diff --git a/openAIChat.m b/openAIChat.m
index 54db2a0..55c19a5 100644
--- a/openAIChat.m
+++ b/openAIChat.m
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ function mustBeValidFunctionCall(this, functionCall)
                 if ~isempty(this.Tools) 
                     toolChoice = "auto";
                 end
-            elseif ToolChoice ~= "auto"
-                % if toolChoice is not empty, then it must be in the format
+            elseif ~ismember(ToolChoice,["auto","none"])
+                % if toolChoice is not empty, then it must be "auto", "none" or in the format
                 % {"type": "function", "function": {"name": "my_function"}}
                 toolChoice = struct("type","function","function",struct("name",toolChoice));
             end