diff --git a/api/app/clients/tools/structured/GoogleSearch.js b/api/app/clients/tools/structured/GoogleSearch.js
index bae1a458e0..c2cf72b9d6 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/tools/structured/GoogleSearch.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/tools/structured/GoogleSearch.js
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ class GoogleSearchResults extends Tool {
     this.envVarApiKey = 'GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY';
     this.envVarSearchEngineId = 'GOOGLE_CSE_ID';
     this.override = fields.override ?? false;
-    this.apiKey = fields.apiKey ?? getEnvironmentVariable(this.envVarApiKey);
+    this.apiKey = fields[this.envVarApiKey] ?? getEnvironmentVariable(this.envVarApiKey);
     this.searchEngineId =
-      fields.searchEngineId ?? getEnvironmentVariable(this.envVarSearchEngineId);
+      fields[this.envVarSearchEngineId] ?? getEnvironmentVariable(this.envVarSearchEngineId);
+
+    if (!this.override && (!this.apiKey || !this.searchEngineId)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Missing ${this.envVarApiKey} or ${this.envVarSearchEngineId} environment variable.`,
+      );
+    }
 
     this.kwargs = fields?.kwargs ?? {};
     this.name = 'google';
diff --git a/api/app/clients/tools/structured/TavilySearchResults.js b/api/app/clients/tools/structured/TavilySearchResults.js
index b1691a63db..9a62053ff0 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/tools/structured/TavilySearchResults.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/tools/structured/TavilySearchResults.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class TavilySearchResults extends Tool {
     this.envVar = 'TAVILY_API_KEY';
     /* Used to initialize the Tool without necessary variables. */
     this.override = fields.override ?? false;
-    this.apiKey = fields.apiKey ?? this.getApiKey();
+    this.apiKey = fields[this.envVar] ?? this.getApiKey();
 
     this.kwargs = fields?.kwargs ?? {};
     this.name = 'tavily_search_results_json';
diff --git a/api/app/clients/tools/structured/specs/GoogleSearch.spec.js b/api/app/clients/tools/structured/specs/GoogleSearch.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff11265301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/app/clients/tools/structured/specs/GoogleSearch.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+const GoogleSearch = require('../GoogleSearch');
+
+jest.mock('node-fetch');
+jest.mock('@langchain/core/utils/env');
+
+describe('GoogleSearch', () => {
+  let originalEnv;
+  const mockApiKey = 'mock_api';
+  const mockSearchEngineId = 'mock_search_engine_id';
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    originalEnv = { ...process.env };
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    process.env = {
+      ...originalEnv,
+      GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY: mockApiKey,
+      GOOGLE_CSE_ID: mockSearchEngineId,
+    };
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    process.env = originalEnv;
+  });
+
+  it('should use mockApiKey and mockSearchEngineId when environment variables are not set', () => {
+    const instance = new GoogleSearch({
+      GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY: mockApiKey,
+      GOOGLE_CSE_ID: mockSearchEngineId,
+    });
+    expect(instance.apiKey).toBe(mockApiKey);
+    expect(instance.searchEngineId).toBe(mockSearchEngineId);
+  });
+
+  it('should throw an error if GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY or GOOGLE_CSE_ID is missing', () => {
+    delete process.env.GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY;
+    expect(() => new GoogleSearch()).toThrow(
+      'Missing GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY or GOOGLE_CSE_ID environment variable.',
+    );
+
+    process.env.GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY = mockApiKey;
+    delete process.env.GOOGLE_CSE_ID;
+    expect(() => new GoogleSearch()).toThrow(
+      'Missing GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY or GOOGLE_CSE_ID environment variable.',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/api/app/clients/tools/structured/specs/TavilySearchResults.spec.js b/api/app/clients/tools/structured/specs/TavilySearchResults.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ea00140c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/app/clients/tools/structured/specs/TavilySearchResults.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const TavilySearchResults = require('../TavilySearchResults');
+
+jest.mock('node-fetch');
+jest.mock('@langchain/core/utils/env');
+
+describe('TavilySearchResults', () => {
+  let originalEnv;
+  const mockApiKey = 'mock_api_key';
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    originalEnv = { ...process.env };
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    process.env = {
+      ...originalEnv,
+      TAVILY_API_KEY: mockApiKey,
+    };
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    process.env = originalEnv;
+  });
+
+  it('should throw an error if TAVILY_API_KEY is missing', () => {
+    delete process.env.TAVILY_API_KEY;
+    expect(() => new TavilySearchResults()).toThrow('Missing TAVILY_API_KEY environment variable.');
+  });
+
+  it('should use mockApiKey when TAVILY_API_KEY is not set in the environment', () => {
+    const instance = new TavilySearchResults({
+      TAVILY_API_KEY: mockApiKey,
+    });
+    expect(instance.apiKey).toBe(mockApiKey);
+  });
+});