diff --git a/backends/model_registry.json b/backends/model_registry.json
index eb69086bc4..ca9851a76c 100644
--- a/backends/model_registry.json
+++ b/backends/model_registry.json
@@ -449,6 +449,6 @@
     "eos_to_cull": "[Assistant]:",
     "padding": false,
     "premade_chat_template": false,
-    "custom_chat_template": "{%- for message in messages -%}{% if message['role'] == 'user' %}[USER]: [IMG]<image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image><image>[/IMG] {{ message['content'] }}{% else %}[ASSISTANT]: {{ message['content'] }} {% endif %}{% endfor %}[ASSISTANT]:"
+    "custom_chat_template": "{%- for message in messages -%}{% if message['role'] == 'user' %}[USER]: [IMG][<IMG_PLH>][/IMG] {{ message['content'] }}{% else %}[ASSISTANT]: {{ message['content'] }} {% endif %}{% endfor %}[ASSISTANT]:"
   }
 ]
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