diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index 2e9a77496..a9fd32634 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ input_callback: List[str] = []
 success_callback: List[str] = []
 failure_callback: List[str] = []
 set_verbose = False
-debugger_email = None # for debugging dashboard. Learn more - https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/debugging/hosted_debugging
+email = None # for hosted dashboard. Learn more - https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/debugging/hosted_debugging
 telemetry = True
 max_tokens = 256  # OpenAI Defaults
 retry = True
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ from .utils import (
     completion_cost,
     get_litellm_params,
     Logging,
-    acreate
+    acreate,
+    get_model_list
 )
 from .main import *  # type: ignore
 from .integrations import *
diff --git a/litellm/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-311.pyc b/litellm/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-311.pyc
index a833b03a9..e1fe4f2c9 100644
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diff --git a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc
index a8c9457cb..89d8eddd5 100644
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diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_get_model_list.py b/litellm/tests/test_get_model_list.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..570a0e207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_get_model_list.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import os, sys, traceback
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.abspath("../..")
+)  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+from litellm import get_model_list
+
+print(get_model_list())
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 4c4ec2aba..ad6af63c4 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ callback_list: Optional[List[str]] = []
 user_logger_fn = None
 additional_details: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = {}
 local_cache: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = {}
-
+last_fetched_at = None
 ######## Model Response #########################
 # All liteLLM Model responses will be in this format, Follows the OpenAI Format
 # https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/completion/output
@@ -1007,6 +1007,24 @@ def handle_success(args, kwargs, result, start_time, end_time):
         )
         pass
 
+def get_model_list():
+    global last_fetched_at
+    # if user is using hosted product -> get their updated model list - refresh every 5 minutes
+    user_email = (os.getenv("LITELLM_EMAIL") or litellm.email)
+    if user_email:
+        time_delta = 0
+        if last_fetched_at != None:
+            current_time = time.time() 
+            time_delta = current_time - last_fetched_at
+        if time_delta > 300 or last_fetched_at == None:
+            # make the api call 
+            last_fetched_at = time.time()
+            response = requests.get(url="http://api.litellm.ai/get_model_list", headers={"content-type": "application/json"}, data=json.dumps({"user_email": user_email}))
+            print_verbose(f"get_model_list response: {response.text}")
+            model_list = response.json()["model_list"]
+            return model_list
+    # return litellm model list by default
+    return litellm.model_list
 
 def acreate(*args, **kwargs): ## Thin client to handle the acreate langchain call
     return litellm.acompletion(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 857b07b2f..43d85c960 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.448"
+version = "0.1.449"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"