diff --git a/router/router.py b/router/router.py
index 2b03199..7fe2f31 100644
--- a/router/router.py
+++ b/router/router.py
@@ -366,22 +366,27 @@ def chat():
         
         if resp.status_code != 200: return jsonify({"error":"GPU error "+str(resp.status_code)}), 502
         if is_stream:
-            # Buffer stream to capture timings from final SSE chunk
+            # Buffer SSE chunks, handle split lines for large responses
             chunks = []
             stream_timings = {}
+            buf = ""  # accumulate partial lines
             for raw in resp.iter_content(chunk_size=None, decode_unicode=True):
                 if raw:
                     cleaned = clean_unicode(raw)
                     chunks.append(cleaned)
-                    # Parse last content chunk (before [DONE]) for timings
-                    if not stream_timings and '"timings"' in cleaned and '"predicted_n"' in cleaned:
-                        try:
-                            json_str = cleaned.replace("data: ", "").strip()
-                            if json_str.startswith("{"):
-                                tj = json.loads(json_str).get("timings", {})
-                                if tj:
-                                    stream_timings = tj
-                        except: pass
+                    buf += cleaned
+                    # Process complete lines from buffer
+                    while "\n" in buf:
+                        line, buf = buf.split("\n", 1)
+                        line = line.strip()
+                        if line.startswith("data: ") and not stream_timings:
+                            js = line[6:].strip()
+                            if js.startswith("{") and "timings" in js and "predicted_n" in js:
+                                try:
+                                    tj = json.loads(js).get("timings", {})
+                                    if tj:
+                                        stream_timings = tj
+                                except: pass
             # Store perf record with real token counts from stream
             if stream_timings:
                 pt = stream_timings.get("prompt_n", 0)