diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index 8dd8a3edc9c94..31fd401b6957b 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
     bool interactive_first = false; // wait for user input immediately
     bool multiline_input   = false; // reverse the usage of `\`
     bool simple_io         = false; // improves compatibility with subprocesses and limited consoles
-    bool cont_batching     = false; // insert new sequences for decoding on-the-fly
+    bool cont_batching     = true;  // insert new sequences for decoding on-the-fly
 
     bool input_prefix_bos  = false; // prefix BOS to user inputs, preceding input_prefix
     bool ignore_eos        = false; // ignore generated EOS tokens
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index cf075d6c41aa4..c918fabe4a9ed 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ struct server_context {
         }
 
         // process in chunks of params.n_batch
-        int32_t n_batch = llama_n_batch(ctx);
+        int32_t n_batch  = llama_n_batch(ctx);
         int32_t n_ubatch = llama_n_ubatch(ctx);
 
         // next, batch any pending prompts without exceeding n_batch
@@ -2225,7 +2225,7 @@ static void server_print_usage(const char * argv0, const gpt_params & params, co
     printf("  -to N, --timeout N        server read/write timeout in seconds (default: %d)\n", sparams.read_timeout);
     printf("  --embeddings              enable embedding vector output (default: %s)\n", params.embedding ? "enabled" : "disabled");
     printf("  -np N, --parallel N       number of slots for process requests (default: %d)\n", params.n_parallel);
-    printf("  -cb, --cont-batching      enable continuous batching (a.k.a dynamic batching) (default: disabled)\n");
+    printf("  -cb, --cont-batching      enable continuous batching (a.k.a dynamic batching) (default: enabled)\n");
     printf("  -spf FNAME, --system-prompt-file FNAME\n");
     printf("                            set a file to load a system prompt (initial prompt of all slots), this is useful for chat applications.\n");
     printf("  -ctk TYPE, --cache-type-k TYPE\n");