diff --git a/litellm_server/main.py b/litellm_server/main.py
index e6e0f1a77..9b352f685 100644
--- a/litellm_server/main.py
+++ b/litellm_server/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 try:
     from utils import set_callbacks, load_router_config
 except ImportError:
-    from litellm_server.utils import set_callbacks, load_router_config
+    from litellm_server.utils import set_callbacks, load_router_config, print_verbose
 import dotenv
 dotenv.load_dotenv() # load env variables
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ async def embedding(request: Request):
         # default to always using the "ENV" variables, only if AUTH_STRATEGY==DYNAMIC then reads headers
         if os.getenv("AUTH_STRATEGY", None) == "DYNAMIC" and "authorization" in request.headers: # if users pass LLM api keys as part of header
             api_key = request.headers.get("authorization")
-            api_key = api_key.replace("Bearer", "").strip() 
+            api_key = api_key.replace("Bearer", "").strip()
             if len(api_key.strip()) > 0:
                 api_key = api_key
                 data["api_key"] = api_key
@@ -106,10 +106,13 @@ async def chat_completion(request: Request, model: Optional[str] = None):
         env_validation = litellm.validate_environment(model=data["model"])
         if (env_validation['keys_in_environment'] is False or os.getenv("AUTH_STRATEGY", None) == "DYNAMIC") and "authorization" in request.headers: # if users pass LLM api keys as part of header
             api_key = request.headers.get("authorization")
+            print_verbose(f"api_key in headers: {api_key}")
             api_key = api_key.split(" ")[1]
+            print_verbose(f"api_key split: {api_key}")
             if len(api_key) > 0:
                 api_key = api_key
                 data["api_key"] = api_key
+                print_verbose(f"api_key in data: {api_key}")
         ## CHECK CONFIG ## 
         if llm_model_list and data["model"] in [m["model_name"] for m in llm_model_list]:
             for m in llm_model_list: 
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ async def chat_completion(request: Request, model: Optional[str] = None):
                     for key, value in m["litellm_params"].items(): 
                         data[key] = value
                     break
-        print(f"data going into litellm completion: {data}")
+        print_verbose(f"data going into litellm completion: {data}")
         response = litellm.completion(
             **data
         )
diff --git a/litellm_server/utils.py b/litellm_server/utils.py
index 3fb656154..0c9f43e9a 100644
--- a/litellm_server/utils.py
+++ b/litellm_server/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import os, litellm
 import pkg_resources
 
+def print_verbose(print_statement): 
+    if os.environ["SET_VERBOSE"] == True:
+        print(print_statement)
+
 def get_package_version(package_name):
     try:
         package = pkg_resources.get_distribution(package_name)