diff --git a/lua/gemini/api.lua b/lua/gemini/api.lua
index dc3a386..7d7ff52 100644
--- a/lua/gemini/api.lua
+++ b/lua/gemini/api.lua
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ local function make_request(prompt)
 	-- Escape the payload for shell
 	payload = vim.fn.shellescape(payload)
 
-	-- Updated API endpoint URL
+	-- Updated API endpoint URL with debug headers
 	local command = string.format(
 		"curl -s -X POST "
 			.. "'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1/models/%s:generateContent?key=%s' "
 			.. "-H 'Content-Type: application/json' "
+			.. "-H 'Accept: application/json' "
+			.. "-v " -- Add verbose output
 			.. "-d %s",
 		model,
 		api_key,
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ local function make_request(prompt)
 	)
 
 	local result = vim.fn.system(command)
+	
+	-- Debug: Print the raw response
+	vim.notify("Raw API response: " .. result, vim.log.levels.DEBUG)
 
 	-- Check for errors during the curl execution
 	if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
@@ -71,24 +76,37 @@ local function make_request(prompt)
 		return nil
 	end
 
+	-- Debug: Print the decoded response structure
+	vim.notify("Decoded response structure: " .. vim.inspect(decoded_result), vim.log.levels.DEBUG)
+
 	return decoded_result
 end
 
 function M.get_response(prompt)
 	local result = make_request(prompt)
 
-	if
-		result
-		and result.candidates
-		and result.candidates[1]
-		and result.candidates[1].content
-		and result.candidates[1].content.parts
-	then
-		return result.candidates[1].content.parts[1].text
-	else
-		vim.notify("No response from Google AI API or malformed response.", vim.log.levels.ERROR)
-		return nil
+	if result then
+		if result.error then
+			vim.notify("API Error: " .. vim.inspect(result.error), vim.log.levels.ERROR)
+			return nil
+		end
+
+		if
+			result.candidates
+			and result.candidates[1]
+			and result.candidates[1].content
+			and result.candidates[1].content.parts
+			and result.candidates[1].content.parts[1]
+			and result.candidates[1].content.parts[1].text
+		then
+			return result.candidates[1].content.parts[1].text
+		end
+		
+		vim.notify("Unexpected response structure: " .. vim.inspect(result), vim.log.levels.ERROR)
 	end
+	
+	vim.notify("No response from Google AI API or malformed response.", vim.log.levels.ERROR)
+	return nil
 end
 
 return M