diff --git a/api/client.py b/api/client.py
index aa4e3321..c5fbc9c2 100644
--- a/api/client.py
+++ b/api/client.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ BASE_URL = os.environ.get('OLLAMA_HOST', 'http://localhost:11434')
 # Generate a response for a given prompt with a provided model. This is a streaming endpoint, so will be a series of responses.
 # The final response object will include statistics and additional data from the request. Use the callback function to override
 # the default handler.
-def generate(model_name, prompt, system=None, template=None, context=None, options=None, callback=None):
+def generate(model_name, prompt, system=None, template=None, format="", context=None, options=None, callback=None):
     try:
         url = f"{BASE_URL}/api/generate"
         payload = {
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ def generate(model_name, prompt, system=None, template=None, context=None, optio
             "system": system, 
             "template": template, 
             "context": context, 
-            "options": options
+            "options": options,
+            "format": format,
         }
         
         # Remove keys with None values