diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e19d50e..9b6286a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 ## Sidekick for Laravel
 Say hello to Sidekick! A Laravel plugin that provides a common syntax for using Claude, Mistral and OpenAi APIs.
 
-![Latest Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.1.0-blue)
-![Stability](https://img.shields.io/badge/Stability-beta-red)
+![Latest Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.1.1-blue)
+![Stability](https://img.shields.io/badge/Stability-beta-yellow)
 
 ### Upcoming Features
 
diff --git a/src/Drivers/Claude.php b/src/Drivers/Claude.php
index 6e56bf7..2056a2e 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Claude.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Claude.php
@@ -30,4 +30,9 @@ public function uniformedResponse($response)
     {
         return $response['content'][0]['text'];
     }
+
+    public function validate($response): bool
+    {
+        return !($response['type'] == "error");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Drivers/Mistral.php b/src/Drivers/Mistral.php
index 62c266b..0fe21dd 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Mistral.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Mistral.php
@@ -38,4 +38,9 @@ public function uniformedResponse($response)
     {
         return $response['choices'][0]['message']['content'];
     }
+
+    public function validate($response): bool
+    {
+        return !($response['object'] == "error");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Drivers/OpenAi.php b/src/Drivers/OpenAi.php
index 50ebde9..df4c5f2 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/OpenAi.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/OpenAi.php
@@ -63,4 +63,9 @@ public function uniformedResponse($response)
     {
         return $response['choices'][0]['message']['content'];
     }
+
+    public function validate($response): bool
+    {
+        return !isset($response['error']);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/SidekickConversation.php b/src/SidekickConversation.php
index 47e8ea3..2c475e1 100644
--- a/src/SidekickConversation.php
+++ b/src/SidekickConversation.php
@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ public function sendMessage(string $message) {
             $newMessage
         ];
 
-        $this->conversation->messages()->create($newMessage);
-
         $response = $this->sidekick->complete()->sendMessage(
             model: $this->conversation->model,
             systemPrompt: $this->conversation->system_prompt,
             messages: $allMessages,
             maxTokens: $this->conversation->max_tokens);
 
+        if(!$this->validResponse($response)) {
+            throw new \Exception(json_encode($response));
+        }
+
+        $this->conversation->messages()->create($newMessage);
+
         $chatResponse = [
             'role' => 'assistant',
             'content' => $this->sidekick->uniformedResponse($response)
@@ -65,4 +69,9 @@ public function sendMessage(string $message) {
         ];
     }
 
+    private function validResponse($response): bool
+    {
+        return $this->sidekick->validate($response);
+    }
+
 }