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diff --git a/litellm/llms/vllm.py b/litellm/llms/vllm.py
index fc803ad59..0f446ae81 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vllm.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vllm.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import time
 from typing import Callable
 from litellm.utils import ModelResponse
 from .prompt_templates.factory import prompt_factory, custom_prompt
-
+llm = None
 class VLLMError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, status_code, message):
         self.status_code = status_code
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ class VLLMError(Exception):
         )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
 
 # check if vllm is installed
-def validate_environment():
+def validate_environment(model: str, llm: any=None):
     try: 
         from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
-        return LLM, SamplingParams
+        if llm is None:
+            llm = LLM(model=model)
+        return llm, SamplingParams
     except:
         raise VLLMError(status_code=0, message="The vllm package is not installed in your environment. Run - `pip install vllm` before proceeding.")
 
@@ -35,9 +37,8 @@ def completion(
     litellm_params=None,
     logger_fn=None,
 ):
-    LLM, SamplingParams = validate_environment()
     try:
-        llm = LLM(model=model)
+        llm, SamplingParams = validate_environment(model=model)
     except Exception as e:
         raise VLLMError(status_code=0, message=str(e))
     sampling_params = SamplingParams(**optional_params)
@@ -92,6 +93,85 @@ def completion(
         }
         return model_response
 
+def batch_completions(
+    model: str,
+    messages: list,
+    optional_params=None,
+    custom_prompt_dict={}
+):
+    """
+    Example usage:
+    import litellm
+    import os
+    from litellm import batch_completion
+
+
+    responses = batch_completion(
+        model="vllm/facebook/opt-125m",
+        messages = [
+            [
+                {
+                    "role": "user",
+                    "content": "good morning? "
+                }
+            ],
+            [
+                {
+                    "role": "user",
+                    "content": "what's the time? "
+                }
+            ]
+        ]
+    )
+    """
+    global llm
+    try:
+        llm, SamplingParams = validate_environment(model=model, llm=llm)
+    except Exception as e:
+        if "data parallel group is already initialized" in e:
+            pass 
+        else:
+            raise VLLMError(status_code=0, message=str(e))
+    sampling_params = SamplingParams(**optional_params)
+    prompts = [] 
+    if model in custom_prompt_dict:
+        # check if the model has a registered custom prompt
+        model_prompt_details = custom_prompt_dict[model]
+        for message in messages:
+            prompt = custom_prompt(
+                role_dict=model_prompt_details["roles"], 
+                initial_prompt_value=model_prompt_details["initial_prompt_value"],  
+                final_prompt_value=model_prompt_details["final_prompt_value"], 
+                messages=message
+            )
+            prompts.append(prompt)
+    else:
+        for message in messages:
+            prompt = prompt_factory(model=model, messages=message)
+            prompts.append(prompt)
+    
+    outputs = llm.generate(prompts, sampling_params)
+
+    final_outputs = []
+    for output in outputs:
+        model_response = ModelResponse()
+        ## RESPONSE OBJECT
+        model_response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"] = output.outputs[0].text
+
+        ## CALCULATING USAGE
+        prompt_tokens = len(output.prompt_token_ids)  
+        completion_tokens = len(output.outputs[0].token_ids)  
+
+        model_response["created"] = time.time()
+        model_response["model"] = model
+        model_response["usage"] = {
+            "prompt_tokens": prompt_tokens,
+            "completion_tokens": completion_tokens,
+            "total_tokens": prompt_tokens + completion_tokens,
+        }
+        final_outputs.append(model_response)
+    return final_outputs
+
 def embedding():
     # logic for parsing in - calling - parsing out model embedding calls
     pass
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index a28a235a5..2e480b2dc 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ def completion(
                 encoding=encoding,
                 logging_obj=logging
             )
-            
+
             if "stream" in optional_params and optional_params["stream"] == True: ## [BETA]
                 # don't try to access stream object,
                 response = CustomStreamWrapper(
@@ -828,23 +828,68 @@ def completion_with_retries(*args, **kwargs):
     return retryer(completion, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def batch_completion(*args, **kwargs):
-    batch_messages = args[1] if len(args) > 1 else kwargs.get("messages")
+def batch_completion(
+    model: str,
+    # Optional OpenAI params: see https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create
+    messages: List = [],
+    functions: List = [],
+    function_call: str = "",  # optional params
+    temperature: float = 1,
+    top_p: float = 1,
+    n: int = 1,
+    stream: bool = False,
+    stop=None,
+    max_tokens: float = float("inf"),
+    presence_penalty: float = 0,
+    frequency_penalty=0,
+    logit_bias: dict = {},
+    user: str = "",
+    # used by text-bison only
+    top_k=40,
+    custom_llm_provider=None,):
+    args = locals()
+    batch_messages = messages
     completions = []
-    with ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
-        for message_list in batch_messages:
-            if len(args) > 1:
-                args_modified = list(args)
-                args_modified[1] = message_list
-                future = executor.submit(completion, *args_modified)
-            else:
-                kwargs_modified = dict(kwargs)
-                kwargs_modified["messages"] = message_list
-                future = executor.submit(completion, *args, **kwargs_modified)
-            completions.append(future)
+    model = model
+    custom_llm_provider = None
+    if model.split("/", 1)[0] in litellm.provider_list:
+        custom_llm_provider = model.split("/", 1)[0]
+        model = model.split("/", 1)[1]
+    if custom_llm_provider == "vllm":
+        optional_params = get_optional_params(
+            functions=functions,
+            function_call=function_call,
+            temperature=temperature,
+            top_p=top_p,
+            n=n,
+            stream=stream,
+            stop=stop,
+            max_tokens=max_tokens,
+            presence_penalty=presence_penalty,
+            frequency_penalty=frequency_penalty,
+            logit_bias=logit_bias,
+            user=user,
+            # params to identify the model
+            model=model,
+            custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+            top_k=top_k,
+        )
+        results = vllm.batch_completions(model=model, messages=batch_messages, custom_prompt_dict=litellm.custom_prompt_dict, optional_params=optional_params)
+    else:
+        def chunks(lst, n):
+            """Yield successive n-sized chunks from lst."""
+            for i in range(0, len(lst), n):
+                yield lst[i:i + n]
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=100) as executor:
+            for sub_batch in chunks(batch_messages, 100):
+                for message_list in sub_batch:
+                    kwargs_modified = args
+                    kwargs_modified["messages"] = message_list
+                    future = executor.submit(completion, **kwargs_modified)
+                    completions.append(future)
 
-    # Retrieve the results from the futures
-    results = [future.result() for future in completions]
+        # Retrieve the results from the futures
+        results = [future.result() for future in completions]
     return results
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_batch_completions.py b/litellm/tests/test_batch_completions.py
index a136351ba..f11db7e2b 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_batch_completions.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_batch_completions.py
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ sys.path.insert(
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
 import litellm
 from litellm import batch_completion
-
+litellm.set_verbose=True
 messages = [[{"role": "user", "content": "Hey, how's it going"}] for _ in range(5)]
 print(messages[0:5])
 print(len(messages))
+# model = "vllm/facebook/opt-125m"
 model = "gpt-3.5-turbo"
 
 result = batch_completion(model=model, messages=messages)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5eaa4ff51..f48b82a47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.549"
+version = "0.1.555"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"