diff --git a/packages/components/nodes/utilities/CustomFunction/CustomFunction.ts b/packages/components/nodes/utilities/CustomFunction/CustomFunction.ts
index 3dbb7c7d..4ab2a6f2 100644
--- a/packages/components/nodes/utilities/CustomFunction/CustomFunction.ts
+++ b/packages/components/nodes/utilities/CustomFunction/CustomFunction.ts
@@ -52,11 +52,19 @@ class CustomFunction_Utilities implements INode {
                 label: 'Output',
                 name: 'output',
                 baseClasses: ['string', 'number', 'boolean', 'json', 'array']
+            },
+            {
+                label: 'Ending Node',
+                name: 'EndingNode',
+                baseClasses: [this.type]
             }
         ]
     }
 
     async init(nodeData: INodeData, input: string, options: ICommonObject): Promise<any> {
+        const isEndingNode = nodeData?.outputs?.output === 'EndingNode'
+        if (isEndingNode && !options.isRun) return // prevent running both init and run twice
+
         const javascriptFunction = nodeData.inputs?.javascriptFunction as string
         const functionInputVariablesRaw = nodeData.inputs?.functionInputVariables
         const appDataSource = options.appDataSource as DataSource
@@ -123,7 +131,8 @@ class CustomFunction_Utilities implements INode {
         const vm = new NodeVM(nodeVMOptions)
         try {
             const response = await vm.run(`module.exports = async function() {${javascriptFunction}}()`, __dirname)
-            if (typeof response === 'string') {
+
+            if (typeof response === 'string' && !isEndingNode) {
                 return handleEscapeCharacters(response, false)
             }
             return response
@@ -131,6 +140,10 @@ class CustomFunction_Utilities implements INode {
             throw new Error(e)
         }
     }
+
+    async run(nodeData: INodeData, input: string, options: ICommonObject): Promise<string> {
+        return await this.init(nodeData, input, { ...options, isRun: true })
+    }
 }
 
 module.exports = { nodeClass: CustomFunction_Utilities }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/index.ts b/packages/server/src/index.ts
index 0adad721..76e48e58 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/index.ts
@@ -465,8 +465,12 @@ export class App {
                 const endingNodeData = endingNode.data
                 if (!endingNodeData) return res.status(500).send(`Ending node ${endingNode.id} data not found`)
 
-                if (endingNodeData && endingNodeData.category !== 'Chains' && endingNodeData.category !== 'Agents') {
-                    return res.status(500).send(`Ending node must be either a Chain or Agent`)
+                const isEndingNode = endingNodeData?.outputs?.output === 'EndingNode'
+
+                if (!isEndingNode) {
+                    if (endingNodeData && endingNodeData.category !== 'Chains' && endingNodeData.category !== 'Agents') {
+                        return res.status(500).send(`Ending node must be either a Chain or Agent`)
+                    }
                 }
 
                 isStreaming = isFlowValidForStream(nodes, endingNodeData)
@@ -1665,20 +1669,20 @@ export class App {
                     const endingNodeData = endingNode.data
                     if (!endingNodeData) return res.status(500).send(`Ending node ${endingNode.id} data not found`)
 
-                    if (endingNodeData && endingNodeData.category !== 'Chains' && endingNodeData.category !== 'Agents') {
-                        return res.status(500).send(`Ending node must be either a Chain or Agent`)
-                    }
+                    const isEndingNode = endingNodeData?.outputs?.output === 'EndingNode'
 
-                    if (
-                        endingNodeData.outputs &&
-                        Object.keys(endingNodeData.outputs).length &&
-                        !Object.values(endingNodeData.outputs).includes(endingNodeData.name)
-                    ) {
-                        return res
-                            .status(500)
-                            .send(
-                                `Output of ${endingNodeData.label} (${endingNodeData.id}) must be ${endingNodeData.label}, can't be an Output Prediction`
-                            )
+                    if (!isEndingNode) {
+                        if (endingNodeData && endingNodeData.category !== 'Chains' && endingNodeData.category !== 'Agents') {
+                            return res.status(500).send(`Ending node must be either a Chain or Agent`)
+                        }
+
+                        if (!Object.values(endingNodeData.outputs ?? {}).includes(endingNodeData.name)) {
+                            return res
+                                .status(500)
+                                .send(
+                                    `Output of ${endingNodeData.label} (${endingNodeData.id}) must be ${endingNodeData.label}, can't be an Output Prediction`
+                                )
+                        }
                     }
 
                     isStreamValid = isFlowValidForStream(nodes, endingNodeData)