diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index e8b3e6572..1f951605c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -561,7 +561,12 @@ class TeamBase(LiteLLMBase):
     metadata: Optional[dict] = None
     tpm_limit: Optional[int] = None
     rpm_limit: Optional[int] = None
+
+    # Budget fields
     max_budget: Optional[float] = None
+    budget_duration: Optional[str] = None
+    budget_reset_at: Optional[datetime] = None
+
     models: list = []
     blocked: bool = False
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 904a414c2..189b6cb88 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -8033,12 +8033,9 @@ async def new_team(
 
         _model_id = model_dict.id
 
-    ## ADD TO TEAM TABLE
+    ## ADD TO TEAM TABLE -> the user api key settings are overriding the data we passed i
     complete_team_data = LiteLLM_TeamTable(
         **data.json(),
-        max_parallel_requests=user_api_key_dict.max_parallel_requests,
-        budget_duration=user_api_key_dict.budget_duration,
-        budget_reset_at=user_api_key_dict.budget_reset_at,
         model_id=_model_id,
     )