diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 55dd4068f..82c0e94d1 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.redact_messages import (
 )
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.token_counter import get_modified_max_tokens
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import AsyncHTTPHandler, HTTPHandler
+from litellm.types.llms.openai import (
+    ChatCompletionNamedToolChoiceParam,
+    ChatCompletionToolParam,
+)
 from litellm.types.utils import (
     CallTypes,
     ChatCompletionDeltaToolCall,
@@ -79,7 +83,6 @@ from litellm.types.utils import (
     TranscriptionResponse,
     Usage,
 )
-from litellm.types.llms.openai import ChatCompletionToolParam, ChatCompletionNamedToolChoiceParam
 
 oidc_cache = DualCache()
 
@@ -1572,7 +1575,7 @@ def openai_token_counter(
     model="gpt-3.5-turbo-0613",
     text: Optional[str] = None,
     is_tool_call: Optional[bool] = False,
-    tools: list[ChatCompletionToolParam] | None = None,
+    tools: List[ChatCompletionToolParam] | None = None,
     tool_choice: ChatCompletionNamedToolChoiceParam | None = None,
     count_response_tokens: Optional[
         bool
@@ -1617,7 +1620,7 @@ def openai_token_counter(
         for message in messages:
             num_tokens += tokens_per_message
             if message.get("role", None) == "system":
-                    includes_system_message = True
+                includes_system_message = True
             for key, value in message.items():
                 if isinstance(value, str):
                     num_tokens += len(encoding.encode(value, disallowed_special=()))
@@ -1868,6 +1871,7 @@ def _format_type(props, indent):
         # This is a guess, as an empty string doesn't yield the expected token count
         return "any"
 
+
 def token_counter(
     model="",
     custom_tokenizer: Optional[dict] = None,
@@ -1955,7 +1959,7 @@ def token_counter(
                     is_tool_call=is_tool_call,
                     count_response_tokens=count_response_tokens,
                     tools=tools,
-                    tool_choice=tool_choice
+                    tool_choice=tool_choice,
                 )
             else:
                 print_verbose(
@@ -1968,7 +1972,7 @@ def token_counter(
                     is_tool_call=is_tool_call,
                     count_response_tokens=count_response_tokens,
                     tools=tools,
-                    tool_choice=tool_choice
+                    tool_choice=tool_choice,
                 )
     else:
         num_tokens = len(encoding.encode(text, disallowed_special=()))  # type: ignore