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 # Usage
 
-<a target="_blank" href="https://colab.research.google.com/github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/cookbook/liteLLM_Getting_Started.ipynb">
+<a target="_blank" href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/cookbook/liteLLM_Getting_Started.ipynb">
   <img src="https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg" alt="Open In Colab"/>
 </a>