diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 2176689a17..04715ddb0e 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -1994,12 +1994,12 @@ def text_completion(
             responses = [None for x in prompt] # init responses 
             for i, individual_prompt in enumerate(prompt):
                 decoded_prompt = tokenizer.decode(individual_prompt) # type: ignore
+                all_params = {**kwargs, **optional_params} # combine optional params and kwargs
                 response = text_completion(
-                    model = model,
-                    prompt=decoded_prompt,
+                    model = model,              # type: ignore
+                    prompt = decoded_prompt,    # type: ignore
                     *args,
- 
-                    **optional_params
+                    **all_params,
                 )
                 responses[i] = response["choices"][0]
 
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_text_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_text_completion.py
index c0ba750a3a..75fd3b732a 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_text_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_text_completion.py
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ def test_completion_openai_prompt():
         #print(response.choices[0].text)
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
-test_completion_openai_prompt()
+# test_completion_openai_prompt()
 
 
-def test_completion_openai_prompt():
+def test_completion_chatgpt_prompt():
     try:
         print("\n gpt3.5 test\n")
         response = text_completion(
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_completion_openai_prompt():
         #print(response.choices[0].text)
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
-test_completion_openai_prompt()
+# test_completion_chatgpt_prompt()
 
 
 def test_text_completion_basic():
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ def test_text_completion_basic():
         response_str = response["choices"][0]["text"]
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
-test_text_completion_basic()
+# test_text_completion_basic()
 
 # def test_completion_hf_prompt_array():
 #     try:
-#         litellm.set_verbose=True
+#         litellm.set_verbose=False
 #         print("\n testing hf mistral\n")
 #         response = text_completion(
 #             model="huggingface/mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1",