diff --git a/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/README.md b/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/README.md
index b2f3616ad..a8de89eea 100644
--- a/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/README.md
+++ b/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/README.md
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ Some companies have proposed some optimization strategies in their models' handl
 
 ## Changelog
 
+* [Sept 7, 2024] [#626](https://github.com/ShishirPatil/gorilla/pull/626): Fix prompt format for Llama models.
 * [Sept 4, 2024] [#623](https://github.com/ShishirPatil/gorilla/pull/623): Fix decoding issue in the `NvidiaHandler`; remove duplicate `ArcticHandler` class.
 * [August 29, 2024] [#616](https://github.com/ShishirPatil/gorilla/pull/6160): Add the following new models to the leaderboard:
   * `Salesforce/xLAM-7b-r`
diff --git a/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/bfcl/model_handler/llama_handler.py b/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/bfcl/model_handler/llama_handler.py
index 3bdb08600..7f3834d8f 100644
--- a/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/bfcl/model_handler/llama_handler.py
+++ b/berkeley-function-call-leaderboard/bfcl/model_handler/llama_handler.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ def _format_prompt(prompts, function, test_category):
         formatted_prompt = "<|begin_of_text|>"
 
         for prompt in prompts:
-            formatted_prompt += f"<|start_header_id|>{prompt['role']}<|end_header_id|>{prompt['content']}<|eot_id|>"
+            formatted_prompt += f"<|start_header_id|>{prompt['role']}<|end_header_id|>\n\n{prompt['content']}<|eot_id|>"
 
-        formatted_prompt += f"<|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>"
+        formatted_prompt += f"<|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\n\n"
 
         return formatted_prompt