diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 105dd91ee6065..3765c05ac2e41 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: seed = %d\n", __func__, params.seed);
 
     std::mt19937 rng(params.seed);
-    if (params.prompt.empty()) {
+    if (params.random_prompt) {
         params.prompt = gpt_random_prompt(rng);
     }
 
@@ -850,7 +850,11 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     params.n_predict = std::min(params.n_predict, model.hparams.n_ctx - (int) embd_inp.size());
 
     // tokenize the reverse prompt
-    std::vector<gpt_vocab::id> antiprompt_inp = ::llama_tokenize(vocab, params.antiprompt, false);
+    std::vector<std::vector<gpt_vocab::id>> antipromptv_inp;
+    
+    for (auto antiprompt : params.antiprompt) {
+        antipromptv_inp.push_back(::llama_tokenize(vocab, antiprompt, false));
+    }
 
     fprintf(stderr, "\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: prompt: '%s'\n", __func__, params.prompt.c_str());
@@ -872,13 +876,16 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: interactive mode on.\n", __func__);
 
-        if(antiprompt_inp.size()) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: reverse prompt: '%s'\n", __func__, params.antiprompt.c_str());
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: number of tokens in reverse prompt = %zu\n", __func__, antiprompt_inp.size());
-            for (int i = 0; i < (int) antiprompt_inp.size(); i++) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%6d -> '%s'\n", antiprompt_inp[i], vocab.id_to_token.at(antiprompt_inp[i]).c_str());
+        if(antipromptv_inp.size()) {
+            for (size_t apindex = 0; apindex < antipromptv_inp.size(); ++apindex) {
+                auto antiprompt_inp = antipromptv_inp.at(apindex);
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: reverse prompt: '%s'\n", __func__, params.antiprompt.at(apindex).c_str());
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: number of tokens in reverse prompt = %zu\n", __func__, antiprompt_inp.size());
+                for (int i = 0; i < (int) antiprompt_inp.size(); i++) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "%6d -> '%s'\n", antiprompt_inp[i], vocab.id_to_token.at(antiprompt_inp[i]).c_str());
+                }
+                fprintf(stderr, "\n");
             }
-            fprintf(stderr, "\n");
         }
     }
     fprintf(stderr, "sampling parameters: temp = %f, top_k = %d, top_p = %f, repeat_last_n = %i, repeat_penalty = %f\n", params.temp, params.top_k, params.top_p, params.repeat_last_n, params.repeat_penalty);
@@ -935,35 +942,37 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         embd.clear();
 
         if (embd_inp.size() <= input_consumed) {
-            // out of user input, sample next token
-            const float top_k = params.top_k;
-            const float top_p = params.top_p;
-            const float temp  = params.temp;
-            const float repeat_penalty = params.repeat_penalty;
+            if (!is_interacting) {
+                // out of user input, sample next token
+                const float top_k = params.top_k;
+                const float top_p = params.top_p;
+                const float temp  = params.temp;
+                const float repeat_penalty = params.repeat_penalty;
 
-            const int n_vocab = model.hparams.n_vocab;
+                const int n_vocab = model.hparams.n_vocab;
 
-            gpt_vocab::id id = 0;
+                gpt_vocab::id id = 0;
 
-            {
-                const int64_t t_start_sample_us = ggml_time_us();
+                {
+                    const int64_t t_start_sample_us = ggml_time_us();
 
-                id = llama_sample_top_p_top_k(vocab, logits.data() + (logits.size() - n_vocab), last_n_tokens, repeat_penalty, top_k, top_p, temp, rng);
+                    id = llama_sample_top_p_top_k(vocab, logits.data() + (logits.size() - n_vocab), last_n_tokens, repeat_penalty, top_k, top_p, temp, rng);
 
-                last_n_tokens.erase(last_n_tokens.begin());
-                last_n_tokens.push_back(id);
+                    last_n_tokens.erase(last_n_tokens.begin());
+                    last_n_tokens.push_back(id);
 
-                t_sample_us += ggml_time_us() - t_start_sample_us;
-            }
+                    t_sample_us += ggml_time_us() - t_start_sample_us;
+                }
 
