diff --git a/tools/server/server-context.cpp b/tools/server/server-context.cpp
index ceafcac179..8aab0d4c1b 100644
--- a/tools/server/server-context.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server-context.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct server_slot {
     size_t last_nl_pos = 0;
 
     std::string  generated_text;
+    std::string  debug_generated_text;
     llama_tokens generated_tokens;
 
     // idx of draft tokens in the main batch
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ struct server_slot {
 
             if (!only_metrics) {
                 res["prompt"] = ptask->tokens.detokenize(ctx, true);
-                res["generated"] = generated_text;
+                res["generated"] = generated_text.empty() ? debug_generated_text : generated_text;
             }
         }
 
@@ -1442,6 +1443,12 @@ private:
         res->id_slot = slot.id;
 
         res->index           = slot.task->index;
+
+        // keep copy of last generated text for debugging purposes
+        if (slots_debug) {
+            slot.debug_generated_text = slot.generated_text;
+        }
+
         // in stream mode, content and tokens are already in last partial chunk
         if (slot.task->params.stream) {
             res->content     = "";