diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c94da063c..5f3ed20ac 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,32 @@ jobs:
       - store_test_results:
           path: test-results
 
+  installing_litellm_on_python:
+    docker:
+      - image: circleci/python:3.8
+    working_directory: ~/project
+
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Install Dependencies
+          command: |
+            python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+            pip install python-dotenv
+            pip install pytest
+            pip install tiktoken
+            pip install aiohttp
+            pip install click
+            pip install jinja2
+            pip install tokenizers
+            pip install openai
+      - run:
+          name: Run tests
+          command: |
+            pwd
+            ls
+            python -m pytest -vv litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
+
   build_and_test:
     machine:
       image: ubuntu-2204:2023.10.1
@@ -278,6 +304,12 @@ workflows:
               only:
                 - main
                 - /litellm_.*/
+      - installing_litellm_on_python:
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              only:
+                - main
+                - /litellm_.*/
       - publish_to_pypi:
           requires:
             - local_testing
diff --git a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
index a13130c62..dc4207a05 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import json, re, xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from jinja2 import Template, exceptions, Environment, meta
 from typing import Optional, Any
 import imghdr, base64
+from typing import List
 
 
 def default_pt(messages):
@@ -633,7 +634,7 @@ def anthropic_messages_pt(messages: list):
     return new_messages
 
 
-def extract_between_tags(tag: str, string: str, strip: bool = False) -> list[str]:
+def extract_between_tags(tag: str, string: str, strip: bool = False) -> List[str]:
     ext_list = re.findall(f"<{tag}>(.+?)</{tag}>", string, re.DOTALL)
     if strip:
         ext_list = [e.strip() for e in ext_list]
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index e54617bd9..729bf7bd9 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_completion_claude():
         response = completion(
             model="claude-instant-1", messages=messages, request_timeout=10
         )
-        # Add any assertions, here to check response args
+        # Add any assertions here to check response args
         print(response)
         print(response.usage)
         print(response.usage.completion_tokens)
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py b/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..077e65a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import sys, os, time
+import traceback, asyncio
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.abspath("../..")
+)  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+
+
+def test_using_litellm():
+    try:
+        import litellm
+
+        print("litellm imported successfully")
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(
+            f"Error occurred: {e}. Installing litellm on python3.8 failed please retry"
+        )