-            // add it to the context
-            embd.push_back(id);
+                // add it to the context
+                embd.push_back(id);
 
-            // echo this to console
-            input_noecho = false;
+                // echo this to console
+                input_noecho = false;
 
-            // decrement remaining sampling budget
-            --remaining_tokens;
+                // decrement remaining sampling budget
+                --remaining_tokens;
+            }
         } else {
             // some user input remains from prompt or interaction, forward it to processing
             while (embd_inp.size() > input_consumed) {
@@ -994,9 +1003,12 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         // check if we should prompt the user for more
         if (params.interactive && embd_inp.size() <= input_consumed) {
             // check for reverse prompt
-            if (antiprompt_inp.size() && std::equal(antiprompt_inp.rbegin(), antiprompt_inp.rend(), last_n_tokens.rbegin())) {
-                // reverse prompt found
-                is_interacting = true;
+            for (auto antiprompt_inp : antipromptv_inp) {
+                if (antiprompt_inp.size() && std::equal(antiprompt_inp.rbegin(), antiprompt_inp.rend(), last_n_tokens.rbegin())) {
+                    // reverse prompt found
+                    is_interacting = true;
+                    break;
+                }
             }
             if (is_interacting) {
                 // currently being interactive
@@ -1035,10 +1047,20 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             }
         }
 
-        // end of text token
-        if (embd.back() == 2) {
-            fprintf(stderr, " [end of text]\n");
-            break;
+        if (params.interactive) {
+            if (embd.size() && embd.back() == 2) {
+                is_interacting = true;
+            }
+            if (remaining_tokens == 0) {
+                remaining_tokens = params.n_predict;
+                is_interacting = true;
+            }
+        } else {
+            // end of text token
+            if (embd.size() && embd.back() == 2) {
+                fprintf(stderr, " [end of text]\n");
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index efa2e3c35f728..207dc0e58fe64 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ bool gpt_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params) {
         } else if (arg == "--color") {
             params.use_color = true;
         } else if (arg == "-r" || arg == "--reverse-prompt") {
-            params.antiprompt = argv[++i];
+            params.antiprompt.push_back(argv[++i]);
         } else if (arg == "-h" || arg == "--help") {
             gpt_print_usage(argc, argv, params);
             exit(0);
+        } else if (arg == "--random-prompt") {
+            params.random_prompt = true;
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "error: unknown argument: %s\n", arg.c_str());
             gpt_print_usage(argc, argv, params);
@@ -93,12 +95,14 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int argc, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     fprintf(stderr, "  -i, --interactive     run in interactive mode\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  --interactive-start   run in interactive mode and poll user input at startup\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -r PROMPT, --reverse-prompt PROMPT\n");
-    fprintf(stderr, "                        in interactive mode, poll user input upon seeing PROMPT\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "                        in interactive mode, poll user input upon seeing PROMPT (can be\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "                        specified more than once for multiple prompts).\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  --color               colorise output to distinguish prompt and user input from generations\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -s SEED, --seed SEED  RNG seed (default: -1)\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -t N, --threads N     number of threads to use during computation (default: %d)\n", params.n_threads);
     fprintf(stderr, "  -p PROMPT, --prompt PROMPT\n");
-    fprintf(stderr, "                        prompt to start generation with (default: random)\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "                        prompt to start generation with (default: empty)\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  --random-prompt       start with a randomized prompt.\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -f FNAME, --file FNAME\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "                        prompt file to start generation.\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -n N, --n_predict N   number of tokens to predict (default: %d)\n", params.n_predict);
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index c1a8498a78d68..b7e0bc31a9a9d 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ struct gpt_params {
     std::string model = "models/lamma-7B/ggml-model.bin"; // model path
     std::string prompt;
 
+    bool random_prompt = false;
+
     bool use_color = false; // use color to distinguish generations and inputs
 
     bool interactive = false; // interactive mode
     bool interactive_start = false; // reverse prompt immediately
-    std::string antiprompt = ""; // string upon seeing which more user input is prompted
+    std::vector<std::string> antiprompt; // string upon seeing which more user input is prompted
 };
 
 bool gpt_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params);