diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 0cbbb0b2..e74a5c3c 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def generate_reply(question, tokens, inference_settings, selected_model, eos_tok
 
     input_ids = encode(question, 1)
     preset = preset.replace('max_new_tokens=tokens', 'max_new_tokens=1')
-    cuda = ".cuda()" if args.cpu else ""
+    cuda = ".cuda()" if not args.cpu else ""
     for i in range(tokens):
         if eos_token is None:
             output = eval(f"model.generate(input_ids, {preset}){cuda}")