diff --git a/openevolve/llm/openai.py b/openevolve/llm/openai.py
index 7477e5b349..beb5711819 100644
--- a/openevolve/llm/openai.py
+++ b/openevolve/llm/openai.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ async def generate_with_context(
                 "temperature": kwargs.get("temperature", self.temperature),
                 "top_p": kwargs.get("top_p", self.top_p),
                 "max_tokens": kwargs.get("max_tokens", self.max_tokens),
+                "stream": False,  # Explicitly request non-streaming responses to avoid SSE issues
             }
 
             # Handle reasoning_effort for open source reasoning models.