diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63175050..c55c4e62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,17 +90,13 @@ import replicate
 # https://replicate.com/meta/llama-2-70b-chat
 model_version = "meta/llama-2-70b-chat:02e509c789964a7ea8736978a43525956ef40397be9033abf9fd2badfe68c9e3"
 
-tokens = []
 for event in replicate.stream(
     model_version,
     input={
         "prompt": "Please write a haiku about llamas.",
     },
 ):
-    print(event)
-    tokens.append(str(event))
-
-print("".join(tokens))
+    print(str(event), end="")
 ```
 
 For more information, see
diff --git a/replicate/stream.py b/replicate/stream.py
index 22cea974..47f9df5f 100644
--- a/replicate/stream.py
+++ b/replicate/stream.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class EventType(Enum):
     retry: Optional[int]
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
-        if self.event == "output":
+        if self.event == ServerSentEvent.EventType.OUTPUT:
             return self.data
 
         return ""
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def decode(self, line: str) -> Optional[ServerSentEvent]:
                 return None
 
             fieldname, _, value = line.partition(":")
-            value = value.lstrip()
+            value = value.removeprefix(" ")
 
             if fieldname == "event":
                 if event := ServerSentEvent.EventType(value):
@@ -138,26 +138,28 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[ServerSentEvent]:
             line = line.rstrip("\n")
             sse = decoder.decode(line)
             if sse is not None:
-                if sse.event == "done":
-                    return
-                if sse.event == "error":
+                if sse.event == ServerSentEvent.EventType.ERROR:
                     raise RuntimeError(sse.data)
 
                 yield sse
 
+                if sse.event == ServerSentEvent.EventType.DONE:
+                    return
+
     async def __aiter__(self) -> AsyncIterator[ServerSentEvent]:
         decoder = EventSource.Decoder()
         async for line in self.response.aiter_lines():
             line = line.rstrip("\n")
             sse = decoder.decode(line)
             if sse is not None:
-                if sse.event == "done":
-                    return
-                if sse.event == "error":
+                if sse.event == ServerSentEvent.EventType.ERROR:
                     raise RuntimeError(sse.data)
 
                 yield sse
 
+                if sse.event == ServerSentEvent.EventType.DONE:
+                    return
+
 
 def stream(
     client: "Client",