diff --git a/examples/server/utils.hpp b/examples/server/utils.hpp
index 4867b158..6830c2e1 100644
--- a/examples/server/utils.hpp
+++ b/examples/server/utils.hpp
@@ -521,8 +521,13 @@ static json oaicompat_completion_params_parse(const json & body) {
         throw std::runtime_error("Only one completion choice is allowed");
     }
 
+    // Handle "echo" field
+    if (json_value(body, "echo", false)) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Only no echo is supported");
+    }
+
     // Params supported by OAI but unsupported by llama.cpp
-    static const std::vector<std::string> unsupported_params { "best_of", "echo", "suffix" };
+    static const std::vector<std::string> unsupported_params { "best_of", "suffix" };
     for (const auto & param : unsupported_params) {
         if (body.contains(param)) {
             throw std::runtime_error("Unsupported param: " + param);