diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/processing/process.py b/src/backend/langflow/processing/process.py
index 760f73723..e4ae33d27 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/processing/process.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/processing/process.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from langflow.interface.run import (
 from langflow.utils.logger import logger
 from langflow.graph import Graph
 
-
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 
@@ -179,23 +178,61 @@ def load_flow_from_json(
     return graph
 
 
-def process_tweaks(graph_data: Dict, tweaks: Dict):
-    """This function is used to tweak the graph data using the node id and the tweaks dict"""
-    # the tweaks dict is a dict of dicts
-    # the key is the node id and the value is a dict of the tweaks
-    # the dict of tweaks contains the name of a certain parameter and the value to be tweaked
+def validate_input(
+    graph_data: Dict[str, Any], tweaks: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]
+) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    if not isinstance(graph_data, dict) or not isinstance(tweaks, dict):
+        raise ValueError("graph_data and tweaks should be dictionaries")
+
+    nodes = graph_data.get("data", {}).get("nodes") or graph_data.get("nodes")
+
+    if not isinstance(nodes, list):
+        raise ValueError(
+            "graph_data should contain a list of nodes under 'data' key or directly under 'nodes' key"
+        )
+
+    return nodes
+
+
+def apply_tweaks(node: Dict[str, Any], node_tweaks: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    template_data = node.get("data", {}).get("node", {}).get("template")
+
+    if not isinstance(template_data, dict):
+        logger.warning(
+            f"Template data for node {node.get('id')} should be a dictionary"
+        )
+        return
+
+    for tweak_name, tweak_value in node_tweaks.items():
+        if tweak_name and tweak_value and tweak_name in template_data:
+            template_data[tweak_name]["value"] = tweak_value
+
+
+def process_tweaks(
+    graph_data: Dict[str, Any], tweaks: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    This function is used to tweak the graph data using the node id and the tweaks dict.
+
+    :param graph_data: The dictionary containing the graph data. It must contain a 'data' key with
+                       'nodes' as its child or directly contain 'nodes' key. Each node should have an 'id' and 'data'.
+    :param tweaks: A dictionary where the key is the node id and the value is a dictionary of the tweaks.
+                   The inner dictionary contains the name of a certain parameter as the key and the value to be tweaked.
+
+    :return: The modified graph_data dictionary.
+
+    :raises ValueError: If the input is not in the expected format.
+    """
+    nodes = validate_input(graph_data, tweaks)
 
-    # We need to process the graph data to add the tweaks
-    if "data" not in graph_data and "nodes" in graph_data:
-        nodes = graph_data["nodes"]
-    else:
-        nodes = graph_data["data"]["nodes"]
     for node in nodes:
-        node_id = node["id"]
-        if node_id in tweaks:
-            node_tweaks = tweaks[node_id]
-            template_data = node["data"]["node"]["template"]
-            for tweak_name, tweake_value in node_tweaks.items():
-                if tweak_name in template_data:
-                    template_data[tweak_name]["value"] = tweake_value
+        if isinstance(node, dict) and isinstance(node.get("id"), str):
+            node_id = node["id"]
+            if node_tweaks := tweaks.get(node_id):
+                apply_tweaks(node, node_tweaks)
+        else:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Each node should be a dictionary with an 'id' key of type str"
+            )
+
     return graph_data