diff --git a/applications/ColossalChat/rl_example.py b/applications/ColossalChat/rl_example.py
index 8b1f69040..d122c7286 100644
--- a/applications/ColossalChat/rl_example.py
+++ b/applications/ColossalChat/rl_example.py
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 max_length=args.max_new_tokens + args.max_prompt_tokens,
                 do_sample=True,
                 max_new_tokens=None,
-                early_stopping=False,
-                stop_strings=["</answer>"],
+                early_stopping=False if args.reward_type == "think_answer_tags" else True,
+                stop_strings=["</answer>"] if args.reward_type == "think_answer_tags" else None,
             )
         )
     elif args.backend == "vllm":
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         generate_config.update(
             dict(
                 max_tokens=args.max_new_tokens,  # max new tokens
-                ignore_eos=True,
+                ignore_eos=True if args.reward_type == "think_answer_tags" else False,
                 include_stop_str_in_output=True,
-                stop=["</answer>"],
+                stop=["</answer>"] if args.reward_type == "think_answer_tags" else None,
             )
         )
     else: