diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index 4ab1317a..5531ddcc 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -17861,15 +17861,20 @@ static void llama_send_meta(zmq::socket_t & socket, struct sync_meta * meta) {
         }
 
         if (meta->n_seq_id != nullptr) {
+            GGML_ASSERT(meta->n_ctx > 0);
             send_msgs.emplace_back("n_seq_id", strlen("n_seq_id"));
-            send_msgs.emplace_back(meta->n_seq_id, meta->n_tokens * sizeof(int32_t));
+            send_msgs.emplace_back(meta->n_seq_id, meta->n_ctx * sizeof(int32_t));
 
-            for (int32_t i = 0; i < meta->n_tokens; ++i) {
-                GGML_ASSERT(meta->seq_id[i] != nullptr);
-                const size_t n_seq = meta->n_seq_id[i];
-                send_msgs.emplace_back("seq_id", strlen("seq_id"));
-                send_msgs.emplace_back(meta->seq_id[i], n_seq * sizeof(llama_seq_id));
+            // here we assume only a single seq_id per token is needed
+            // pack all single seq_id values into a contiguous array
+            llama_seq_id * all_seq_ids = (llama_seq_id *) malloc(meta->n_ctx * sizeof(llama_seq_id));
+            for (uint32_t i = 0; i < meta->n_ctx; ++i) {
+                all_seq_ids[i] = meta->seq_id[i][0];
             }
+            
+            send_msgs.emplace_back("seq_id", strlen("seq_id"));
+            send_msgs.emplace_back(all_seq_ids, meta->n_ctx * sizeof(llama_seq_id));
+            free(all_seq_ids);
         }
 
         if (meta->logits != nullptr) {
@@ -17943,7 +17948,6 @@ static int llama_recv_meta(zmq::socket_t & socket, struct sync_meta * meta) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    int32_t seq_idx = 0;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < recv_msgs.size(); i += 2) {
         std::string key           = recv_msgs[i].to_string();
         zmq::message_t & data_msg = recv_msgs[i + 1];
@@ -17959,30 +17963,21 @@ static int llama_recv_meta(zmq::socket_t & socket, struct sync_meta * meta) {
         }
 
         if (key == "n_seq_id") {
-            GGML_ASSERT(meta->n_tokens > 0);
-            GGML_ASSERT(data_msg.size() == meta->n_tokens * sizeof(int32_t));
-            meta->n_seq_id = (int32_t *) malloc(meta->n_tokens * sizeof(int32_t));
-            memcpy(meta->n_seq_id, data_msg.data(), meta->n_tokens * sizeof(int32_t));
-
-            meta->seq_id = (llama_seq_id **) malloc(meta->n_tokens * sizeof(llama_seq_id *));
-            for (int32_t j = 0; j < meta->n_tokens; ++j) {
-                meta->seq_id[j] = nullptr;
-            }
-            seq_idx = 0;
+            GGML_ASSERT(meta->n_ctx > 0);
+            GGML_ASSERT(data_msg.size() == meta->n_ctx * sizeof(int32_t));
+            meta->n_seq_id = (int32_t *) malloc(meta->n_ctx * sizeof(int32_t));
+            std::memcpy(meta->n_seq_id, data_msg.data(), meta->n_ctx * sizeof(int32_t));
         }
 
         if (key == "seq_id") {
-            while (seq_idx < meta->n_tokens && meta->n_seq_id[seq_idx] <= 0) {
-                ++seq_idx;
+            GGML_ASSERT(meta->n_ctx > 0);
+            GGML_ASSERT(data_msg.size() == meta->n_ctx * sizeof(llama_seq_id));
+            const llama_seq_id * all_seq_ids = (llama_seq_id *) data_msg.data();
+            meta->seq_id = (llama_seq_id **) malloc(meta->n_ctx * sizeof(llama_seq_id *));
+            for (uint32_t i = 0; i < meta->n_ctx; ++i) {
+                meta->seq_id[i] = (llama_seq_id *) malloc(sizeof(llama_seq_id));
+                meta->seq_id[i][0] = all_seq_ids[i];
             }
-
-            const size_t n_seq = meta->n_seq_id[seq_idx];
-            GGML_ASSERT(data_msg.size() == n_seq * sizeof(llama_seq_id));
-            
-            meta->seq_id[seq_idx] = (llama_seq_id *) malloc(n_seq * sizeof(llama_seq_id));
-            memcpy(meta->seq_id[seq_idx], data_msg.data(), n_seq * sizeof(llama_seq_id));
-
-            ++seq_idx;
         }
 
         if (key == "logits") {