diff --git a/lucknowllm/models/gemini_model.py b/lucknowllm/models/gemini_model.py
index 95c8f61..9f925e0 100644
--- a/lucknowllm/models/gemini_model.py
+++ b/lucknowllm/models/gemini_model.py
@@ -1,42 +1,111 @@
 import google.generativeai as genai
+from typing import Union, List, Dict, Optional
 
 class GeminiModel:
-    def __init__(self, api_key, model_name):
-        # Configure the API with the provided key
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        api_key: str,
+        model_name: str = "gemini-1.0-pro",
+        generation_config: Optional[Dict] = None,
+        safety_settings: Optional[List] = None,
+    ):
+        """
+        Initializes the Gemini model with optional generation and safety configurations.
+
+        Args:
+            api_key (str): Google Generative AI API key.
+            model_name (str): Name of the Gemini model (e.g., "gemini-1.0-pro").
+            generation_config (dict, optional): Custom generation configuration parameters.
+            safety_settings (list, optional): Custom safety configuration list.
+        """
+        # Configure API
         genai.configure(api_key=api_key)
-        
-        # Default configuration settings; can be customized further if needed
-        generation_config = {
+
+        # Default generation config (fallback)
+        default_generation_config = {
             "temperature": 0,
             "top_p": 1,
             "top_k": 1,
             "max_output_tokens": 30720,
         }
-        
-        safety_settings = [
+
+        # Default safety settings (fallback)
+        default_safety_settings = [
             {"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_HARASSMENT", "threshold": "BLOCK_ONLY_HIGH"},
             {"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_HATE_SPEECH", "threshold": "BLOCK_ONLY_HIGH"},
             {"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_SEXUALLY_EXPLICIT", "threshold": "BLOCK_ONLY_HIGH"},
             {"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_DANGEROUS_CONTENT", "threshold": "BLOCK_ONLY_HIGH"},
         ]
-        
-        # Set up the model with the provided model name
-        self.model = genai.GenerativeModel(model_name=model_name,
-                                           generation_config=generation_config,
-                                           safety_settings=safety_settings)
-
-    def generate_content(self, prompts):
-        # Generate content based on the provided prompts
-        response = self.model.generate_content([prompts])
-        return response.text
-
-
-# # Example usage:
-# if __name__ == "__main__":
-#     api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
-#     model_name = "gemini-1.0-pro"
-    
-#     gen_ai_model = GeminiModel(api_key, model_name)
-#     prompts = ["hey Hi"]
-#     response_text = gen_ai_model.generate_content(prompts)
-#     print(response_text)
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+
+        # Use user-provided or default settings
+        self.model = genai.GenerativeModel(
+            model_name=model_name,
+            generation_config=generation_config or default_generation_config,
+            safety_settings=safety_settings or default_safety_settings,
+        )
+
+    def generate_content(self, prompts: Union[str, List[str]]) -> str:
+        """
+        Generate text or content based on the provided prompts.
+
+        Args:
+            prompts (str | list[str]): The input text prompt(s).
+
+        Returns:
+            str: The generated response text.
+        """
+        # Ensure prompts are in a list format for the API
+        if isinstance(prompts, str):
+            prompts = [prompts]
+            
+        try:
+            response = self.model.generate_content(prompts)
+            return response.text
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"An error occurred during content generation: {e}")
+            # Depending on desired error handling, you might want to return None,
+            # an empty string, or re-raise the exception.
+            return ""
+
+
+# Example usage:
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # --- IMPORTANT ---
+    # Replace "YOUR_API_KEY" with your actual Google Generative AI API key
+    # It's best practice to load this from an environment variable or a
+    # secure config file instead of hardcoding it.
+    API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY" 
+
+    if API_KEY == "YOUR_API_KEY":
+        print("Please replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with your actual API key to run the example.")
+    else:
+        # --- Example 1: Using default settings ---
+        print("--- Running with default settings ---")
+        try:
+            default_gemini = GeminiModel(api_key=API_KEY, model_name="gemini-1.5-flash")
+            response_default = default_gemini.generate_content("Hello! Write a one-sentence greeting.")
+            print(f"Default Response: {response_default}\n")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error with default settings: {e}\n")
+
+        # --- Example 2: Custom configuration ---
+        print("--- Running with custom settings ---")
+        try:
+            # Example: Custom configuration for more creative output
+            custom_gen_config = {"temperature": 0.8, "max_output_tokens": 512}
+            
+            # Example: Custom safety settings (use with caution)
+            # This example blocks nothing.
+            custom_safety = [{"category": "HARM_CATEGORY_HATE_SPEECH", "threshold": "BLOCK_NONE"}]
+            
+            custom_gemini = GeminiModel(
+                api_key=API_KEY,
+                model_name="gemini-1.5-flash",
+                generation_config=custom_gen_config,
+                safety_settings=custom_safety
+            )
+            
+            response_custom = custom_gemini.generate_content("Write a poetic, one-sentence introduction to AI.")
+            print(f"Custom Response: {response_custom}\n")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error with custom settings: {e}\n")