diff --git a/packages/components/nodes/llms/GoogleVertexAI/GoogleVertexAI.ts b/packages/components/nodes/llms/GoogleVertexAI/GoogleVertexAI.ts
index 4d9b3aeda..ef04883b5 100644
--- a/packages/components/nodes/llms/GoogleVertexAI/GoogleVertexAI.ts
+++ b/packages/components/nodes/llms/GoogleVertexAI/GoogleVertexAI.ts
@@ -80,20 +80,32 @@ class GoogleVertexAI_LLMs implements INode {
 
     async init(nodeData: INodeData, _: string, options: ICommonObject): Promise<any> {
         const credentialData = await getCredentialData(nodeData.credential ?? '', options)
+        const skipExtraCredentialFile = getCredentialParam('skipExtraCredentialFile', credentialData, nodeData)
         const googleApplicationCredentialFilePath = getCredentialParam('googleApplicationCredentialFilePath', credentialData, nodeData)
         const googleApplicationCredential = getCredentialParam('googleApplicationCredential', credentialData, nodeData)
         const projectID = getCredentialParam('projectID', credentialData, nodeData)
 
-        if (!googleApplicationCredentialFilePath && !googleApplicationCredential)
+        
+        if (!skipExtraCredentialFile && !googleApplicationCredentialFilePath && !googleApplicationCredential)
             throw new Error('Please specify your Google Application Credential')
-        if (googleApplicationCredentialFilePath && googleApplicationCredential)
-            throw new Error('Please use either Google Application Credential File Path or Google Credential JSON Object')
+        const inputs = [
+            googleApplicationCredentialFilePath, 
+            googleApplicationCredential, 
+            skipExtraCredentialFile
+        ];
+        
+        if (inputs.filter(Boolean).length > 1) {
+            throw new Error('Error: More than one component has been inputted. Please use only one of the following: Google Application Credential File Path, Google Credential JSON Object, or Skip Extra Credential File.')
+        }
 
         const authOptions: GoogleAuthOptions = {}
-        if (googleApplicationCredentialFilePath && !googleApplicationCredential) authOptions.keyFile = googleApplicationCredentialFilePath
-        else if (!googleApplicationCredentialFilePath && googleApplicationCredential)
-            authOptions.credentials = JSON.parse(googleApplicationCredential)
-        if (projectID) authOptions.projectId = projectID
+        if (!skipExtraCredentialFile){
+            if (googleApplicationCredentialFilePath && !googleApplicationCredential) authOptions.keyFile = googleApplicationCredentialFilePath
+            else if (!googleApplicationCredentialFilePath && googleApplicationCredential)
+                authOptions.credentials = JSON.parse(googleApplicationCredential)
+
+            if (projectID) authOptions.projectId = projectID
+        }
 
         const temperature = nodeData.inputs?.temperature as string
         const modelName = nodeData.inputs?.modelName as string
@@ -103,9 +115,10 @@ class GoogleVertexAI_LLMs implements INode {
         const obj: Partial<GoogleVertexAITextInput> = {
             temperature: parseFloat(temperature),
             model: modelName,
-            authOptions
         }
 
+        if (authOptions) obj.authOptions = authOptions
+
         if (maxOutputTokens) obj.maxOutputTokens = parseInt(maxOutputTokens, 10)
         if (topP) obj.topP = parseFloat(topP)