diff --git a/src/app/api/completion/route.ts b/src/app/api/completion/route.ts
index 6026a1b..496bd3f 100644
--- a/src/app/api/completion/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/completion/route.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { OpenAIStream, StreamingTextResponse } from 'ai';
 
 // Create an OpenAI API client (that's edge friendly!)
 const openai = new OpenAI({
-	apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
+	apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY || '',
 });
 
 // Set the runtime to edge for best performance