diff --git a/x/mlxrunner/pipeline.go b/x/mlxrunner/pipeline.go
index 901b25e89..50e4681e1 100644
--- a/x/mlxrunner/pipeline.go
+++ b/x/mlxrunner/pipeline.go
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func (r *Runner) TextGenerationPipeline(request Request) error {
 	total, processed := len(tokens), 0
 	slog.Info("Prompt processing progress", "processed", processed, "total", total)
 	for total-processed > 1 {
+		if err := request.Ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		n := min(2<<10, total-processed-1)
 		r.Model.Forward(mlx.FromValues(tokens[processed:processed+n], n).ExpandDims(0), caches)
 		mlx.Sweep()
@@ -92,6 +96,10 @@ func (r *Runner) TextGenerationPipeline(request Request) error {
 	now := time.Now()
 	final := Response{Done: true, PromptTokens: total, CompletionTokens: request.Options.MaxTokens, DoneReason: 1}
 	for i := range request.Options.MaxTokens {
+		if err := request.Ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		nextSample, nextLogprobs = step(sample)
 
 		if i == 0 {
@@ -111,9 +119,13 @@ func (r *Runner) TextGenerationPipeline(request Request) error {
 			break
 		}
 
-		request.Responses <- Response{
+		select {
+		case <-request.Ctx.Done():
+			return request.Ctx.Err()
+		case request.Responses <- Response{
 			Text:  r.Decode(output, &b),
 			Token: int(output),
+		}:
 		}
 
 		mlx.Unpin(sample, logprobs)
@@ -126,8 +138,12 @@ func (r *Runner) TextGenerationPipeline(request Request) error {
 	}
 
 	final.CompletionTokensDuration = time.Since(now)
-	request.Responses <- final
-	return nil
+	select {
+	case <-request.Ctx.Done():
+		return request.Ctx.Err()
+	case request.Responses <- final:
+		return nil
+	}
 }
 
 func (r Runner) Decode(sample int32, b *bytes.Buffer) string {
diff --git a/x/mlxrunner/runner.go b/x/mlxrunner/runner.go
index 353b98d8d..7d538b02a 100644
--- a/x/mlxrunner/runner.go
+++ b/x/mlxrunner/runner.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/x/mlxrunner/cache"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/x/mlxrunner/mlx"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/x/mlxrunner/model"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/x/mlxrunner/model/base"
@@ -25,8 +24,9 @@ type Request struct {
 	Responses chan Response
 	Pipeline  func(Request) error
 
+	Ctx context.Context
+
 	sample.Sampler
-	caches []cache.Cache
 }
 
 type TextCompletionsRequest struct {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(host, port string, mux http.Handler) error {
 				return nil
 			case request := <-r.Requests:
 				if err := request.Pipeline(request); err != nil {
-					break
+					slog.Info("Request terminated", "error", err)
 				}
 
 				close(request.Responses)
diff --git a/x/mlxrunner/server.go b/x/mlxrunner/server.go
index 09b71f3c8..89688cfbc 100644
--- a/x/mlxrunner/server.go
+++ b/x/mlxrunner/server.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package mlxrunner
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"cmp"
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
@@ -98,19 +99,36 @@ func Execute(args []string) error {
 			request.Options.TopK,
 		)
 
-		runner.Requests <- request
+		var cancel context.CancelFunc
+		request.Ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(r.Context())
+		defer cancel()
+
+		select {
+		case <-r.Context().Done():
+			return
+		case runner.Requests <- request:
+		}
 
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/jsonl")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		enc := json.NewEncoder(w)
-		for response := range request.Responses {
-			if err := enc.Encode(response); err != nil {
-				slog.Error("Failed to encode response", "error", err)
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-r.Context().Done():
 				return
-			}
+			case response, ok := <-request.Responses:
+				if !ok {
+					return
+				}
 
-			if f, ok := w.(http.Flusher); ok {
-				f.Flush()
+				if err := enc.Encode(response); err != nil {
+					slog.Error("Failed to encode response", "error", err)
+					return
+				}
+
+				if f, ok := w.(http.Flusher); ok {
+					f.Flush()
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	})