diff --git a/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/graph_transformers/relik.py b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/graph_transformers/relik.py
index 94eeab10fa41a..a1e7dd0f6b072 100644
--- a/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/graph_transformers/relik.py
+++ b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/graph_transformers/relik.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import List, Sequence
+import logging
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Sequence
 
 from langchain_community.graphs.graph_document import GraphDocument, Node, Relationship
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
@@ -22,23 +23,33 @@ class RelikGraphTransformer:
         model (str): The name of the pretrained Relik model to use.
           Default is "relik-ie/relik-relation-extraction-small-wikipedia".
         relationship_confidence_threshold (float): The confidence threshold for
-          filtering relationships. Default is 0.0.
+          filtering relationships. Default is 0.1.
+        model_config (Dict[str, any]): Additional configuration options for the
+          Relik model. Default is an empty dictionary.
+        ignore_self_loops (bool): Whether to ignore relationships where the
+          source and target nodes are the same. Default is True.
     """
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        model: str = "relik-ie/relik-relation-extraction-small-wikipedia",
-        relationship_confidence_threshold: float = 0.0,
+        model: str = "relik-ie/relik-relation-extraction-small",
+        relationship_confidence_threshold: float = 0.1,
+        model_config: Dict[str, Any] = {},
+        ignore_self_loops: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         try:
             import relik  # type: ignore
+
+            # Remove default INFO logging
+            logging.getLogger("relik").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import relik python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install relik`."
             )
-        self.relik_model = relik.Relik.from_pretrained(model)
+        self.relik_model = relik.Relik.from_pretrained(model, **model_config)
         self.relationship_confidence_threshold = relationship_confidence_threshold
+        self.ignore_self_loops = ignore_self_loops
 
     def process_document(self, document: Document) -> GraphDocument:
         relik_out = self.relik_model(document.page_content)
@@ -60,6 +71,9 @@ def process_document(self, document: Document) -> GraphDocument:
             # Ignore relationship if below confidence threshold
             if triple.confidence < self.relationship_confidence_threshold:
                 continue
+            # Ignore self loops
+            if self.ignore_self_loops and triple.subject.text == triple.object.text:
+                continue
             source_node = Node(
                 id=triple.subject.text,
                 type=DEFAULT_NODE_TYPE