diff --git a/examples/server/utils.hpp b/examples/server/utils.hpp
index d872b63f5..12a6a8f57 100644
--- a/examples/server/utils.hpp
+++ b/examples/server/utils.hpp
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static json oaicompat_completion_params_parse(
 }
 
 static json format_final_response_oaicompat(const json & request, json result, const std::string & completion_id, bool streaming = false) {
-    bool stopped_word        = result.count("stopped_word") != 0;
+    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);