diff --git a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
index 37c96d77331..4274ef0e1e7 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def ollama_pt(model, messages): # https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/blob/af4cf
             messages=messages
         )
     else: 
-        prompt = "".join(m["content"] for m in messages)
+        prompt = "".join(m["content"] if isinstance(m['content'], str) is str else "".join(m['content']) for m in messages)
     return prompt
 
 def mistral_instruct_pt(messages): 
@@ -397,4 +397,4 @@ def prompt_factory(model: str, messages: list, custom_llm_provider: Optional[str
             return hf_chat_template(original_model_name, messages)
     except:
         return default_pt(messages=messages) # default that covers Bloom, T-5, any non-chat tuned model (e.g. base Llama2)
-    
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+