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diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 6e54d658e..4c3d75bf5 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async def acompletion(*args, **kwargs):
 
 @client
 # @retry(wait=wait_random_exponential(min=1, max=60), stop=stop_after_attempt(2), reraise=True, retry_error_callback=lambda retry_state: setattr(retry_state.outcome, 'retry_variable', litellm.retry)) # retry call, turn this off by setting `litellm.retry = False`
-@timeout(60) ## set timeouts, in case calls hang (e.g. Azure) - default is 60s, override with `force_timeout`
+@timeout(600) ## set timeouts, in case calls hang (e.g. Azure) - default is 60s, override with `force_timeout`
 def completion(
     messages, model="gpt-3.5-turbo",# required params
     # Optional OpenAI params: see https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/create
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def completion(
     temperature=1, top_p=1, n=1, stream=False, stop=None, max_tokens=float('inf'),
     presence_penalty=0, frequency_penalty=0, logit_bias={}, user="", deployment_id=None,
     # Optional liteLLM function params
-    *, return_async=False, api_key=None, force_timeout=60, azure=False, logger_fn=None, verbose=False,
+    *, return_async=False, api_key=None, force_timeout=600, azure=False, logger_fn=None, verbose=False,
     hugging_face = False, replicate=False,together_ai = False, custom_llm_provider=None, custom_api_base=None
   ):
   try:
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_load_test_model.py b/litellm/tests/test_load_test_model.py
index 1ff74d580..373da1a6d 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_load_test_model.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_load_test_model.py
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../..'))  # Adds the parent directory to the
 import litellm
 from litellm import load_test_model
 
-result = load_test_model(model="gpt-3.5-turbo", num_calls=5)
+model="gpt-3.5-turbo"
+result = load_test_model(model=model, num_calls=5)
 print(result)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/timeout.py b/litellm/timeout.py
index 37bbbffc1..81d99e7de 100644
--- a/litellm/timeout.py
+++ b/litellm/timeout.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def timeout(
             thread.start()
             future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(async_func(), thread.loop)
             local_timeout_duration = timeout_duration
-            if "force_timeout" in kwargs:
+            if "force_timeout" in kwargs and kwargs["force_timeout"] is not None:
                 local_timeout_duration = kwargs["force_timeout"]
             try:
                 result = future.result(timeout=local_timeout_duration)
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index ca0c6d83e..65cd96a8e 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
     return optional_params
   return optional_params
 
-def load_test_model(model: str, custom_llm_provider: str = None, prompt: str = None, num_calls: int = None):
+def load_test_model(model: str, custom_llm_provider: str = None, custom_api_base: str = None, prompt: str = None, num_calls: int = None, force_timeout: int = None):
   test_prompt = "Hey, how's it going"
   test_calls = 100
   if prompt:
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def load_test_model(model: str, custom_llm_provider: str = None, prompt: str = N
   messages = [[{"role": "user", "content": test_prompt}] for _ in range(test_calls)]
   start_time = time.time()
   try:
-    litellm.batch_completion(model=model, messages=messages, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider)
+    litellm.batch_completion(model=model, messages=messages, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, custom_api_base = custom_api_base, force_timeout=force_timeout)
     end_time = time.time() 
     response_time = end_time - start_time
     return {"total_response_time": response_time, "calls_made": 100, "status": "success", "exception": None}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 78f9d4712..d0094c107 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.382"
+version = "0.1.383"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"