diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/check_openapi_schema.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/check_openapi_schema.tsx
index 6f439508d76..2a6eced8848 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/check_openapi_schema.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/check_openapi_schema.tsx
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ interface SchemaFormFieldsProps {
   defaultValues?: { [key: string]: any };
 }
 
+// Define which fields should be parsed as JSON
+export const jsonFields = ['metadata', 'config', 'enforced_params', 'aliases'];
+
+
 // Helper function to determine if a field should be treated as JSON
 const isJSONField = (key: string, property: SchemaProperty): boolean => {
-  const jsonFields = ['metadata', 'config', 'enforced_params', 'aliases'];
   return jsonFields.includes(key) || property.format === 'json';
 };
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
index 2e45b0f9c03..ac045fa1333 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   EmailEventSettingsResponse,
   EmailEventSettingsUpdateRequest,
 } from "./email_events/types";
+import { jsonFields } from "./common_components/check_openapi_schema"
 
 const isLocal = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
 export const defaultProxyBaseUrl = isLocal ? "http://localhost:4000" : null;
@@ -573,14 +574,16 @@ export const keyCreateServiceAccountCall = async (
       delete formValues.description;
       formValues.metadata = JSON.stringify(formValues.metadata);
     }
-    // if formValues.metadata is not undefined, make it a valid dict
-    if (formValues.metadata) {
-      console.log("formValues.metadata:", formValues.metadata);
-      // if there's an exception JSON.parse, show it in the message
-      try {
-        formValues.metadata = JSON.parse(formValues.metadata);
-      } catch (error) {
-        throw new Error("Failed to parse metadata: " + error);
+    // Parse JSON fields if they exist
+    for (const field of jsonFields) {
+      if (formValues[field]) {
+        console.log(`formValues.${field}:`, formValues[field]);
+        // if there's an exception JSON.parse, show it in the message
+        try {
+          formValues[field] = JSON.parse(formValues[field]);
+        } catch (error) {
+          throw new Error(`Failed to parse ${field}: ` + error);
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -624,7 +627,7 @@ export const keyCreateCall = async (
 
     // check if formValues.description is not undefined, make it a string and add it to formValues.metadata
     if (formValues.description) {
-      // add to formValues.metadata
+      // add to formValues.metadat
       if (!formValues.metadata) {
         formValues.metadata = {};
       }
@@ -634,14 +637,16 @@ export const keyCreateCall = async (
       delete formValues.description;
       formValues.metadata = JSON.stringify(formValues.metadata);
     }
-    // if formValues.metadata is not undefined, make it a valid dict
-    if (formValues.metadata) {
-      console.log("formValues.metadata:", formValues.metadata);
-      // if there's an exception JSON.parse, show it in the message
-      try {
-        formValues.metadata = JSON.parse(formValues.metadata);
-      } catch (error) {
-        throw new Error("Failed to parse metadata: " + error);
+    // Parse JSON fields if they exist
+    for (const field of jsonFields) {
+      if (formValues[field]) {
+        console.log(`formValues.${field}:`, formValues[field]);
+        // if there's an exception JSON.parse, show it in the message
+        try {
+          formValues[field] = JSON.parse(formValues[field]);
+        } catch (error) {
+          throw new Error(`Failed to parse ${field}: ` + error);
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -6431,4 +6436,3 @@ export const vectorStoreSearchCall = async (
   }
 };
 
-