSTEM: ' + message['content'] + '\n' -}}{%- else -%}{%- if message['role'] == 'user' -%}{{-'USER: ' + message['content'] + '\n'-}}{%- else -%}{{-'ASSISTANT: ' + message['content'] + '</s>\n' -}}{%- endif -%}{%- endif -%}{%- endfor -%}{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}{{-'ASSISTANT:'-}}{%- endif -%}",
     };
     std::vector<std::string> expected_output = {
         // teknium/OpenHermes-2.5-Mistral-7B
@@ -60,13 +62,13 @@ int main(void) {
         // OrionStarAI/Orion-14B-Chat
         "Human: You are a helpful assistant\n\nHello\n\nAssistant: </s>Hi there</s>Human: Who are you\n\nAssistant: </s>   I am an assistant   </s>Human: Another question\n\nAssistant: </s>",
         // openchat/openchat-3.5-0106
-        "<s>GPT4 Correct System: You are a helpful assistant<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct User: Hello<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct Assistant: Hi there<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct User: Who are you<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct Assistant:    I am an assistant   <|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct User: Another question<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct Assistant:",
+        "You are a helpful assistant<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct User: Hello<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct Assistant: Hi there<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct User: Who are you<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct Assistant:    I am an assistant   <|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct User: Another question<|end_of_turn|>GPT4 Correct Assistant:",
+        // deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-33b-instruct
+        "You are a helpful assistant### Instruction:\nHello\n### Response:\nHi there\n<|EOT|>\n### Instruction:\nWho are you\n### Response:\n   I am an assistant   \n<|EOT|>\n### Instruction:\nAnother question\n### Response:\n",
         // eachadea/vicuna-13b-1.1
         "You are a helpful assistant\n\nUSER: Hello\nASSISTANT: Hi there</s>\nUSER: Who are you\nASSISTANT:    I am an assistant   </s>\nUSER: Another question\nASSISTANT:",
         // Orca-Vicuna
         "SYSTEM: You are a helpful assistant\nUSER: Hello\nASSISTANT: Hi there</s>\nUSER: Who are you\nASSISTANT:    I am an assistant   </s>\nUSER: Another question\nASSISTANT:",
-        // deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-33b-instruct
-        "<｜begin▁of▁sentence｜>You are a helpful assistant### Instruction:\nHello\n### Response:\nHi there\n<|EOT|>\n### Instruction:\nWho are you\n### Response:\n   I am an assistant   \n<|EOT|>\n### Instruction:\nAnother question\n### Response:\n",
     };
     std::vector<char> formatted_chat(1024);
     int32_t res;