diff --git a/extract_thinker/extractor.py b/extract_thinker/extractor.py
index 9f8ffdc..0c3d6aa 100644
--- a/extract_thinker/extractor.py
+++ b/extract_thinker/extractor.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, IO, Union
 
+import litellm
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from extract_thinker.document_loader.document_loader import DocumentLoader
 from extract_thinker.models.classification import Classification
@@ -200,6 +201,9 @@ def _classify(self, content: Any, classifications: List[Classification], image:
             )
             for classification in classifications:
                 if classification.image:
+                    if not litellm.supports_vision(model=self.llm.model):
+                        raise ValueError(f"Model {self.llm.model} is not supported for vision, since its not a vision model.")
+                    
                     messages.append({
                         "role": "user",
                         "content": [
@@ -270,6 +274,9 @@ def _extract(self,
             messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "##Content\n\n" + content})
 
         if vision:
+            if not litellm.supports_vision(model=self.llm.model):
+                raise ValueError(f"Model {self.llm.model} is not supported for vision, since its not a vision model.")
+            
             base64_encoded_image = encode_image(
                 file_or_stream, is_stream
             )
diff --git a/extract_thinker/image_splitter.py b/extract_thinker/image_splitter.py
index 842fbb5..711f318 100644
--- a/extract_thinker/image_splitter.py
+++ b/extract_thinker/image_splitter.py
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@
 from extract_thinker.splitter import Splitter
 from extract_thinker.utils import extract_json
 
-VISION_MODELS = ["gpt-4o", "gpt-4-turbo", "model3", "claude-3-haiku-20240307", "claude-3-opus-20240229", "claude-3-sonnet-20240229"]
-
-
 class ImageSplitter(Splitter):
 
     def __init__(self, model: str):
-        if model not in VISION_MODELS:
-            raise ValueError(f"Model {model} is not supported for ImageSplitter. Supported models are {VISION_MODELS}")
+        if not litellm.supports_vision(model=model):
+            raise ValueError(f"Model {model} is not supported for ImageSplitter, since its not a vision model.")
         self.model = model
 
     def encode_image(self, image):