diff --git a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc
index 89d8eddd5..81e6034e2 100644
Binary files a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc and b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_get_model_list.py b/litellm/tests/test_get_model_list.py
index 570a0e207..af91715e4 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_get_model_list.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_get_model_list.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import os, sys, traceback
 sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+import litellm
 from litellm import get_model_list
 
-print(get_model_list())
\ No newline at end of file
+print(get_model_list())
+print(get_model_list())
+# print(litellm.model_list)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index ad6af63c4..b532ba7d5 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -1019,10 +1019,11 @@ def get_model_list():
         if time_delta > 300 or last_fetched_at == None:
             # make the api call 
             last_fetched_at = time.time()
+            print(f"last_fetched_at: {last_fetched_at}")
             response = requests.get(url="http://api.litellm.ai/get_model_list", headers={"content-type": "application/json"}, data=json.dumps({"user_email": user_email}))
             print_verbose(f"get_model_list response: {response.text}")
             model_list = response.json()["model_list"]
-            return model_list
+            litellm.model_list = model_list # update the user's current litellm model list 
     # return litellm model list by default
     return litellm.model_list
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 43d85c960..3563989ed 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.449"
+version = "0.1.450"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"