diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a696b6a7..154a6970 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.36"
+  ".": "0.1.0-alpha.37"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bacdf631..f2be2b93 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.0-alpha.37 (2024-11-12)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.36...v0.1.0-alpha.37](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.36...v0.1.0-alpha.37)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **client:** no panic on missing BaseURL ([#121](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/issues/121)) ([1a8b841](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/commit/1a8b8415caabf9e4f33fc2b095b31dd926376b47))
+
 ## 0.1.0-alpha.36 (2024-11-11)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.1.0-alpha.35...v0.1.0-alpha.36](https://github.com/openai/openai-go/compare/v0.1.0-alpha.35...v0.1.0-alpha.36)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17586301..4edcf3f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Or to pin the version:
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```sh
-go get -u 'github.com/openai/openai-go@v0.1.0-alpha.36'
+go get -u 'github.com/openai/openai-go@v0.1.0-alpha.37'
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/internal/requestconfig/requestconfig.go b/internal/requestconfig/requestconfig.go
index 62e79567..1e461934 100644
--- a/internal/requestconfig/requestconfig.go
+++ b/internal/requestconfig/requestconfig.go
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ func retryDelay(res *http.Response, retryCount int) time.Duration {
 }
 
 func (cfg *RequestConfig) Execute() (err error) {
+	if cfg.BaseURL == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("requestconfig: base url is not set")
+	}
+
 	cfg.Request.URL, err = cfg.BaseURL.Parse(strings.TrimLeft(cfg.Request.URL.String(), "/"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/version.go b/internal/version.go
index db5fd45d..8366a3cc 100644
--- a/internal/version.go
+++ b/internal/version.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 package internal
 
-const PackageVersion = "0.1.0-alpha.36" // x-release-please-version
+const PackageVersion = "0.1.0-alpha.37" // x-release-please-version