diff --git a/app/api/chat-with-functions/route.ts b/app/api/chat-with-functions/route.ts
index 9c54443..ccfc131 100644
--- a/app/api/chat-with-functions/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/chat-with-functions/route.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import OpenAI from "openai";
 import { OpenAIStream, StreamingTextResponse } from "ai";
 
 const openai = new OpenAI({
-  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY || "" ,
+  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ,
 });
 
 export const runtime = "node";
diff --git a/app/api/chat/route.ts b/app/api/chat/route.ts
index 3d934bf..af866bf 100644
--- a/app/api/chat/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/chat/route.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import OpenAI from "openai";
 import { OpenAIStream, StreamingTextResponse } from "ai";
 
 const openai = new OpenAI({
-  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "",
 });
 
 export const runtime = "edge";