diff --git a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/gemini.ts b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/gemini.ts
index 557d28c7..ee267e30 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/gemini.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/void/electron-main/llmMessage/gemini.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { Content, GoogleGenerativeAI, GoogleGenerativeAIFetchError } from '@google/generative-ai';
+import { Content, GoogleGenerativeAI } from '@google/generative-ai';
 import { _InternalSendLLMMessageFnType } from '../../common/llmMessageTypes.js';
 
 // Gemini
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ export const sendGeminiMsg: _InternalSendLLMMessageFnType = async ({ messages, o
 			onFinalMessage({ fullText });
 		})
 		.catch((error) => {
-			if (error instanceof GoogleGenerativeAIFetchError && error.status === 400) {
-				onError({ message: 'Invalid API key.', fullError: null });
-			}
-			else {
-				onError({ message: error + '', fullError: error });
-			}
+			onError({ message: error + '', fullError: error })
 		})
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/prompt/prompts.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/prompt/prompts.ts
index a45bdf1c..1cc62878 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/prompt/prompts.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/prompt/prompts.ts
@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@ Please finish writing the new file by applying the diff to the original file. Re
 
 
 
+// this should probably be longer
 export const ctrlKStream_systemMessage = `\
+You are an AI assistant tasked with filling in the middle.
 `