diff --git a/modules/text_generation.py b/modules/text_generation.py
index 0d499d50..55b538b0 100644
--- a/modules/text_generation.py
+++ b/modules/text_generation.py
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ def generate_reply_custom(question, original_question, state, stopping_strings=N
     For models that do not use the transformers library for sampling
     """
 
+    state = copy.deepcopy(state)
     state['seed'] = set_manual_seed(state['seed'])
     t0 = time.time()
     reply = ''