diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_verify_openai_key.py b/litellm/tests/test_verify_openai_key.py
index a8429d32e..e671641ac 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_verify_openai_key.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_verify_openai_key.py
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 from litellm import verify_access_key
+import os
 
-def bad_key():
+def test_bad_key():
     key = "bad-key"
     response = verify_access_key(key)
     if response == False:
         pass
     else:
         raise Exception("Bad key was not detected")
-bad_key()
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+test_bad_key()
+
+def test_good_key():
+    key = os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']
+    response = verify_access_key(key)
+    if response == True:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Good key did not pass")
+test_good_key()
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diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index db6cd1e4f..772cb2fe2 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -2566,6 +2566,6 @@ def verify_access_key(access_key:str):
             ],
             max_tokens = 10
         )
-        return False
+        return True
     except:
-        return True
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+        return False
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