diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 867853dcec..603d5b6d26 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys, os, platform, time, copy
-import threading
+import threading, ast
 import shutil, random, traceback, requests
 
 messages: list = []
@@ -508,7 +508,9 @@ def model_list():
 @router.post("/completions")
 @router.post("/engines/{model:path}/completions")
 async def completion(request: Request):
-    data = await request.json()
+    body = await request.body()
+    body = body.decode()
+    data = ast.literal_eval(body)
     return litellm_completion(data=data, type="completion", user_model=user_model, user_temperature=user_temperature,
                               user_max_tokens=user_max_tokens, user_api_base=user_api_base, user_headers=user_headers,
                               user_debug=user_debug, model_router=model_router, user_request_timeout=user_request_timeout)
@@ -517,7 +519,8 @@ async def completion(request: Request):
 @router.post("/v1/chat/completions")
 @router.post("/chat/completions")
 async def chat_completion(request: Request):
-    data = await request.json()
+    body = body.decode()
+    data = ast.literal_eval(body)
     print_verbose(f"data passed in: {data}")
     return litellm_completion(data, type="chat_completion", user_model=user_model,
                               user_temperature=user_temperature, user_max_tokens=user_max_tokens,