diff --git a/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs b/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
index e01a40cc..9b2b1761 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ protected virtual void TryReuseMatchingPrefix()
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="text"></param>
         /// <param name="args"></param>
-        protected abstract Task PreprocessInputs(string text, InferStateArgs args);
+        protected abstract Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Do some post processing after the inference.
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ protected virtual void TryReuseMatchingPrefix()
         /// <summary>
         /// Execute the inference.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="text"></param>
+        /// <param name="text">The prompt. If null, generation will continue where it left off previously.</param>
         /// <param name="inferenceParams"></param>
         /// <param name="cancellationToken"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public virtual async IAsyncEnumerable<string> InferAsync(string text, IInferenceParams? inferenceParams = null, [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public virtual async IAsyncEnumerable<string> InferAsync(string? text, IInferenceParams? inferenceParams = null, [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
             inferenceParams ??= new InferenceParams();
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaInstructExecutor.cs b/LLama/LLamaInstructExecutor.cs
index 057c44c0..ec41aa7f 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaInstructExecutor.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaInstructExecutor.cs
@@ -116,30 +116,38 @@ protected override Task<bool> GetLoopCondition(InferStateArgs args)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string text, InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args)
         {
             args.Antiprompts ??= [ ];
-            args.Antiprompts.Add(_instructionPrefix);
+            if (!args.Antiprompts.Contains(_instructionPrefix))
+                args.Antiprompts.Add(_instructionPrefix);
+
             if (_is_prompt_run)
             {
                 // When running the first input (prompt) in inteactive mode, we should specially process it.
+                if (text == null) throw new ArgumentException("Prompt cannot be null to trigger continuation if a prompt has not been provided previously.");
                 _embed_inps = Context.Tokenize(text, true, true).ToList();
             }
             else
             {
-                if (!text.EndsWith("\n"))
-                {
-                    text += "\n";
-                }
                 _consumedTokensCount = _embed_inps.Count;
-                _embed_inps.AddRange(_inp_pfx);
 
-                var line_inp = Context.Tokenize(text, false, true);
-                _embed_inps.AddRange(line_inp);
+                // Don't append the template tokens if continuation is requested (by providing a null prompt)
+                if (text != null)
+                {
+                    if (!text.EndsWith("\n"))
+                    {
+                        text += "\n";
+                    }
+                    _embed_inps.AddRange(_inp_pfx);
+
+                    var line_inp = Context.Tokenize(text, false, true);
+                    _embed_inps.AddRange(line_inp);
 
-                _embed_inps.AddRange(_inp_sfx);
+                    _embed_inps.AddRange(_inp_sfx);
 
-                args.RemainedTokens -= line_inp.Length;
+                    args.RemainedTokens -= line_inp.Length;
+                }
             }
 
             return Task.CompletedTask;
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaInteractExecutor.cs b/LLama/LLamaInteractExecutor.cs
index 068cf129..f97a2b63 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaInteractExecutor.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaInteractExecutor.cs
@@ -111,11 +111,12 @@ protected override Task<bool> GetLoopCondition(InferStateArgs args)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string text, InferStateArgs args)
+        protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string? text, InferStateArgs args)
         {
             if (_is_prompt_run)
             {
                 // When running the first input (prompt) in interactive mode, we should specially process it.
+                if (text == null) throw new ArgumentException("Prompt cannot be null to trigger continuation if a prompt has not been provided previously.");
                 if (!this.IsMultiModal)
                 {
                     _embed_inps = Context.Tokenize(text, true, true).ToList();
@@ -127,20 +128,24 @@ protected override Task PreprocessInputs(string text, InferStateArgs args)
             }
             else
             {
-                if (!text.EndsWith("\n"))
+                // Don't add any tokens if continuation is requested (by providing a null prompt)
+                if (text != null)
                 {
-                    text += "\n";
-                }
+                    if (!text.EndsWith("\n"))
+                    {
+                        text += "\n";
+                    }
 
-                if (!this.IsMultiModal)
-                {
-                    var line_inp = Context.Tokenize(text, false, true);
-                    _embed_inps.AddRange(line_inp);
-                    args.RemainedTokens -= line_inp.Length;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    PreprocessLlava(text, args, false);
+                    if (!this.IsMultiModal)
+                    {
+                        var line_inp = Context.Tokenize(text, false, true);
+                        _embed_inps.AddRange(line_inp);
+                        args.RemainedTokens -= line_inp.Length;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        PreprocessLlava(text, args, false);
+                    }
                 }
             }