diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index f8dbfa1c1e..ef8a61758c 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def completion(
             model=model,
             prompt = prompt
         )
-      completion_response = response["choices"]["text"]
+      completion_response = response["choices"][0]["text"]
       ## LOGGING
       logging(model=model, input=prompt, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, additional_args={"max_tokens": max_tokens, "original_response": completion_response}, logger_fn=logger_fn)
       ## RESPONSE OBJECT
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 066a6a4f2e..b4dddba35e 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ def test_completion_openai():
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
 
+def test_completion_text_openai():
+    try:
+        response = completion(model="text-davinci-003", messages=messages)
+        # Add any assertions here to check the response
+        print(response)
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+
 def test_completion_openai_with_optional_params():
     try:
         response = completion(model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages, temperature=0.5, top_p=0.1, user="ishaan_dev@berri.ai")