diff --git a/litellm/exceptions.py b/litellm/exceptions.py
index 0abe3e33af..dd9953a321 100644
--- a/litellm/exceptions.py
+++ b/litellm/exceptions.py
@@ -730,10 +730,15 @@ LITELLM_EXCEPTION_TYPES = [
 
 
 class BudgetExceededError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, current_cost, max_budget):
+    def __init__(
+        self, current_cost: float, max_budget: float, message: Optional[str] = None
+    ):
         self.current_cost = current_cost
         self.max_budget = max_budget
-        message = f"Budget has been exceeded! Current cost: {current_cost}, Max budget: {max_budget}"
+        message = (
+            message
+            or f"Budget has been exceeded! Current cost: {current_cost}, Max budget: {max_budget}"
+        )
         self.message = message
         super().__init__(message)
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index 950e457f71..6ab63d8cb2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ def common_checks(
         and team_object.spend is not None
         and team_object.spend > team_object.max_budget
     ):
-        raise Exception(
-            f"Team={team_object.team_id} over budget. Spend={team_object.spend}, Budget={team_object.max_budget}"
+        raise litellm.BudgetExceededError(
+            current_cost=team_object.spend,
+            max_budget=team_object.max_budget,
+            message=f"Team={team_object.team_id} over budget. Spend={team_object.spend}, Budget={team_object.max_budget}",
         )
     # 4. If user is in budget
     ## 4.1 check personal budget, if personal key
@@ -100,16 +102,20 @@ def common_checks(
     ):
         user_budget = user_object.max_budget
         if user_budget < user_object.spend:
-            raise Exception(
-                f"ExceededBudget: User={user_object.user_id} over budget. Spend={user_object.spend}, Budget={user_budget}"
+            raise litellm.BudgetExceededError(
+                current_cost=user_object.spend,
+                max_budget=user_budget,
+                message=f"ExceededBudget: User={user_object.user_id} over budget. Spend={user_object.spend}, Budget={user_budget}",
             )
     ## 4.2 check team member budget, if team key
     # 5. If end_user ('user' passed to /chat/completions, /embeddings endpoint) is in budget
     if end_user_object is not None and end_user_object.litellm_budget_table is not None:
         end_user_budget = end_user_object.litellm_budget_table.max_budget
         if end_user_budget is not None and end_user_object.spend > end_user_budget:
-            raise Exception(
-                f"ExceededBudget: End User={end_user_object.user_id} over budget. Spend={end_user_object.spend}, Budget={end_user_budget}"
+            raise litellm.BudgetExceededError(
+                current_cost=end_user_object.spend,
+                max_budget=end_user_budget,
+                message=f"ExceededBudget: End User={end_user_object.user_id} over budget. Spend={end_user_object.spend}, Budget={end_user_budget}",
             )
     # 6. [OPTIONAL] If 'enforce_user_param' enabled - did developer pass in 'user' param for openai endpoints
     if (
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
index 3e03888526..115c90bb6a 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ async def user_api_key_auth(
             key=api_key
         )
         if valid_token is None:
-            user_obj: Optional[LiteLLM_UserTable] = None
             ## check db
             verbose_proxy_logger.debug("api key: %s", api_key)
             if prisma_client is not None:
@@ -584,6 +583,7 @@ async def user_api_key_auth(
 
         user_id_information: Optional[List] = None
         if valid_token is not None:
+            user_obj: Optional[LiteLLM_UserTable] = None
             # Got Valid Token from Cache, DB
             # Run checks for
             # 1. If token can call model
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_key_generate_prisma.py b/litellm/tests/test_key_generate_prisma.py
index d210b1d23e..12204ec066 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_key_generate_prisma.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_key_generate_prisma.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def test_call_with_user_over_budget(prisma_client):
         asyncio.run(test())
     except Exception as e:
         error_detail = e.message
-        assert "Budget has been exceeded" in error_detail
+        assert "ExceededBudget:" in error_detail
         assert isinstance(e, ProxyException)
         assert e.type == ProxyErrorTypes.budget_exceeded
         print(vars(e))
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ def test_call_with_end_user_over_budget(prisma_client):
             # use generated key to auth in
             result = await user_api_key_auth(request=request, api_key=bearer_token)
             print("result from user auth with new key", result)
-            pytest.fail(f"This should have failed!. They key crossed it's budget")
+            pytest.fail("This should have failed!. They key crossed it's budget")
 
         asyncio.run(test())
     except Exception as e:
@@ -779,12 +779,12 @@ def test_call_with_user_over_budget_stream(prisma_client):
             # use generated key to auth in
             result = await user_api_key_auth(request=request, api_key=bearer_token)
             print("result from user auth with new key", result)
-            pytest.fail(f"This should have failed!. They key crossed it's budget")
+            pytest.fail("This should have failed!. They key crossed it's budget")
 
         asyncio.run(test())
     except Exception as e:
         error_detail = e.message
-        assert "Budget has been exceeded" in error_detail
+        assert "ExceededBudget:" in error_detail
         assert isinstance(e, ProxyException)
         assert e.type == ProxyErrorTypes.budget_exceeded
         print(vars(e))
@@ -2511,7 +2511,6 @@ async def test_update_user_role(prisma_client):
     Tests if we update user role, incorrect values are not stored in cache
     -> create a user with role == INTERNAL_USER
     -> access an Admin only route -> expect to fail
-
     -> update user role to == PROXY_ADMIN
     -> access an Admin only route -> expect to succeed
     """