diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-app-recipe.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-app-recipe.py
index 68736a61d..c6d738f77 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-app-recipe.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-app-recipe.py
@@ -69,16 +69,19 @@ def validate_text_input(value: str, max_length: int = 500) -> str:
 
 # print response
 print("Recipes:")
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
-
-old_prompt_result = completion.choices[0].message.content
-prompt_shopping = "Produce a shopping list, and please don't include ingredients that I already have at home: "
-
-new_prompt = f"Given ingredients at home {ingredients} and these generated recipes: {old_prompt_result}, {prompt_shopping}"
-messages = [{"role": "user", "content": new_prompt}]
-completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages, max_tokens=600, temperature=0)
-
-# print response
-print("\n=====Shopping list ======= \n")
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
+if not completion.choices or completion.choices[0].message is None:
+    print("No response received.")
+else:
+    old_prompt_result = completion.choices[0].message.content
+    print(old_prompt_result)
+
+    prompt_shopping = "Produce a shopping list, and please don't include ingredients that I already have at home: "
+    new_prompt = f"Given ingredients at home {ingredients} and these generated recipes: {old_prompt_result}, {prompt_shopping}"
+    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": new_prompt}]
+    completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages, max_tokens=600, temperature=0)
+
+    # print response
+    print("\n=====Shopping list ======= \n")
+    if completion.choices and completion.choices[0].message is not None:
+        print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
 
diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-app.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-app.py
index 7f3da6047..61acbe987 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-app.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-app.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages)
 
 # print response
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
+if completion.choices and completion.choices[0].message is not None:
+    print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
 
 #  very unhappy _____.
 
diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-history-bot.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-history-bot.py
index 76efdaa16..e1c868d36 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-history-bot.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-history-bot.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages, temperature=0)
 
 # print response
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
+if completion.choices and completion.choices[0].message is not None:
+    print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
 
 #  very unhappy _____.
 
diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-study-buddy.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-study-buddy.py
index ab9385973..06cd0cb23 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-study-buddy.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/aoai-study-buddy.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages)
 
 # print response
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
+if completion.choices and completion.choices[0].message is not None:
+    print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
 
 #  very unhappy _____.
 
diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/githubmodels-app.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/githubmodels-app.py
index 94ab9bd20..348679507 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/githubmodels-app.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/githubmodels-app.py
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@
     top_p=1.    
 )
 
-print(response.choices[0].message.content)
\ No newline at end of file
+if response.choices and response.choices[0].message is not None:
+    print(response.choices[0].message.content)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-app-recipe.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-app-recipe.py
index 5683f40cb..871058933 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-app-recipe.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-app-recipe.py
@@ -24,16 +24,19 @@
 
 # print response
 print("Recipes:")
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
-
-old_prompt_result = completion.choices[0].message.content
-prompt_shopping = "Produce a shopping list, and please don't include ingredients that I already have at home: "
-
-new_prompt = f"Given ingredients at home {ingredients} and these generated recipes: {old_prompt_result}, {prompt_shopping}"
-messages = [{"role": "user", "content": new_prompt}]
-completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages, max_tokens=600, temperature=0)
-
-# print response
-print("\n=====Shopping list ======= \n")
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
+if not completion.choices or completion.choices[0].message is None:
+    print("No response received.")
+else:
+    old_prompt_result = completion.choices[0].message.content
+    print(old_prompt_result)
+
+    prompt_shopping = "Produce a shopping list, and please don't include ingredients that I already have at home: "
+    new_prompt = f"Given ingredients at home {ingredients} and these generated recipes: {old_prompt_result}, {prompt_shopping}"
+    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": new_prompt}]
+    completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages, max_tokens=600, temperature=0)
+
+    # print response
+    print("\n=====Shopping list ======= \n")
+    if completion.choices and completion.choices[0].message is not None:
+        print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
 
diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-app.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-app.py
index 4b1ca44f1..49e848f88 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-app.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-app.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages)
 
 # print response
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
+if completion.choices and completion.choices[0].message is not None:
+    print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
 
 #  very unhappy _____.
 
diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-history-bot.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-history-bot.py
index 7c5082c71..64a295816 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-history-bot.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-history-bot.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages, temperature=0)
 
 # print response
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
+if completion.choices and completion.choices[0].message is not None:
+    print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
 
 #  very unhappy _____.
 
diff --git a/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-study-buddy.py b/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-study-buddy.py
index 01fd85951..f1b6f2728 100644
--- a/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-study-buddy.py
+++ b/06-text-generation-apps/python/oai-study-buddy.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 completion = client.chat.completions.create(model=deployment, messages=messages)
 
 # print response
-print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
+if completion.choices and completion.choices[0].message is not None:
+    print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
 
 #  very unhappy _____.