diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
index 3565c4468c..8e83aea69a 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ class Logging(LiteLLMLoggingBaseClass):
                             standard_built_in_tools_params=self.standard_built_in_tools_params,
                         )
                     )
-                elif isinstance(result, dict):  # pass-through endpoints
+                elif isinstance(result, dict) or isinstance(result, list):
                     ## STANDARDIZED LOGGING PAYLOAD
                     self.model_call_details["standard_logging_object"] = (
                         get_standard_logging_object_payload(
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
index a2b378fe09..c73eabd629 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/mcp_server_manager.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This class is responsible for managing MCP SSE clients.
 This is a Proxy 
 """
 
+import asyncio
 import json
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ class MCPServerManager:
             f"Loaded MCP Servers: {json.dumps(self.mcp_servers, indent=4, default=str)}"
         )
 
+        self.initialize_tool_name_to_mcp_server_name_mapping()
+
     async def list_tools(self) -> List[MCPTool]:
         """
         List all tools available across all MCP Servers.
@@ -102,6 +105,29 @@ class MCPServerManager:
 
                 return tools_result.tools
 
+    def initialize_tool_name_to_mcp_server_name_mapping(self):
+        """
+        On startup, initialize the tool name to MCP server name mapping
+        """
+        try:
+            if asyncio.get_running_loop():
+                asyncio.create_task(
+                    self._initialize_tool_name_to_mcp_server_name_mapping()
+                )
+        except RuntimeError as e:  # no running event loop
+            verbose_logger.exception(
+                f"No running event loop - skipping tool name to MCP server name mapping initialization: {str(e)}"
+            )
+
+    async def _initialize_tool_name_to_mcp_server_name_mapping(self):
+        """
+        Call list_tools for each server and update the tool name to MCP server name mapping
+        """
+        for server in self.mcp_servers:
+            tools = await self._get_tools_from_server(server)
+            for tool in tools:
+                self.tool_name_to_mcp_server_name_mapping[tool.name] = server.name
+
     async def call_tool(self, name: str, arguments: Dict[str, Any]):
         """
         Call a tool with the given name and arguments
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/server.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/server.py
index 3e94576efb..32c33904a3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/server.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ LiteLLM MCP Server Routes
 """
 
 import asyncio
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 from anyio import BrokenResourceError
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Request
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
+from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
 from litellm.proxy.auth.user_api_key_auth import user_api_key_auth
 from litellm.types.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import (
     ListMCPToolsRestAPIResponseObject,
 )
+from litellm.utils import client
 
 # Check if MCP is available
 # "mcp" requires python 3.10 or higher, but several litellm users use python 3.8
@@ -110,8 +112,9 @@ if MCP_AVAILABLE:
         )
         return response
 
+    @client
     async def call_mcp_tool(
-        name: str, arguments: Dict[str, Any] | None
+        name: str, arguments: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, **kwargs: Any
     ) -> List[Union[MCPTextContent, MCPImageContent, MCPEmbeddedResource]]:
         """
         Call a specific tool with the provided arguments
@@ -221,14 +224,23 @@ if MCP_AVAILABLE:
         return list_tools_result
 
     @router.post("/tools/call", dependencies=[Depends(user_api_key_auth)])
-    async def call_tool_rest_api(request: Request):
+    async def call_tool_rest_api(
+        request: Request,
+        user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth = Depends(user_api_key_auth),
+    ):
+        """
+        REST API to call a specific MCP tool with the provided arguments
+        """
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import add_litellm_data_to_request, proxy_config
+
         data = await request.json()
-        name = data.get("name")
-        arguments = data.get("arguments")
-        return await call_mcp_tool(
-            name=name,
-            arguments=arguments,
+        data = await add_litellm_data_to_request(
+            data=data,
+            request=request,
+            user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
+            proxy_config=proxy_config,
         )
+        return await call_mcp_tool(**data)
 
     options = InitializationOptions(
         server_name="litellm-mcp-server",