diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index d0b5cb6de9..e69063f62d 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ provider_list: List = [
     "oobabooga",
     "ollama",
     "deepinfra",
+    "perplexity",
     "custom", # custom apis
 ]
 
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index fa3bbc49cf..ab038186f8 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def completion(
         if deployment_id != None: # azure llms 
                 model=deployment_id
                 custom_llm_provider="azure"
-        model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key = get_llm_provider(model=model, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, api_base=api_base)
+        model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base = get_llm_provider(model=model, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, api_base=api_base)
         model_api_key = get_api_key(llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key=api_key) # get the api key from the environment if required for the model
         if model_api_key and "sk-litellm" in model_api_key:
             api_base = "https://proxy.litellm.ai"
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ def embedding(
     Raises:
     - exception_type: If an exception occurs during the API call.
     """
-    model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key = get_llm_provider(model, custom_llm_provider)
+    model, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base = get_llm_provider(model, custom_llm_provider)
     try:
         response = None
         logging = litellm_logging_obj