diff --git a/engines/python/setup/djl_python/streaming_utils.py b/engines/python/setup/djl_python/streaming_utils.py
index 87241dffb..1d466d97f 100644
--- a/engines/python/setup/djl_python/streaming_utils.py
+++ b/engines/python/setup/djl_python/streaming_utils.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def use_hf_default_streamer(model, tokenizer, inputs, device, **kwargs):
         if device is not None:
             input_tokens = input_tokens.to(device)
 
-        streamer = HFStreamer(tokenizer, skip_special_token=True)
+        streamer = HFStreamer(tokenizer, skip_special_tokens=True)
         generation_kwargs = dict(input_tokens, streamer=streamer, **kwargs)
 
         def run_generation(model, **kwargs):