diff --git a/examples/pipelines/providers/mlx_manifold_pipeline.py b/examples/pipelines/providers/mlx_manifold_pipeline.py
index 02b30ca..2626090 100644
--- a/examples/pipelines/providers/mlx_manifold_pipeline.py
+++ b/examples/pipelines/providers/mlx_manifold_pipeline.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Pipeline:
         MLX_MODEL_FILTER: str = "mlx-community"
         MLX_STOP: str = "<|start_header_id|>,<|end_header_id|>,<|eot_id|>"
         MLX_CHAT_TEMPLATE: str | None = None
-        MLX_USE_DEFAULT_CHAT_TEMPLATE: bool | None = None
+        MLX_USE_DEFAULT_CHAT_TEMPLATE: bool | None = False
         HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN: str | None = None
 
     def __init__(self):