diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 031824e14..1d30a15a6 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ struct llama_server_context
         task.multitask_id = multitask_id;
 
         // when a completion task's prompt array is not a singleton, we split it into multiple requests
-        if (task.data.at("prompt").size() > 1)
+        if (task.data.count("prompt") && task.data.at("prompt").size() > 1)
         {
             lock.unlock(); // entering new func scope
             return split_multiprompt_task(task);
@@ -1577,9 +1577,9 @@ struct llama_server_context
 
                     slot->reset();
 
-                    slot->infill = task.infill_mode;
-                    slot->embedding = task.embedding_mode;
-                    slot->task_id = task.id;
+                    slot->infill       = task.infill_mode;
+                    slot->embedding    = task.embedding_mode;
+                    slot->task_id      = task.id;
                     slot->multitask_id = task.multitask_id;
 
                     if (!launch_slot_with_data(slot, task.data))
@@ -1731,7 +1731,8 @@ struct llama_server_context
                 const bool has_prompt = slot.prompt.is_array() || (slot.prompt.is_string() && !slot.prompt.get<std::string>().empty()) || !slot.images.empty();
 
                 // empty prompt passed -> release the slot and send empty response
-                if (slot.state == IDLE && slot.command == LOAD_PROMPT && !has_prompt)
+                // note: infill mode allows empty prompt
+                if (slot.state == IDLE && slot.command == LOAD_PROMPT && !has_prompt && !slot.infill)
                 {
                     slot.release();
                     slot.print_timings();
@@ -2609,8 +2610,8 @@ static json format_final_response_oaicompat(const json &request, const task_resu
             {"object", streaming ? "chat.completion.chunk" : "chat.completion"},
             {"usage",
                 json{{"completion_tokens", num_tokens_predicted},
-                    {"prompt_tokens", num_prompt_tokens},
-                    {"total_tokens", num_tokens_predicted + num_prompt_tokens}}},
+                     {"prompt_tokens",     num_prompt_tokens},
+                     {"total_tokens",      num_tokens_predicted + num_prompt_tokens}}},
             {"id", gen_chatcmplid()}};
 
     if (server_verbose) {