diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index e3c821f1d..a3b121db2 100644
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ class ServerRequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
                         tokenReserve += tokenStr
                         await asyncio.sleep(async_sleep_short) #if a stop sequence could trigger soon, do not send output
                     else:
-                        if tokenStr!="":
+                        if tokenStr!="" or tokenReserve!="":
                             tokenStr = tokenReserve + tokenStr
                             tokenReserve = ""