diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index 67cbb6063ea..b944df3a3e5 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra, Field
 from typing import Optional, List, Union, Dict, Literal
 from datetime import datetime
-import uuid
+import uuid, json
 ######### Request Class Definition ######
 class ProxyChatCompletionRequest(BaseModel):
     model: str
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ class GenerateKeyRequest(BaseModel):
     user_id: Optional[str] = None
     max_parallel_requests: Optional[int] = None
 
+    def json(self, **kwargs) -> str:
+        return json.dumps(self.dict(), **kwargs)
+
 class GenerateKeyResponse(BaseModel):
     key: str
     expires: datetime
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index e63083c9309..b4bcbedb66f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1128,9 +1128,7 @@ async def generate_key_fn(request: Request, data: GenerateKeyRequest, Authorizat
     - user_id: (str) Unique user id - used for tracking spend across multiple keys for same user id.
     """
     # data = await request.json()
-    print(f"type of object: {type(data)}")
-    data_json = json.loads(data.model_dump_json())   # type: ignore
-    print(f"data_json: {data_json}")
+    data_json = json.loads(data.json())   # type: ignore
     response = await generate_key_helper_fn(**data_json)
     return GenerateKeyResponse(key=response["token"], expires=response["expires"], user_id=response["user_id"])