diff --git a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc
index 3f86acb0988..2ee31d60910 100644
Binary files a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc and b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index d40ccf7db4e..945698d4a59 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def run_server(port, api_base, model, deploy, debug, temperature, max_tokens, te
 
         print(f"\033[32mLiteLLM: Test your URL using the following: \"litellm --test {url}\"\033[0m")
         return
-    if "ollama" in model: 
+    if model and "ollama" in model: 
         run_ollama_serve()
     if test != False:
         click.echo('LiteLLM: Making a test ChatCompletions request to your proxy')