diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index f78594a6f7c49..01168ba93e2e9 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -5152,10 +5152,10 @@ static void llm_load_vocab(
         if (gen_name.find("code") != std::string::npos) {
             if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_LLAMA
               && 32010 < vocab.id_to_token.size()
-              && vocab.id_to_token[32007].text == "<PRE>"
-              && vocab.id_to_token[32008].text == "<SUF>"
-              && vocab.id_to_token[32009].text == "<MID>"
-              && vocab.id_to_token[32010].text == "<EOT>") {
+              && vocab.id_to_token[32007].text.ends_with("<PRE>")
+              && vocab.id_to_token[32008].text.ends_with("<SUF>")
+              && vocab.id_to_token[32009].text.ends_with("<MID>")
+              && vocab.id_to_token[32010].text.ends_with("<EOT>")) {
                 vocab.special_prefix_id = 32007;
                 vocab.special_suffix_id = 32008;
                 vocab.special_middle_id = 32009;