diff --git a/src/services/gemini.ts b/src/services/gemini.ts
index f6be644..c8c793d 100644
--- a/src/services/gemini.ts
+++ b/src/services/gemini.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 export async function generateGemini(prompt: string, systemPrompt: string): Promise<string> {
-  const apiKey = import.meta.env.GEMINI_API_KEY || localStorage.getItem('GEMINI_API_KEY') || '';
+  // Try all possible ways to get the API key
+  const apiKey = 
+    (window as any).GEMINI_API_KEY ||
+    localStorage.getItem('GEMINI_API_KEY') || 
+    import.meta.env.VITE_GEMINI_API_KEY ||
+    import.meta.env.GEMINI_API_KEY ||
+    (process.env as any).GEMINI_API_KEY ||
+    '';
+
   if (!apiKey) {
-    throw new Error('Gemini API Key not found. Please set GEMINI_API_KEY in .env or GEMINI_API_KEY in localStorage.');
+    console.error('No Gemini API Key found in env or storage');
+    throw new Error('Gemini API Key not found. Please set VITE_GEMINI_API_KEY in .env or GEMINI_API_KEY in localStorage.');
   }
 
   const response = await fetch(`https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.0-flash-exp:generateContent?key=${apiKey}`, {