diff --git a/hfppl/distributions/lmcontext.py b/hfppl/distributions/lmcontext.py
index 30f4d0b..16b8247 100644
--- a/hfppl/distributions/lmcontext.py
+++ b/hfppl/distributions/lmcontext.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class LMContext:
         show_prompt (bool): controls whether the string representation of this `LMContext` includes the initial prompt or not. Defaults to `False`.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, lm, prompt, temp=1.0):
+    def __init__(self, lm, prompt, temp=1.0, show_prompt=False, show_eos=True):
         """Create a new `LMContext` with a given prompt and temperature.
 
         Args:
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ def __init__(self, lm, prompt, temp=1.0):
         self.model_mask = lm.masks.ALL_TOKENS
         self.prompt_string_length = len(lm.tokenizer.decode(self.tokens))
         self.prompt_token_count = len(self.tokens)
-        self.show_prompt = False
+        self.show_prompt = show_prompt
+        self.show_eos = show_eos
 
     def next_token(self):
         """Distribution over the next token.
@@ -154,9 +155,12 @@ def token_count(self):
         return len(self.tokens) - self.prompt_token_count
 
     def __str__(self):
-        base = 0 if self.show_prompt else self.prompt_string_length
         full_string = self.lm.tokenizer.decode(self.tokens)
-        return full_string[base:]
+        if not self.show_prompt:
+            full_string = full_string[self.prompt_string_length:]
+        if not self.show_eos and full_string.endswith(self.lm.tokenizer.eos_token):
+            full_string = full_string[:-len(self.lm.tokenizer.eos_token)]
+        return full_string
 
     def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
         cpy = type(self).__new__(type(self))