diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 6b7cd0e2f1..46cd3225a5 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1115,7 +1115,19 @@ async def embeddings(request: Request, user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth = Depen
     except Exception as e:
         await proxy_logging_obj.post_call_failure_hook(user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict, original_exception=e) 
         traceback.print_exc()
-        raise e
+        if isinstance(e, HTTPException):
+            raise e
+        else:
+            error_traceback = traceback.format_exc()
+            error_msg = f"{str(e)}\n\n{error_traceback}"
+            try:
+                status = e.status_code # type: ignore
+            except:
+                status = 500
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status,
+                detail=error_msg
+            )
 
 #### KEY MANAGEMENT #### 
 
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py b/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
index da29d0e5f9..9824122e94 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ def test_chat_completion_exception_azure(client):
 
 
 # raise openai.BadRequestError
-
+# chat/completions openai
 def test_exception_openai_bad_model(client):
     try:
         # Your test data
         test_data = {
-            "model": "openai/GPT-12",
+            "model": "azure/GPT-12",
             "messages": [
                 {
                     "role": "user",
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def test_exception_openai_bad_model(client):
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception {str(e)}")
 
-
+# chat/completions any model
 def test_chat_completion_exception_any_model(client):
     try:
         # Your test data
@@ -125,3 +125,27 @@ def test_chat_completion_exception_any_model(client):
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception {str(e)}")
 
+
+
+# embeddings any model
+def test_embedding_exception_any_model(client):
+    try:
+        # Your test data
+        test_data = {
+            "model": "Lite-GPT-12",
+            "input": ["hi"]
+        }
+
+        response = client.post("/embeddings", json=test_data)
+        print("Response from proxy=", response)
+
+        # make an openai client to call _make_status_error_from_response
+        openai_client = openai.OpenAI(api_key="anything")
+        openai_exception = openai_client._make_status_error_from_response(response=response)
+        print("Exception raised=", openai_exception)
+        assert isinstance(openai_exception, openai.NotFoundError)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception {str(e)}")
+
+