diff --git a/controllers/llamaCPP.cc b/controllers/llamaCPP.cc
index 84c323da1..cf7bbd328 100644
--- a/controllers/llamaCPP.cc
+++ b/controllers/llamaCPP.cc
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void llamaCPP::warmupModel() {
   json pseudo;
 
   pseudo["prompt"] = "Hello";
-  pseudo["n_predict"] = 10;
+  pseudo["n_predict"] = 2;
   pseudo["stream"] = false;
   const int task_id = llama.request_completion(pseudo, false, false);
   std::string completion_text;