diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
index 36b191c90..d4bddd9a0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ model_list:
     litellm_params:
       model: fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/llama-v3-70b-instruct
       api_key: "os.environ/FIREWORKS"
-  - model_name: "*"
+  # provider specific wildcard routing
+  - model_name: "anthropic/*"
     litellm_params:
-      model: "*"
+      model: "anthropic/*"
+      api_key: os.environ/ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
+  - model_name: "groq/*"
+    litellm_params:
+      model: "groq/*"
+      api_key: os.environ/GROQ_API_KEY
   - model_name: "*"
     litellm_params:
       model: openai/*
diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 9afd78322..dc030d369 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -4469,13 +4469,7 @@ class Router:
             )
             model = self.model_group_alias[model]
 
-        if model not in self.model_names and self.default_deployment is not None:
-            updated_deployment = copy.deepcopy(
-                self.default_deployment
-            )  # self.default_deployment
-            updated_deployment["litellm_params"]["model"] = model
-            return model, updated_deployment
-        elif model not in self.model_names:
+        if model not in self.model_names:
             # check if provider/ specific wildcard routing
             try:
                 (
@@ -4499,6 +4493,14 @@ class Router:
                 # get_llm_provider raises exception when provider is unknown
                 pass
 
+            # check if default deployment is set
+            if self.default_deployment is not None:
+                updated_deployment = copy.deepcopy(
+                    self.default_deployment
+                )  # self.default_deployment
+                updated_deployment["litellm_params"]["model"] = model
+                return model, updated_deployment
+
         ## get healthy deployments
         ### get all deployments
         healthy_deployments = [m for m in self.model_list if m["model_name"] == model]
diff --git a/proxy_server_config.yaml b/proxy_server_config.yaml
index 4912ebbbf..57113d350 100644
--- a/proxy_server_config.yaml
+++ b/proxy_server_config.yaml
@@ -86,12 +86,16 @@ model_list:
       model: openai/*
       api_key: os.environ/OPENAI_API_KEY
   
-  # Pass through all llm requests to litellm.completion/litellm.embedding
-  # if user passes model="anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229" proxy will make requests to anthropic claude-3-opus-20240229 using ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
-  - model_name: "*"
+
+  # provider specific wildcard routing
+  - model_name: "anthropic/*"
     litellm_params:
-      model: "*"
-  
+      model: "anthropic/*"
+      api_key: os.environ/ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
+  - model_name: "groq/*"
+    litellm_params:
+      model: "groq/*"
+      api_key: os.environ/GROQ_API_KEY
   - model_name: mistral-embed
     litellm_params:
       model: mistral/mistral-embed
diff --git a/tests/test_openai_endpoints.py b/tests/test_openai_endpoints.py
index a77da8d52..932b32551 100644
--- a/tests/test_openai_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_openai_endpoints.py
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ async def chat_completion(session, key, model: Union[str, List] = "gpt-4"):
         print()
 
         if status != 200:
-            raise Exception(f"Request did not return a 200 status code: {status}")
+            raise Exception(
+                f"Request did not return a 200 status code: {status}, response text={response_text}"
+            )
 
         response_header_check(
             response
@@ -485,6 +487,12 @@ async def test_proxy_all_models():
             session=session, key=LITELLM_MASTER_KEY, model="groq/llama3-8b-8192"
         )
 
+        await chat_completion(
+            session=session,
+            key=LITELLM_MASTER_KEY,
+            model="anthropic/claude-3-sonnet-20240229",
+        )
+
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_batch_chat_completions():