diff --git a/lib/language-inference-engine.js b/lib/language-inference-engine.js
index 0cde9f6..b40340f 100644
--- a/lib/language-inference-engine.js
+++ b/lib/language-inference-engine.js
@@ -196,9 +196,10 @@ var ENGINE_PROFILES = {
         },
         "url": "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent?key={apikey}",
         "wrap": function(model, message, temperature) {
+            const BIAS_MESSAGE = BIAS_MESSAGE
             return {
                 "contents": [{
-                    "role": "user", // Changed "developer" to "user" for the initial prompt.  The overall prompt is still intended to guide the model, so this is reasonable.
+                    "role": "system",
                     "parts": [{
                         "text": BIAS_MESSAGE
                     }]
@@ -214,7 +215,6 @@ var ENGINE_PROFILES = {
             };
         },
         "callback": function(response) {
-            response = JSON.parse(response)
             if ("error" in response) {
                 return ["Error: " + response.error.message];
             } else {
@@ -531,6 +531,14 @@ function LanguageInferenceEngine() {
             .send()
             .responseBody;
 
+            if(typeof response === 'string'){
+                try {
+                    response = JSON.parse(response)
+                } catch (e) {
+                    return ["Error: Malformed response"];
+                }
+            }
+        
         return callback(response);
     };
 }