diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 603d5b6d2..b5a0f0e91 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -509,8 +509,8 @@ def model_list():
 @router.post("/engines/{model:path}/completions")
 async def completion(request: Request):
     body = await request.body()
-    body = body.decode()
-    data = ast.literal_eval(body)
+    body_str = body.decode()
+    data = ast.literal_eval(body_str)
     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)
@@ -519,9 +519,9 @@ async def completion(request: Request):
 @router.post("/v1/chat/completions")
 @router.post("/chat/completions")
 async def chat_completion(request: Request):
-    body = body.decode()
-    data = ast.literal_eval(body)
-    print_verbose(f"data passed in: {data}")
+    body = await request.body()
+    body_str = body.decode()
+    data = ast.literal_eval(body_str)
     return litellm_completion(data, type="chat_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)