diff --git a/llms/googleai/googleai_llm.go b/llms/googleai/googleai_llm.go
index 0dc0859d4..5faaea717 100644
--- a/llms/googleai/googleai_llm.go
+++ b/llms/googleai/googleai_llm.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func (g *GoogleAI) GenerateContent(ctx context.Context, messages []llms.MessageC
 	model.SetTemperature(float32(opts.Temperature))
 	model.SetTopP(float32(opts.TopP))
 	model.SetTopK(int32(opts.TopK))
+	model.StopSequences = opts.StopWords
 
 	var response *llms.ContentResponse
 	var err error
@@ -120,14 +121,16 @@ func convertCandidates(candidates []*genai.Candidate) (*llms.ContentResponse, er
 	for _, candidate := range candidates {
 		buf := strings.Builder{}
 
-		for _, part := range candidate.Content.Parts {
-			if v, ok := part.(genai.Text); ok {
-				_, err := buf.WriteString(string(v))
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
+		if candidate.Content != nil {
+			for _, part := range candidate.Content.Parts {
+				if v, ok := part.(genai.Text); ok {
+					_, err := buf.WriteString(string(v))
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, err
+					}
+				} else {
+					return nil, ErrUnknownPartInResponse
 				}
-			} else {
-				return nil, ErrUnknownPartInResponse
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/llms/googleai/googleai_llm_test.go b/llms/googleai/googleai_llm_test.go
index e1fc53b55..5c79cb267 100644
--- a/llms/googleai/googleai_llm_test.go
+++ b/llms/googleai/googleai_llm_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestMultiContentText(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, rsp.Choices)
 	c1 := rsp.Choices[0]
-	assert.Regexp(t, "dog|canid|canine", strings.ToLower(c1.Content))
+	assert.Regexp(t, "(?i)dog|canid|canine", c1.Content)
 }
 
 func TestMultiContentTextStream(t *testing.T) {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestMultiContentTextChatSequence(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, rsp.Choices)
 	c1 := rsp.Choices[0]
-	assert.Regexp(t, "spain.*larger", strings.ToLower(c1.Content))
+	assert.Regexp(t, "(?i)spain.*larger", c1.Content)
 }
 
 func TestMultiContentImage(t *testing.T) {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestMultiContentImage(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, rsp.Choices)
 	c1 := rsp.Choices[0]
-	assert.Regexp(t, "parrot", strings.ToLower(c1.Content))
+	assert.Regexp(t, "(?i)parrot", c1.Content)
 }
 
 func TestEmbeddings(t *testing.T) {
@@ -147,3 +147,44 @@ func TestEmbeddings(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, res[0])
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, res[1])
 }
+
+func TestMaxTokensSetting(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	llm := newClient(t)
+
+	parts := []llms.ContentPart{
+		llms.TextContent{Text: "I'm a pomeranian"},
+		llms.TextContent{Text: "Describe my taxonomy, health and care"},
+	}
+	content := []llms.MessageContent{
+		{
+			Role:  schema.ChatMessageTypeHuman,
+			Parts: parts,
+		},
+	}
+
+	// First, try this with a very low MaxTokens setting for such a query; expect
+	// a stop reason that max of tokens was reached.
+	{
+		rsp, err := llm.GenerateContent(context.Background(), content,
+			llms.WithMaxTokens(16))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, rsp.Choices)
+		c1 := rsp.Choices[0]
+		assert.Regexp(t, "(?i)MaxTokens", c1.StopReason)
+	}
+
+	// Now, try it again with a much larger MaxTokens setting and expect to
+	// finish successfully and generate a response.
+	{
+		rsp, err := llm.GenerateContent(context.Background(), content,
+			llms.WithMaxTokens(2048))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, rsp.Choices)
+		c1 := rsp.Choices[0]
+		assert.Regexp(t, "(?i)stop", c1.StopReason)
+		assert.Regexp(t, "(?i)dog|canid|canine", c1.Content)
+	}
+}