diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 1fc5acb..67b1764 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export const getBaseApiReact = (customApi?: string) => {
     return customApi;
   }
 
-  if (globalApiKey) {
+  if (globalApiKey?.url) {
     return globalApiKey?.url;
   } else {
     return groupApi;
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ export const getBaseApiReactSocket = (customApi?: string) => {
     return customApi;
   }
 
-  if (globalApiKey) {
+  if (globalApiKey?.url) {
     return `${
       getProtocol(globalApiKey?.url) === "http" ? "ws://" : "wss://"
     }${cleanUrl(globalApiKey?.url)}`;
diff --git a/src/background.ts b/src/background.ts
index 0f27c81..5534aa1 100644
--- a/src/background.ts
+++ b/src/background.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export const getBaseApi = async (customApi?: string) => {
   }
 
   const apiKey = await getApiKeyFromStorage(); // Retrieve apiKey asynchronously
-  if (apiKey) {
+  if (apiKey?.url) {
     return apiKey?.url;
   } else {
     return groupApi;
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ export const getBaseApi = async (customApi?: string) => {
 };
 export const isUsingLocal = async () => {
   const apiKey = await getApiKeyFromStorage(); // Retrieve apiKey asynchronously
-  if (apiKey) {
+  if (apiKey?.url) {
     return true;
   } else {
     return false;
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export const createEndpoint = async (endpoint, customApi?: string) => {
 
   const apiKey = await getApiKeyFromStorage(); // Retrieve apiKey asynchronously
 
-  if (apiKey) {
+  if (apiKey?.url) {
     // Check if the endpoint already contains a query string
     const separator = endpoint.includes("?") ? "&" : "?";
     return `${apiKey?.url}${endpoint}${separator}apiKey=${apiKey?.apikey}`;