diff --git a/ra_aid/agent_utils.py b/ra_aid/agent_utils.py
index c272839..18ed975 100644
--- a/ra_aid/agent_utils.py
+++ b/ra_aid/agent_utils.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ from ra_aid.console.formatting import print_error, print_stage_header
 from ra_aid.console.output import print_agent_output
 from ra_aid.exceptions import (
     AgentInterrupt,
-    ToolExecutionError,
     FallbackToolExecutionError,
+    ToolExecutionError,
 )
 from ra_aid.fallback_handler import FallbackHandler
 from ra_aid.logging_config import get_logger
@@ -846,12 +846,29 @@ def get_agent_type(agent: RAgents) -> Literal["CiaynAgent", "React"]:
     Determines the type of the agent.
     Returns "CiaynAgent" if agent is an instance of CiaynAgent, otherwise "React".
     """
-
+    
     if isinstance(agent, CiaynAgent):
         return "CiaynAgent"
     else:
         return "React"
 
+def _handle_fallback_response(
+    error: ToolExecutionError,
+    fallback_handler,
+    agent: RAgents,
+    agent_type: str,
+    msg_list: list
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Handle fallback response by invoking fallback_handler and updating msg_list.
+    """
+    if not fallback_handler:
+        return
+    fallback_response = fallback_handler.handle_failure(error, agent)
+    if fallback_response and agent_type == "React":
+        msg_list_response = [SystemMessage(str(msg)) for msg in fallback_response]
+        msg_list.extend(msg_list_response)
+
 
 def _run_agent_stream(agent: RAgents, msg_list: list[BaseMessage], config: dict):
     for chunk in agent.stream({"messages": msg_list}, config):
@@ -904,16 +921,7 @@ def run_agent_with_retry(
                     logger.debug("Agent run completed successfully")
                     return "Agent run completed successfully"
                 except ToolExecutionError as e:
-                    if not fallback_handler:
-                        continue
-
-                    fallback_response = fallback_handler.handle_failure(e, agent)
-                    if fallback_response:
-                        if agent_type == "React":
-                            msg_list_response = [
-                                SystemMessage(str(msg)) for msg in fallback_response
-                            ]
-                            msg_list.extend(msg_list_response)
+                    _handle_fallback_response(e, fallback_handler, agent, agent_type, msg_list)
                     continue
                 except FallbackToolExecutionError as e:
                     msg_list.append(
diff --git a/ra_aid/agents/ciayn_agent.py b/ra_aid/agents/ciayn_agent.py
index 1f2cb46..aa2b3ce 100644
--- a/ra_aid/agents/ciayn_agent.py
+++ b/ra_aid/agents/ciayn_agent.py
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ from langchain_core.language_models import BaseChatModel
 from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, BaseMessage, HumanMessage, SystemMessage
 from langchain_core.tools import BaseTool
 
-from ra_aid.logging_config import get_logger
-from ra_aid.tools.expert import get_model
-from ra_aid.prompts import CIAYN_AGENT_BASE_PROMPT, EXTRACT_TOOL_CALL_PROMPT
+from ra_aid.config import DEFAULT_MAX_TOOL_FAILURES
 from ra_aid.console.output import cpm
 from ra_aid.exceptions import ToolExecutionError
 from ra_aid.fallback_handler import FallbackHandler
+from ra_aid.logging_config import get_logger
 from ra_aid.models_params import DEFAULT_TOKEN_LIMIT
+from ra_aid.prompts import CIAYN_AGENT_BASE_PROMPT, EXTRACT_TOOL_CALL_PROMPT
+from ra_aid.tools.expert import get_model
 from ra_aid.tools.reflection import get_function_info
-from ra_aid.config import DEFAULT_MAX_TOOL_FAILURES
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class CiaynAgent:
         return initial_messages + chat_history
 
     def stream(
-        self, messages_dict: Dict[str, List[Any]], config: Dict[str, Any] = None
+        self, messages_dict: Dict[str, List[Any]], _config: Dict[str, Any] = None
     ) -> Generator[Dict[str, Any], None, None]:
         """Stream agent responses in a format compatible with print_agent_output."""
         initial_messages = messages_dict.get("messages", [])
diff --git a/ra_aid/agents_alias.py b/ra_aid/agents_alias.py
index d3e74c0..2cf6077 100644
--- a/ra_aid/agents_alias.py
+++ b/ra_aid/agents_alias.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-from langgraph.graph.graph import CompiledGraph
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from langgraph.graph.graph import CompiledGraph
+
 # Unfortunately need this to avoid Circular Imports
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ra_aid.agents.ciayn_agent import CiaynAgent
diff --git a/ra_aid/fallback_handler.py b/ra_aid/fallback_handler.py
index b42da97..86c4ab8 100644
--- a/ra_aid/fallback_handler.py
+++ b/ra_aid/fallback_handler.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from ra_aid.config import (
     RETRY_FALLBACK_COUNT,
 )
 from ra_aid.console.output import cpm
-from ra_aid.exceptions import ToolExecutionError, FallbackToolExecutionError
+from ra_aid.exceptions import FallbackToolExecutionError, ToolExecutionError
 from ra_aid.llm import initialize_llm, validate_provider_env
 from ra_aid.logging_config import get_logger
 from ra_aid.tool_configs import get_all_tools
@@ -383,3 +383,13 @@ class FallbackHandler:
         ):
             tool_calls = response.get("additional_kwargs").get("tool_calls")
         return tool_calls
+
+    def handle_failure_response(self, error: ToolExecutionError, agent, agent_type: str):
+        """
+        Handle a tool failure by calling handle_failure and, if a fallback response is returned and the agent type is "React",
+        return a list of SystemMessage objects wrapping each message from the fallback response.
+        """
+        fallback_response = self.handle_failure(error, agent)
+        if fallback_response and agent_type == "React":
+            return [SystemMessage(str(msg)) for msg in fallback_response]
+        return None