diff --git a/modules/llama_cpp_server.py b/modules/llama_cpp_server.py
index 5071c40c..02a56b3c 100644
--- a/modules/llama_cpp_server.py
+++ b/modules/llama_cpp_server.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class LlamaServer:
         if self.bos_token and text.startswith(self.bos_token):
             add_bos_token = False
 
-        url = f"http://localhost:{self.port}/tokenize"
+        url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/tokenize"
         payload = {
             "content": text,
             "add_special": add_bos_token,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class LlamaServer:
         return result.get("tokens", [])
 
     def decode(self, token_ids, **kwargs):
-        url = f"http://localhost:{self.port}/detokenize"
+        url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/detokenize"
         payload = {
             "tokens": token_ids,
         }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class LlamaServer:
         return payload
 
     def generate_with_streaming(self, prompt, state):
-        url = f"http://localhost:{self.port}/completion"
+        url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/completion"
         payload = self.prepare_payload(state)
 
         token_ids = self.encode(prompt, add_bos_token=state["add_bos_token"])
@@ -147,34 +147,37 @@ class LlamaServer:
             full_text = ""
 
             # Process the streaming response
-            for line in response.iter_lines(decode_unicode=True):
+            for line in response.iter_lines():
                 if shared.stop_everything:
                     break
 
-                if line:
-                    try:
-                        # Check if the line starts with "data: " and remove it
-                        if line.startswith('data: '):
-                            line = line[6:]  # Remove the "data: " prefix
+                if not line:
+                    continue
 
-                        # Parse the JSON data
-                        data = json.loads(line)
+                try:
+                    line = line.decode('utf-8')
 
-                        # Extract the token content
-                        if 'content' in data:
-                            token_text = data['content']
-                            full_text += token_text
-                            yield full_text
+                    # Check if the line starts with "data: " and remove it
+                    if line.startswith('data: '):
+                        line = line[6:]  # Remove the "data: " prefix
 
-                        # Check if generation is complete
-                        if data.get('stop', False):
-                            break
+                    # Parse the JSON data
+                    data = json.loads(line)
 
-                    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-                        # Log the error and the problematic line
-                        print(f"JSON decode error: {e}")
-                        print(f"Problematic line: {line}")
-                        continue
+                    # Extract the token content
+                    if data.get('content', ''):
+                        full_text += data['content']
+                        yield full_text
+
+                    # Check if generation is complete
+                    if data.get('stop', False):
+                        break
+
+                except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+                    # Log the error and the problematic line
+                    print(f"JSON decode error: {e}")
+                    print(f"Problematic line: {line}")
+                    continue
 
     def generate(self, prompt, state):
         output = ""
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ class LlamaServer:
 
     def get_logits(self, prompt, state, n_probs=128, use_samplers=False):
         """Get the logits/probabilities for the next token after a prompt"""
-        url = f"http://localhost:{self.port}/completion"
+        url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/completion"
 
         payload = self.prepare_payload(state)
         payload.update({
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ class LlamaServer:
 
     def _get_vocabulary_size(self):
         """Get and store the model's maximum context length."""
-        url = f"http://localhost:{self.port}/v1/models"
+        url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/v1/models"
         response = self.session.get(url).json()
 
         if "data" in response and len(response["data"]) > 0:
@@ -226,7 +229,7 @@ class LlamaServer:
 
     def _get_bos_token(self):
         """Get and store the model's BOS token."""
-        url = f"http://localhost:{self.port}/props"
+        url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/props"
         response = self.session.get(url).json()
         if "bos_token" in response:
             self.bos_token = response["bos_token"]
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ class LlamaServer:
         threading.Thread(target=filter_stderr, args=(self.process.stderr,), daemon=True).start()
 
         # Wait for server to be healthy
-        health_url = f"http://localhost:{self.port}/health"
+        health_url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/health"
         start_time = time.time()
         timeout = 3600 * 8  # 8 hours
         while time.time() - start_time < timeout: