diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 35fad5e029..f724a68bd3 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -3833,7 +3833,7 @@ def text_completion(
         optional_params["custom_llm_provider"] = custom_llm_provider
 
     # get custom_llm_provider
-    _, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base = get_llm_provider(model=model, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, api_base=api_base)  # type: ignore
+    _model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base = get_llm_provider(model=model, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, api_base=api_base)  # type: ignore
 
     if custom_llm_provider == "huggingface":
         # if echo == True, for TGI llms we need to set top_n_tokens to 3
@@ -3916,10 +3916,12 @@ def text_completion(
 
     kwargs.pop("prompt", None)
 
-    if model is not None and model.startswith(
-        "openai/"
+    if (
+        _model is not None and custom_llm_provider == "openai"
     ):  # for openai compatible endpoints - e.g. vllm, call the native /v1/completions endpoint for text completion calls
-        model = model.replace("openai/", "text-completion-openai/")
+        if _model not in litellm.open_ai_chat_completion_models:
+            model = "text-completion-openai/" + _model
+            optional_params.pop("custom_llm_provider", None)
 
     kwargs["text_completion"] = True
     response = completion(
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
index bec92c1e96..c4d2a6441f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 model_list:
-  - model_name: "*"             # all requests where model not in your config go to this deployment
+  - model_name: "test-model"             
     litellm_params:
-      model: "openai/*"           # passes our validation check that a real provider is given
-      api_key: "" 
-
-general_settings:
-  completion_model: "gpt-3.5-turbo"
\ No newline at end of file
+      model: "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct-0914"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_get_llm_provider.py b/litellm/tests/test_get_llm_provider.py
index e443830b2f..3ec867af44 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_get_llm_provider.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_get_llm_provider.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-import sys, os
+import os
+import sys
 import traceback
+
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 load_dotenv()
-import os, io
+import io
+import os
 
 sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
 import pytest
+
 import litellm
 
 
@@ -21,6 +25,12 @@ def test_get_llm_provider():
 # test_get_llm_provider()
 
 
+def test_get_llm_provider_gpt_instruct():
+    _, response, _, _ = litellm.get_llm_provider(model="gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct-0914")
+
+    assert response == "text-completion-openai"
+
+
 def test_get_llm_provider_mistral_custom_api_base():
     model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base = litellm.get_llm_provider(
         model="mistral/mistral-large-fr",
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_text_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_text_completion.py
index c6bbf71f22..6a0080b373 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_text_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_text_completion.py
@@ -3840,7 +3840,26 @@ def test_completion_chatgpt_prompt():
     try:
         print("\n gpt3.5 test\n")
         response = text_completion(
-            model="gpt-3.5-turbo", prompt="What's the weather in SF?"
+            model="openai/gpt-3.5-turbo", prompt="What's the weather in SF?"
+        )
+        print(response)
+        response_str = response["choices"][0]["text"]
+        print("\n", response.choices)
+        print("\n", response.choices[0])
+        # print(response.choices[0].text)
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+
+
+# test_completion_chatgpt_prompt()
+
+
+def test_completion_gpt_instruct():
+    try:
+        response = text_completion(
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct-0914",
+            prompt="What's the weather in SF?",
+            custom_llm_provider="openai",
         )
         print(response)
         response_str = response["choices"][0]["text"]
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index f35f1ce4b0..e104de958a 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
                 tool_function["parameters"] = new_parameters
 
     def _check_valid_arg(supported_params):
-        verbose_logger.debug(
+        verbose_logger.info(
             f"\nLiteLLM completion() model= {model}; provider = {custom_llm_provider}"
         )
         verbose_logger.debug(