diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
index cc79b9962..75819af58 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
@@ -701,6 +701,9 @@ export const claimOnboardingToken = async (
     throw error;
   }
 };
+let ModelListerrorShown = false;
+let errorTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+
 export const modelInfoCall = async (
   accessToken: String,
   userID: String,
@@ -722,8 +725,21 @@ export const modelInfoCall = async (
     });
 
     if (!response.ok) {
-      const errorData = await response.text();
-      message.error(errorData, 10);
+      let errorData = await response.text();
+      errorData += `error shown=${ModelListerrorShown}`
+      if (!ModelListerrorShown) {
+        if (errorData.includes("No model list passed")) {
+          errorData = "No Models Exist. Click Add Model to get started.";
+        }
+        message.info(errorData, 10);
+        ModelListerrorShown = true;
+        
+        if (errorTimer) clearTimeout(errorTimer);
+        errorTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+          ModelListerrorShown = false;
+        }, 10000);
+      }
+
       throw new Error("Network response was not ok");
     }
 
@@ -758,7 +774,6 @@ export const modelHubCall = async (accessToken: String) => {
 
     if (!response.ok) {
       const errorData = await response.text();
-      message.error(errorData, 10);
       throw new Error("Network response was not ok");
     }
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/usage.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/usage.tsx
index 1ac91dd10..451eaefe6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/usage.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/usage.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import {
   allTagNamesCall,
   modelMetricsCall,
   modelAvailableCall,
-  modelInfoCall,
   adminspendByProvider,
   adminGlobalActivity,
   adminGlobalActivityPerModel,