diff --git a/pipelines/examples/mlx_pipeline.py b/pipelines/examples/mlx_pipeline.py
index 2e27145..04e43be 100644
--- a/pipelines/examples/mlx_pipeline.py
+++ b/pipelines/examples/mlx_pipeline.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Pipeline:
         self.process = None
         self.model = os.getenv('MLX_MODEL', 'mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2')  # Default model if not set in environment variable
         self.port = self.find_free_port()
+        self.stop_sequences = os.getenv('MLX_STOP', None)  # Stop sequences from environment variable
 
     @staticmethod
     def find_free_port():
@@ -70,7 +71,14 @@ class Pipeline:
         print(f"get_response:{__name__}")
 
         MLX_BASE_URL = f"http://localhost:{self.port}"
-        MODEL = "llama3"
+        MODEL = self.model
+
+        # Extract additional parameters from the body
+        temperature = body.get("temperature", 1.0)
+        max_tokens = body.get("max_tokens", 100)
+        top_p = body.get("top_p", 1.0)
+        repetition_penalty = body.get("repetition_penalty", 1.0)
+        stop = self.stop_sequences
 
         if "user" in body:
             print("######################################")
@@ -78,18 +86,26 @@ class Pipeline:
             print(f"# Message: {user_message}")
             print("######################################")
 
+        payload = {
+            "model": MODEL,
+            "messages": messages,
+            "temperature": temperature,
+            "max_tokens": max_tokens,
+            "top_p": top_p,
+            "repetition_penalty": repetition_penalty,
+            "stop": stop,
+            "stream": True  # Always stream responses
+        }
+
         try:
             r = requests.post(
                 url=f"{MLX_BASE_URL}/v1/chat/completions",
-                json={**body, "model": MODEL},
+                json=payload,
                 stream=True,
             )
 
             r.raise_for_status()
 
-            if body["stream"]:
-                return r.iter_lines()
-            else:
-                return r.json()
+            return r.iter_lines()
         except Exception as e:
             return f"Error: {e}"
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