diff --git a/examples/main/main.cpp b/examples/main/main.cpp
index 4665b82fe..11d7a7e4f 100644
--- a/examples/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/main/main.cpp
@@ -604,7 +604,12 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                     last_n_tokens.data() + last_n_tokens.size() - last_n_repeat,
                     last_n_repeat, alpha_frequency, alpha_presence);
                 if (!penalize_nl) {
-                    logits[llama_token_nl(ctx)] = nl_logit;
+                    for (size_t idx = 0; idx < candidates_p.size; idx++) {
+                        if (candidates_p.data[idx].id == llama_token_nl(ctx)) {
+                            candidates_p.data[idx].logit = nl_logit;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (grammar != NULL) {