diff --git a/src/vanna/base/base.py b/src/vanna/base/base.py
index 292b2839..119bd622 100644
--- a/src/vanna/base/base.py
+++ b/src/vanna/base/base.py
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ def ask(
         question: Union[str, None] = None,
         print_results: bool = True,
         auto_train: bool = True,
+        visualize: bool = True, # if False, will not generate plotly code
     ) -> Union[
         Tuple[
             Union[str, None],
@@ -499,7 +500,7 @@ def ask(
 
         if print_results:
             try:
-                Code = __import__("IPython.display", fromlist=["Code"]).Code
+                Code = __import__("IPython.display", fromList=["Code"]).Code
                 display(Code(sql))
             except Exception as e:
                 print(sql)
@@ -515,19 +516,12 @@ def ask(
                 return sql, None, None
 
         try:
-            if self.is_sql_valid(sql) is False:
-                print("SQL is not valid, please try again.")
-                if print_results:
-                    return None
-                else:
-                    return sql, None, None
-
             df = self.run_sql(sql)
 
             if print_results:
                 try:
                     display = __import__(
-                        "IPython.display", fromlist=["display"]
+                        "IPython.display", fromList=["display"]
                     ).display
                     display(df)
                 except Exception as e:
@@ -535,32 +529,33 @@ def ask(
 
             if len(df) > 0 and auto_train:
                 self.add_question_sql(question=question, sql=sql)
-
-            try:
-                plotly_code = self.generate_plotly_code(
-                    question=question,
-                    sql=sql,
-                    df_metadata=f"Running df.dtypes gives:\n {df.dtypes}",
-                )
-                fig = self.get_plotly_figure(plotly_code=plotly_code, df=df)
-                if print_results:
-                    try:
-                        display = __import__(
-                            "IPython.display", fromlist=["display"]
-                        ).display
-                        Image = __import__("IPython.display", fromlist=["Image"]).Image
-                        img_bytes = fig.to_image(format="png", scale=2)
-                        display(Image(img_bytes))
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        fig.show()
-            except Exception as e:
-                # Print stack trace
-                traceback.print_exc()
-                print("Couldn't run plotly code: ", e)
-                if print_results:
-                    return None
-                else:
-                    return sql, df, None
+            # Only generate plotly code if visualize is True
+            if visualize:
+                try:
+                    plotly_code = self.generate_plotly_code(
+                        question=question,
+                        sql=sql,
+                        df_metadata=f"Running df.dtypes gives:\n {df.dtypes}",
+                    )
+                    fig = self.get_plotly_figure(plotly_code=plotly_code, df=df)
+                    if print_results:
+                        try:
+                            display = __import__(
+                                "IPython.display", fromlist=["display"]
+                            ).display
+                            Image = __import__("IPython.display", fromlist=["Image"]).Image
+                            img_bytes = fig.to_image(format="png", scale=2)
+                            display(Image(img_bytes))
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            fig.show()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    # Print stack trace
+                    traceback.print_exc()
+                    print("Couldn't run plotly code: ", e)
+                    if print_results:
+                        return None
+                    else:
+                        return sql, df, None
 
         except Exception as e:
             print("Couldn't run sql: ", e)