diff --git a/autogpt/app.py b/autogpt/app.py
index e7b16adc0b7c..62a6848e2735 100644
--- a/autogpt/app.py
+++ b/autogpt/app.py
@@ -125,10 +125,11 @@ def execute_command(command_name: str, arguments):
             key = CFG.google_api_key
             if key and key.strip() and key != "your-google-api-key":
                 google_result = google_official_search(arguments["input"])
+                return google_result
             else:
                 google_result = google_search(arguments["input"])
-            safe_message = google_result.encode("utf-8", "ignore")
-            return str(safe_message)
+                safe_message = google_result.encode("utf-8", "ignore")
+                return str(safe_message)
         elif command_name == "memory_add":
             return memory.add(arguments["string"])
         elif command_name == "start_agent":