diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 3d9212149..529ab8b7e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -4608,7 +4608,13 @@ async def global_spend():
     if user_response is not None:
         if isinstance(user_response, list) and len(user_response) > 0:
             total_proxy_budget = user_response[0].get("max_budget", 0.0)
-
+            litellm_proxy_budget_spend = user_response[0].get("spend", None)
+            if (
+                litellm_proxy_budget_spend is not None
+                and litellm_proxy_budget_spend > 0.0
+            ):
+                # if the user has spend on litellm-proxy-budget, use that to show $spend/max budget
+                total_spend = litellm_proxy_budget_spend
     return {"spend": total_spend, "max_budget": total_proxy_budget}