diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index df49839a3..7646fd42d 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -935,35 +935,37 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         embd.clear();
 
         if (embd_inp.size() <= input_consumed) {
-            // out of user input, sample next token
-            const float top_k = params.top_k;
-            const float top_p = params.top_p;
-            const float temp  = params.temp;
-            const float repeat_penalty = params.repeat_penalty;
+            if (!is_interacting) {
+                // out of user input, sample next token
+                const float top_k = params.top_k;
+                const float top_p = params.top_p;
+                const float temp  = params.temp;
+                const float repeat_penalty = params.repeat_penalty;
 
-            const int n_vocab = model.hparams.n_vocab;
+                const int n_vocab = model.hparams.n_vocab;
 
-            gpt_vocab::id id = 0;
+                gpt_vocab::id id = 0;
 
-            {
-                const int64_t t_start_sample_us = ggml_time_us();
+                {
+                    const int64_t t_start_sample_us = ggml_time_us();
 
-                id = llama_sample_top_p_top_k(vocab, logits.data() + (logits.size() - n_vocab), last_n_tokens, repeat_penalty, top_k, top_p, temp, rng);
+                    id = llama_sample_top_p_top_k(vocab, logits.data() + (logits.size() - n_vocab), last_n_tokens, repeat_penalty, top_k, top_p, temp, rng);
 
-                last_n_tokens.erase(last_n_tokens.begin());
-                last_n_tokens.push_back(id);
+                    last_n_tokens.erase(last_n_tokens.begin());
+                    last_n_tokens.push_back(id);
 
-                t_sample_us += ggml_time_us() - t_start_sample_us;
+                    t_sample_us += ggml_time_us() - t_start_sample_us;
+                }
+
+                // add it to the context
+                embd.push_back(id);
+
+                // echo this to console
+                input_noecho = false;
+
+                // decrement remaining sampling budget
+                --remaining_tokens;
             }
-
-            // add it to the context
-            embd.push_back(id);
-
-            // echo this to console
-            input_noecho = false;
-
-            // decrement remaining sampling budget
-            --remaining_tokens;
         } else {
             // some user input remains from prompt or interaction, forward it to processing
             while (embd_inp.size() > input_consumed) {