diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/mistral.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/mistral.py
index d5fb967f0..ed66ab529 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/mistral.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/mistral.py
@@ -46,41 +46,69 @@ class MistralAIModelComponent(LCModelComponent):
             display_name="Mistral API Key",
             info="The Mistral API Key to use for the Mistral model.",
             advanced=False,
+            required=True,
+            value="MISTRAL_API_KEY",
+        ),
+        FloatInput(
+            name="temperature",
+            display_name="Temperature",
+            advanced=False,
+            value=0.5,
+        ),
+        IntInput(
+            name="max_retries",
+            display_name="Max Retries",
+            advanced=True,
+            value=5,
+        ),
+        IntInput(
+            name="timeout",
+            display_name="Timeout",
+            advanced=True,
+            value=60,
+        ),
+        IntInput(
+            name="max_concurrent_requests",
+            display_name="Max Concurrent Requests",
+            advanced=True,
+            value=3,
+        ),
+        FloatInput(
+            name="top_p",
+            display_name="Top P",
+            advanced=True,
+            value=1,
+        ),
+        IntInput(
+            name="random_seed",
+            display_name="Random Seed",
+            value=1,
+            advanced=True,
+        ),
+        BoolInput(
+            name="safe_mode",
+            display_name="Safe Mode",
+            advanced=True,
+            value=False,
         ),
-        FloatInput(name="temperature", display_name="Temperature", advanced=False, value=0.5),
-        IntInput(name="max_retries", display_name="Max Retries", advanced=True, value=5),
-        IntInput(name="timeout", display_name="Timeout", advanced=True, value=60),
-        IntInput(name="max_concurrent_requests", display_name="Max Concurrent Requests", advanced=True, value=3),
-        FloatInput(name="top_p", display_name="Top P", advanced=True, value=1),
-        IntInput(name="random_seed", display_name="Random Seed", value=1, advanced=True),
-        BoolInput(name="safe_mode", display_name="Safe Mode", advanced=True),
     ]
 
     def build_model(self) -> LanguageModel:  # type: ignore[type-var]
-        mistral_api_key = self.api_key
-        temperature = self.temperature
-        model_name = self.model_name
-        max_tokens = self.max_tokens
-        mistral_api_base = self.mistral_api_base or "https://api.mistral.ai/v1"
-        max_retries = self.max_retries
-        timeout = self.timeout
-        max_concurrent_requests = self.max_concurrent_requests
-        top_p = self.top_p
-        random_seed = self.random_seed
-        safe_mode = self.safe_mode
-
-        api_key = SecretStr(mistral_api_key).get_secret_value() if mistral_api_key else None
-
-        return ChatMistralAI(
-            max_tokens=max_tokens or None,
-            model_name=model_name,
-            endpoint=mistral_api_base,
-            api_key=api_key,
-            temperature=temperature,
-            max_retries=max_retries,
-            timeout=timeout,
-            max_concurrent_requests=max_concurrent_requests,
-            top_p=top_p,
-            random_seed=random_seed,
-            safe_mode=safe_mode,
-        )
+        try:
+            return ChatMistralAI(
+                model_name=self.model_name,
+                mistral_api_key=SecretStr(self.api_key).get_secret_value() if self.api_key else None,
+                endpoint=self.mistral_api_base or "https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
+                max_tokens=self.max_tokens or None,
+                temperature=self.temperature,
+                max_retries=self.max_retries,
+                timeout=self.timeout,
+                max_concurrent_requests=self.max_concurrent_requests,
+                top_p=self.top_p,
+                random_seed=self.random_seed,
+                safe_mode=self.safe_mode,
+                streaming=self.stream,
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            msg = "Could not connect to MistralAI API."
+            raise ValueError(msg) from e