diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/load_config_utils.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/load_config_utils.py
index bded2e3470..6548187147 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/load_config_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/load_config_utils.py
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
-import tempfile
-
-import boto3
 import yaml
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
 
 
 def get_file_contents_from_s3(bucket_name, object_key):
-    # v0 rely on boto3 for authentication - allowing boto3 to handle IAM credentials etc
-    from botocore.config import Config
-    from botocore.credentials import Credentials
-
-    from litellm.main import bedrock_converse_chat_completion
-
-    credentials: Credentials = bedrock_converse_chat_completion.get_credentials()
-    s3_client = boto3.client(
-        "s3",
-        aws_access_key_id=credentials.access_key,
-        aws_secret_access_key=credentials.secret_key,
-        aws_session_token=credentials.token,  # Optional, if using temporary credentials
-    )
-
     try:
+        # v0 rely on boto3 for authentication - allowing boto3 to handle IAM credentials etc
+        import tempfile
+
+        import boto3
+        from botocore.config import Config
+        from botocore.credentials import Credentials
+
+        from litellm.main import bedrock_converse_chat_completion
+
+        credentials: Credentials = bedrock_converse_chat_completion.get_credentials()
+        s3_client = boto3.client(
+            "s3",
+            aws_access_key_id=credentials.access_key,
+            aws_secret_access_key=credentials.secret_key,
+            aws_session_token=credentials.token,  # Optional, if using temporary credentials
+        )
         verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
             f"Retrieving {object_key} from S3 bucket: {bucket_name}"
         )
@@ -43,6 +42,9 @@ def get_file_contents_from_s3(bucket_name, object_key):
             config = yaml.safe_load(yaml_file)
 
         return config
+    except ImportError:
+        # this is most likely if a user is not using the litellm docker container
+        pass
     except Exception as e:
         verbose_proxy_logger.error(f"Error retrieving file contents: {str(e)}")
         return None