diff --git a/litellm/llms/ollama.py b/litellm/llms/ollama.py
index 845d0e2dd..842d946c6 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/ollama.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/ollama.py
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ class OllamaConfig:
           "name": "mistral"
         }'
         """
+        if model.startswith("ollama/") or model.startswith("ollama_chat/"):
+            model = model.split("/", 1)[1]
         api_base = get_secret_str("OLLAMA_API_BASE") or "http://localhost:11434"
 
         try:
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_get_model_info.py b/tests/local_testing/test_get_model_info.py
index 82ce9c465..11506ed3d 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_get_model_info.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_get_model_info.py
@@ -89,11 +89,16 @@ def test_get_model_info_ollama_chat():
                 "template": "tools",
             }
         ),
-    ):
+    ) as mock_client:
         info = OllamaConfig().get_model_info("mistral")
-        print("info", info)
         assert info["supports_function_calling"] is True
 
         info = get_model_info("ollama/mistral")
-        print("info", info)
+
         assert info["supports_function_calling"] is True
+
+        mock_client.assert_called()
+
+        print(mock_client.call_args.kwargs)
+
+        assert mock_client.call_args.kwargs["json"]["name"] == "mistral"