diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index 16f39404ff..37b7343c64 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ load_dotenv()
 @click.option('--api_base', default=None, help='API base URL.')
 @click.option('--model', default=None, help='The model name to pass to litellm expects') 
 @click.option('--deploy', is_flag=True, help='Get a deployed proxy endpoint - api.litellm.ai') 
+@click.option('--deploy', required=True, help='Get a deployed proxy endpoint - api.litellm.ai') 
 @click.option('--debug', is_flag=True, help='To debug the input') 
 @click.option('--temperature', default=None, type=float, help='Set temperature for the model') 
 @click.option('--max_tokens', default=None, help='Set max tokens for the model')